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| author | currite <sll@disroot.org> | 2020-09-21 20:46:26 +0200 | 
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| committer | currite <sll@disroot.org> | 2020-09-21 20:46:26 +0200 | 
| commit | 7de85e0e9415d01e5cf648789f3a2bc8d0588c86 (patch) | |
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install: pxe: warn about keeping filesytem.squashfs name
https://support.sentrium.io/agent/go/ticket/1268
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| diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst index a210c1ad..11d0fc88 100644 --- a/docs/install.rst +++ b/docs/install.rst @@ -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. | 
