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authorcurrite <sll@disroot.org>2020-09-21 20:46:26 +0200
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install: pxe: warn about keeping filesytem.squashfs name
https://support.sentrium.io/agent/go/ticket/1268
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@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ installation method which allows deploying VyOS through the network.
* :ref:`tftp-server`
* Webserver (HTTP) - optional, but we will use it to speed up installation
* VyOS ISO image to be installed (do not use images prior to VyOS 1.2.3)
-* Files ``pxelinux.0`` and ``ldlinux.c32`` `from the Syslinux distribution <https://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/>`_
+* Files *pxelinux.0* and *ldlinux.c32* `from the Syslinux distribution <https://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/>`_
Configuration
-------------
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Configure a DHCP server to provide the client with:
* An IP address
* The TFTP server address (DHCP option 66). Sometimes referred as *boot server*
-* The *bootfile name* (DHCP option 67), which is ``pxelinux.0``
+* The *bootfile name* (DHCP option 67), which is *pxelinux.0*
In this example we configured an existent VyOS as the DHCP server:
@@ -389,17 +389,18 @@ Step 2: TFTP
Configure a TFTP server so that it serves the following:
-* The ``pxelinux.0`` file from the Syslinux distribution
-* The ``ldlinux.c32`` file from the Syslinux distribution
-* The kernel of the VyOS software you want to deploy. That is the ``vmlinuz``
- file inside the ``/live`` directory of the extracted contents from the ISO
- file
+* The *pxelinux.0* file from the Syslinux distribution
+* The *ldlinux.c32* file from the Syslinux distribution
+* The kernel of the VyOS software you want to deploy. That is the
+ *vmlinuz* file inside the */live* directory of the extracted
+ contents from the ISO file.
* The initial ramdisk of the VyOS ISO you want to deploy. That is the
- ``initrd.img`` file inside the ``/live`` directory of the extracted contents
- from the ISO file. Do not use an empty (0 bytes) initrd.img file you might
- find, the correct file may have a longer name.
-* A directory named pxelinux.cfg which must contain the configuration file.
- We will use the configuration_ file shown below, which we named default_.
+ *initrd.img* file inside the */live* directory of the extracted
+ contents from the ISO file. Do not use an empty (0 bytes) initrd.img
+ file you might find, the correct file may have a longer name.
+* A directory named pxelinux.cfg which must contain the configuration
+ file. We will use the configuration_ file shown below, which we named
+ default_.
.. _configuration: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Config
.. _default: https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX#Configuration
@@ -446,35 +447,44 @@ Example of simple (no menu) configuration file:
Step 3: HTTP
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-As you can read in the configuration file, we are sending ``filesystem.squashfs``
-through HTTP. As that is a heavy file, we choose HTTP to speed up the transfer
-over TFTP.
+We also need to provide the *filesystem.squashfs* file. That is a heavy
+file and TFTP is slow, so you could send it through HTTP to speed up the
+transfer. That is how it is done in our example, you can find that in
+the configuration file above.
-First run a web server - you can use a simple one like
-`Python's SimpleHTTPServer`_ and start serving the ``filesystem.squashfs``
-file. The file can be found inside the ``/live`` directory of the extracted
-contents of the ISO file.
+**First** run a web server - you can use a simple one like
+`Python's SimpleHTTPServer`_ and start serving the `filesystem.squashfs`
+file. The file can be found inside the `/live` directory of the
+extracted contents of the ISO file.
-Second, edit the configuration file of the :ref:`install_from_tftp` so that it shows
-the correct URL at ``fetch=http://<address_of_your_HTTP_server>/filesystem.squashfs``.
+**Second**, edit the configuration file of the :ref:`install_from_tftp`
+so that it shows the correct URL at
+``fetch=http://<address_of_your_HTTP_server>/filesystem.squashfs``.
-And third, restart the TFTP service. If you are using VyOS as your TFTP Server, you can restart
-the service with ``sudo service tftpd-hpa restart``.
+.. note:: Do not change the name of the *filesystem.squashfs* file. If
+ you are working with different versions, you can create different
+ directories instead.
-.. note:: Make sure the available directories and files in both TFTP and HTTP
- server have the right permissions to be accessed from the booting clients.
+And **third**, restart the TFTP service. If you are using VyOS as your
+TFTP Server, you can restart the service with
+``sudo service tftpd-hpa restart``.
+
+.. note:: Make sure the available directories and files in both TFTP
+ and HTTP server have the right permissions to be accessed from the
+ booting clients.
.. _`Python's SimpleHTTPServer`: https://docs.python.org/2/library/simplehttpserver.html
Client Boot
-----------
-Finally, turn on your PXE-enabled client or clients. They will automatically get an IP
-address from the DHCP server and start booting into VyOS live from the files
-automatically taken from the TFTP and HTTP servers.
+Finally, turn on your PXE-enabled client or clients. They will
+automatically get an IP address from the DHCP server and start booting
+into VyOS live from the files automatically taken from the TFTP and HTTP
+servers.
-Once finished you will be able to proceed with the ``install image`` command as
-in a regular VyOS installation.
+Once finished you will be able to proceed with the ``install image``
+command as in a regular VyOS installation.