The ISO also has a pxeboot_setup.sh utility that is designed to help with setting up a pxeboot server. I don’t think this is currently in the StarlingX docs, but maybe the following will help:

controller-0:/home/sysadmin# mkdir /mnt/iso

controller-0:/home/sysadmin# mount -o loop bootimage.iso /mnt/iso

mount: /dev/loop0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

controller-0:/home/sysadmin# /mnt/iso/pxeboot_setup.sh -h

Usage: /mnt/iso/pxeboot_setup.sh -u <http base URL> [-t <tftp pxeboot directory>] or [-w <working directory>]

lab:/home/sysadmin# mkdir -p /export/pxeboot

lab:/home/sysadmin# /mnt/iso/pxeboot_setup.sh -u http://someserver:8123/nodeX -t /export/pxeboot/nodeX

Create /export/pxeboot/nodeX

The setup is complete

controller-0:/home/sysadmin#

This will extract the load from the ISO under the specific directory, and setup pxeboot kickstarts using the specified base URL.

This creates a pxeboot.cfg file in the /export/pxeboot/nodeX with install instructions to point to your server, such as:

# Serial Console submenu

label 3

menu label Serial Console

kernel vmlinuz

append initrd=initrd.img bootifonly=1 devfs=nomount inst.repo=http://someserver:8123/nodeX inst.ks=http://someserver:8123/nodeX/pxeboot_smallsystem.cfg boot_device=sda rootfs_device=sda biosdevname=0 inst.text serial console=ttyS0,115200n8 inst.gpt security_profile=standard user_namespace.enable=1

ipappend 2

with the http server setup so that http://someserver:8123/nodeX references /export/pxeboot/nodeX, such as with a symlink.

From: chen.dq@neusoft.com <chen.dq@neusoft.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:53 AM
To: Amit Mahajan <ebiibe82@gmail.com>; starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io
Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] 答复: Regarding installation of controller-0 from PXE boot server

This may help you:

- Set the NIC for PXE server on the jumper to a static IP.

- Install and config dnsmasq:

```

$ sudo apt-get install dnsmasq

$ sudo vi /etc/dnsmasq.conf

$ sudo service dnsmasq restart

```

Example of /etc/dnsmasq.conf:

```

interface=nic_name ## NIC for PXE Server

bind-interfaces

dhcp-range=10.10.10.150,10.10.10.200 ## DHCP Range for PXE install

dhcp-boot=grubx64.efi ## StarlingX PXE boot file

enable-tftp

tftp-root=/var/lib/tftpboot/uefi ## tftp server location

### Fix PXE/OAM NIC for Test Nodes

# testnode-1

dhcp-host=12:34:56:78:90:AB,10.10.10.151

# testnode-1

dhcp-host=12:34:56:78:90:AC,10.10.10.152

Below is my configuration /etc/dnsmasq.conf:

interface=eno1

# DHCP range-leases

dhcp-range= eno1,192.168.3.50,192.168.3.100,255.255.255.0,1h

# PXE

dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0

# Gateway

dhcp-option=3,192.168.3.3

enable-tftp

tftp-root=/var/lib/tftpboot

dhcp-host=94:c6:91:a9:54:f9,192.168.3.157

sudo apt-get install apache2

systemctl start apache2.service

The attachment is a simple script I wrote, for reference only.

发件人: Amit Mahajan <ebiibe82@gmail.com>
发送时间: 2020年9月7日 16:34:14
收件人: starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io
主题: [Starlingx-discuss] Regarding installation of controller-0 from PXE boot server

Hi All,

Is there any documentation which can guide on setting up a StarlingX PXE boot server so that I can install controller-0 from this PXE server?

Regards,

Amit

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