cloudxtreme / pxe-boot-vm

A Vagrant file to set up a PXE boot. (DHCP, TFTP, Apache, Provisioner = Virtualbox)

#Vagrant PXE Boot Machine

##Steps

1. Create "build" images
2. Package "build" images
3. Add image to vagrant
4. Have a pxe VM ready to go

##Setup

• Create the master image. (It sets up dhcp, apache, tftp)

  vagrant up build_boot

• Package up the current image

  vagrant package build_boot --output <storage_path>/pxe_boot.box
  

• Add to vagrant's box list

  vagrant box add pxe_boot <storage_path>/pxe_boot.box
  

• Destroys the build boxes

  vagrant destroy -f

• Will deploy from the pre-made images, much faster than before for any future tests

  vagrant up

##Test PXE

1. Create a blank VM

2. Enable Network Boot

   a. System Settings -> Motherboard -> Boot Order (Check Network)

3. Update Network Interfaces

   a. Network Settings -> Adapter 1:

    - Internal Network
    
    - Name : prov
   

   b. Network Settings -> Adapter 2:

    - NAT Network
    
    - Name: NAT Network
   

4. Start Machine : Will PXE boot and install Ubuntu onto the disk

5. Credentials: ubuntu/ubuntu

• You can find the PXE boot stuff at /tftpboot and the kickstart at /var/www/my_ks.cfg on the build node