Vagrant PXE test environment
A vagrant PXE client/server environment which supports legacy and UEFI boot with iPXE.
It is designed to learn and test cloning solutions, nfsroot, ipxe, auto install etc...
Default pxe configuration loads ipxe in UEFI mode and start ubuntu installer over nfsroot.
Prepare
Install qemu, libvirt, OVMF, nfsd, vagrant-libvirt
# For archlinux
pacman -S vagrant libvirt qemu ovmf virt-manager
sudo gpasswd -a $USER libvirt
systemctl start libvirtd
vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt
# choose libvirt in menu
VMs
| Server | Client | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Debian 10 | No box |
| CPU | 1 | 1 |
| RAM | 1024 | 2048 |
| eth0 | Management network | Gateway to internet |
| eth1 | Private network "pxe" | Private network "pxe" |
Run
Run server with
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh server
To run client, which has autostart off
Note: If you want to test a legacy client boot, comment libvirt.firmware line in Vagrantfile.
$ vagrant up client
Then open virt-manager to see your pxe client booting.
Before the install ends, uncheck NIC in VM boot order configuration to avoid install loop on reboot.
Clean
vagrant destroy -f
Refs
- http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto
- https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt#no-box-and-pxe-boot
- https://github.com/stephenrlouie/PXE-Boot-VM/
- https://ipxe.org
Note: check pxelinux branch to see a simple pxelinux exemple.