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<font face="Droid Serif">I don't have any specific documentation and
my setup might be limited to my environment, but just thought I'd
share what I have. I've got the next server and filename
parameters specified in a client class and then add that to
certain pools:<br>
<font face="Droid Sans Mono"><br>
{<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font>"Dhcp4": {<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> ...<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "client-classes": [<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> {<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "name": "pxe_bios_x86",<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>"test":
"substring(option[60].hex,0,9) == 'PXEClient' and option[93].hex
== 0x0000",<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "next-server": "10.2.84.194",<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "boot-file-name": "/pxeboot/pxelinux.0"<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>}<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> ]<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font>"subnet4": [<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>{<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>"id": 12<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "subnet": "10.2.24.0/22"<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> ...<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "pools": [<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font> ...<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>{<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>"pool":
"10.2.27.65 - 10.2.27.96"<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> "client-class":
"pxe_bios_x86"<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> }<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> ]<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font> }<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font>]<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font>}<br>
</font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans
Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono">
</font></font>}<br>
<br>
<font face="Droid Serif">On my tftp server I use tftpd-hpa:<br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>user@ftphost:~$
cat /etc/default/tftpd-hpa <br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>#
/etc/default/tftpd-hpa<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font><br>
<font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>TFTP_DIRECTORY="/srv/tftp"<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>TFTP_ADDRESS="10.2.84.194:69"<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>TFTP_OPTIONS="--listen
--secure --port-range 58000:58999 -vvv"</font><br>
<br>
And under my pxeboot directory I have my PXE configuration:<br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid
Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>user@ftphost:~$
ls -l /srv/tftp/pxeboot/<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>total 79376<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 5
root root 5 Feb 19 2020 centos<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 5
root root 5 Feb 19 2020 debian<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 4
root root 4 Feb 19 2020 fedora<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 4
root root 7 Feb 1 2020 gtk<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>-rw-r--r-- 1
root root 115812 Feb 19 2020 ldlinux.c32<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>-rw-r--r-- 1
root root 180568 Feb 20 2020 libcom32.c32<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>-rw-r--r-- 1
root root 23052 Feb 20 2020 libutil.c32<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>-rw-r--r-- 1
root root 50331648 Feb 1 2020 mini.iso<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>-rw-r--r-- 1
root root 37343759 Feb 1 2020 netboot.tar.gz<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 4
root root 4 Feb 19 2020 opensuse<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>-rw-r--r-- 1
root root 42430 Feb 1 2020 pxelinux.0<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 2
root root 10 Jun 10 2021 pxelinux.cfg<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 7
root root 7 Feb 19 2020 ubuntu<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 4
root root 4 Feb 19 2020 windows<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>drwxr-xr-x 2
root root 5 Feb 1 2020 xen<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>user@ftphost:~$
cat /srv/tftp/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default <br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font># Menu setup<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>path
gtk/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>default
gtk/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>prompt 0<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>timeout 0<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>menu title
Harmonywave PXE boot menu<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font><br>
<font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>#
Main menu<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>label
linux<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>
menu label ^Linux boot options<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font> menu
default<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid
Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>
kernel
gtk/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32<br>
</font></font></font></font><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid
Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>append
pxelinux.cfg/linux.cfg<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font><br>
<font face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font
face="Droid Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>label
windows<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>
menu label ^Windows boot options<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>
kernel
gtk/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32<br>
</font></font></font></font><font face="Droid
Serif"><font face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"><font face="Droid Serif"><font
face="Droid Sans Mono"> </font></font>
append pxelinux.cfg/windows.cfg</font><br>
</font></font><br>
The main menu takes you to various other sub-menus (i.e. Linux
-> Ubuntu -> "Various Ubuntu distro options", etc) which are
defined in their own files. Also this only works for BIOS (CSM)
systems on x86 over IPv4. I've yet to configure UEFI for IPv4 or
anything for IPv6.<br>
</font><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/23/22 08:46, Stephen Berg, Code
7309 via Kea-users wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:a75316c9-a7a1-0a86-3ca9-c824cb0bda62@nrlssc.navy.mil">On
2/23/2022 9:17 AM, Stephen Berg, Code 7309 via Kea-users wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Where can I find documentation on setting
up pxebooting to do linux installs? I'm running kea-1.8.0-2 on
Rocky Linux 8.5. I want to be able to pxeboot different OS's
like centos 7.x, rocky 8.x and future releases. The tftp-server
is installed and setup, syslinux packages are installed. I've
got just a couple clients defined in dhcp as reserved leases and
added next-server and filename options for one but when I boot
the network from that client it never seems to get to the
pxelinux.0 or the defined kernel in the
"pxelinux.cfg/01-macaddress" file.
<br>
<br>
I figure I'm probably missing some setup in the kea-dhcp4.conf
file but can't find what the missing parts might be.
<br>
<br>
My old setup is centos 6, dhcp-4.1.1. I'd add the next-server
and filename lines for a particular host reservation then use
pxeboot to setup the pxelinux.cfg file and that would have
kernel parameters to boot the installer and read a kickstart
file. Right now I can get the new system to boot from the
network, it gets an IP from kea but then fails to find the tftp
file to boot from.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Additional related issue: On my previous dhcpd setup I'd setup a
new system to boot and install from the network with the pxeboot
command and it would create the pxelinux.cfg/<host
identifier> file with the kernel that's available from tftp and
an append line. I can't find the pxeboot command anywhere in
Rocky Linux 8.x. I can hand jam those files if needed but was
curious if the utility is available somewhere. There's a pxeos.xml
file in that setup and it's also seemingly not available in RL8 or
kea.
<br>
<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="0">--
Thanks,
Joshua Schaeffer</pre>
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