https://github.com/mkinney/pxe

Experimentation with pxe boot ubuntu, centos, VMware ESXi
https://github.com/mkinney/pxe

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Experimentation with pxe boot ubuntu, centos, VMware ESXi

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mkinney/pxe
• Owner: mkinney
• Created: 2018-04-28T23:56:56.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-24T23:21:13.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-05T17:21:49.218Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: ansible, centos, esxi, pxe, pxe-boot, pxe-server, ubuntu, vmware, vsftpd
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• Size: 18.6 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 5
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  • Readme: readme.txt

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My notes on getting a minimal PXE server for ESXi to boot from.

Setup ansible:

  virtualenv venv

  source venv/bin/activate

  pip install ansible

  pip freeze > requirements.txt

Spin up a new minimal centos7 vm (with bridged networking)

  hostname:pixie

  ip: 192.168.0.107

# Note: Ensure mikekinney has sudo no password

# TODO: move stuff below into ansible

# scp esxi67 iso to /tmp

mkdir -p /mnt/iso

cd /tmp

mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0-8169922.x86_64.iso /mnt/iso

mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/images/esxi67

cp -rf /mnt/iso/* /var/lib/tftpboot/images/esxi67

umount /mnt/iso

# If you do not do next step then it cannot find /b0 files

sed -i 's/\///g' /var/lib/tftpboot/images/esxi67/boot.cfg

# scp esxi65 iso to /tmp

mkdir -p /mnt/iso

cd /tmp

mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0-4564106.x86_64.iso /mnt/iso

mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/images/esxi65

cp -rf /mnt/iso/* /var/lib/tftpboot/images/esxi65

umount /mnt/iso

# If you do not do next step then it cannot find /b0 files

sed -i 's/\///g' /var/lib/tftpboot/images/esxi65/boot.cfg

# scp centos iso to /tmp

cd /tmp

mount -o loop CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1708.iso /mnt/iso

mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/images/centos7

cp /mnt/iso/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz /var/lib/tftpboot/images/centos7

cp /mnt/iso/images/pxeboot/initrd.img /var/lib/tftpboot/images/centos7

mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/centos7

cp -av /mnt/iso/* /var/ftp/pub/centos7

chmod -R 755 /var/ftp/pub/centos7

umount /mnt/iso

# scp ubuntu iso to /tmp

scp ubuntu-18.04.2-server-amd64.iso root@pixie:/tmp

# login to pixie (as root)

cd /tmp

mount -o loop ubuntu-18.04.2-server-amd64.iso /mnt/iso

mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/images/ubuntu18

cp -r /mnt/iso/install/netboot/* /var/lib/tftpboot/images/ubuntu18/

mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/ubuntu18

cp -av /mnt/iso/* /var/ftp/pub/ubuntu18

chmod -R 755 /var/ftp/pub/ubuntu18

echo "d-i live-installer/net-image string ftp://192.168.0.107/pub/ubuntu/install/filesystem.squashfs" > /var/ftp/pub/ubuntu18/preseed/local-sources.seed

umount /mnt/iso

Testing:

- Be sure to have at least 2gb ram for centos7 (otherwise weird out of disk space error)

- Can add "ks=ftp://192.168.0.107/pub/centos7/centos7.ks" for kickstart

- For testing, create a new linux vm (with bridged autodetect network option)