Configuring to PXE boot Servers from the Rocks 5.5 HeadNodes
Configuring to PXE boot Servers from the Rocks 5.5 HeadNodes
Initial configuration
Using this PXEboot setup
From Ben on 10/10/2012, the following procedure can be used to PXEboot a machine into SL6 via Rocks 5.5
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
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BobBall
- 05 Dec 2012
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