piconetboot

a simple ipxe server

building

$ gvt restore #fetch dependencies
$ make piconetboot

usage

Usage of ./piconetboot:
  -addr string
    	ipxe reachable local address (default "127.0.0.1:8085")
  -data-dir string
    	directory containing boot client definitions
  -debug
    	increases logging verbosity level
  -static-dir string
    	directory containing static files

to run using the provided test setup:

$ make download_images
$ ./piconetboot -addr 10.0.15.1:8085 -data-dir=$(pwd)/testing/datadir -static-dir=$(pwd)/testing/static -debug 

assuming the network interface netboot0 exists and is configured with the subnet 10.0.15.0/x:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 --curses -boot d -cdrom $(pwd)/testing/ipxe.iso -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=00:00:00:11:11:12 -net bridge,br=netboot0 -uuid 4c4c4544-0032-3510-8034-cac04f343832 -smbios type=1,serial=A259481 -m 1024

setting up a local testing environment

# /etc/systemd/network/10-netboot0.netdev
[NetDev]
Name=netboot0
Kind=bridge

# /etc/systemd/network/10-netboot0.network
[Match]
Name=netboot0

[Network]
Address=10.0.15.1/24
LinkLocalAddressing=yes
IPMasquerade=yes
DHCPServer=yes

[DHCPServer]
EmitDNS=yes
DNS=8.8.8.8

building ipxe

checkout ipxe:

$ git clone git://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git

create a script to be embedded into ipxe's images:

$ cat ipxe/script.ipxe
#!ipxe

dhcp
chain http://10.0.15.1:8085/

build ipxe:

cd ipxe/src
make EMBED=../script.ipxe -j8

relevant images files:

• src/bin/undionly.kpxe
• src/bin/ipxe.iso

The iso image can be used during development with a VM. The PXE image can be used with dnsmasq or dhcpd:

#dhcpd.conf
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group {
	filename "undionly.kpxe"
	host yada { hardware ethernet 0:1:2:3:4:5; }
}

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