Configuring to PXE boot Servers from the Rocks 5.5 HeadNodes

Initial configuration

• cd to the tools/pxeboot-menu directory on the Rocks head node (umrocks or msurx)
• cp syslinux-4.02/menu.c32 /tftpboot/pxelinux
• cp -rf pxeboot/* /tftpboot/pxelinux
  • These are the SL version specific images and Dell utils from Tom. Not used here, but should be kept in place.
• cp pxelinux.cfg/* /tftpboot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg
  • These are the menu files and can be edited as needed, if needed
• mkdir /tftpboot/pxelinux/SL/5 and 6
• ./rsync-images.sh
  • rsync current pxe images from scientificlinux site into the SL/5 and SL/6 directories above.
• cp kickstart/* /var/www/html/ks
• Configure the Rocks database to allow connections from php script
  • /opt/rocks/bin/mysql -u root -p
    • CREATE USER 'kickstart'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'see php script for password';
    • GRANT SELECT ON cluster.* TO 'kickstart'@'localhost';
• Verify that the php script works
  • curl http://localhost/ks/kickstart.php

Using this PXEboot setup

• cd to the tools/pxeboot-menu directory on the Rocks head node (umrocks or msurx)
• ./add-kickstart-host.sh
• PXEboot the target machine.
  • Select OS/system type
  • For **fs use "server" which has large /tmp and /var partitions