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author | Raúl Benencia <rul@kalgan.cc> | 2018-12-04 12:10:28 -0800 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-12-04 12:10:28 -0800 |
commit | f08e7ef525d431223084184e5e234ed8acbecfc4 (patch) | |
tree | 4ffd767bb676687a593c6d31e69a339dcc9ff82e /README.md | |
parent | d48586ba99e461b7238e3d86c771d28e7a57dd6c (diff) | |
parent | 6b22845a5ab9d1b75da6da9e224e5a4f0ca22b1c (diff) |
Merge pull request #2 from hbokh/master
Fixes in ipxe for Debian and CentOS
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ A couple of things can be said about this screenshot: ## Setting up ### Building Shoelaces + At the moment a binary package is not provided. The only way of running Shoelaces is to compile it from source. Refer to the Go Programming Language [Getting Started](https://golang.org/doc/install) guide to learn @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ running: $ go build ### Running Shoelaces + You can quickly try Shoelaces after compiling it by using the example configuration file: ./shoelaces -config configs/shoelaces.conf @@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ You can quickly try Shoelaces after compiling it by using the example configurat Head to [localhost:8081](http://localhost:8081) to checkout Shoelaces' frontend. ### Shoelaces configuration file + Shoelaces accepts several parameters: * `config`: the path to a configuration file. @@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ to boot using HTTPS. Drop this config in your **ISC DHCP** server, replacing the relevant sections with your TFTP and Shoelaces server addresses. -``` +```txt # dhcp.conf next-server <your-tftp-server>; if exists user-class and option user-class = "iPXE" { @@ -144,6 +147,15 @@ if exists user-class and option user-class = "iPXE" { } ``` +For **dnsmasq** (v2.53 or above) you can add this to its existing config, e.g. by +putting it in `dnsmasq.d/ipxe.conf`: + +```txt +dhcp-match=set:ipxe,175 # iPXE sends a 175 option. +dhcp-boot=tag:!ipxe,undionly.kpxe +dhcp-boot=http://<shoelaces-server>/poll/1/${netX/mac:hexhyp} +``` + The **${netX/mac:hexhyp}** strings represents the MAC address of the booting host. iPXE will be in charge of replacing that string for the actual value. @@ -151,7 +163,6 @@ host. iPXE will be in charge of replacing that string for the actual value. flexibility for configuring it, you can always re-compile the iPXE ROM for [breaking the loop](https://ipxe.org/howto/chainloading#breaking_the_loop_with_an_embedded_script). - ## Script discoverability The purpose of Shoelaces is automation. The less input it receives from the @@ -173,7 +184,8 @@ file](configs/example-templates-configs/mappings.yaml) for more information. Shoelaces supports the notion of environments a.k.a. *env overrides*. Consider the following `data-dir` directory structure: -``` + +```txt ├── cloud-config │ └── coreos-cloud-config.yaml.slc ├── env_overrides @@ -203,7 +215,6 @@ setting different `baseURL` depending on the environment set. Normal requests would get `baseURL` set to `http://$shoelaces_host:$port` while an environment request will have `http://$shoelaces_host:$port/env/$environment_name/` - *CORNER CASES*: It is not possible to boot a host in a non default environment unless there is a main iPXE script in the respective override directory. This means /ipxemenu will only present default and non-default **iPXE** entry points, |