PxE server

Linux uEFI

• Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)
• Centos 7.0

Documentation

See [pxespec.pdf](http://www.pix.net/software/pxeboot/archive/pxespec.pdf) 

Requirements (Tested on ubuntu 18.04)

• Install a dhcp server sudo apt install isc-dhcp-server

• Configure it sudo xdg-open /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

  Add the following lines ### PXE ### allow bootp; allow booting; subnet 192.168.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { option broadcast-address 192.168.5.255; range 192.168.5.220 192.168.5.229; filename "pxelinux.0"; next-server 192.168.5.2; ping-check = 1; }

• Set your IP @ ifconfig eno1 192.168.5.2

• Restart it and check its status sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart

• Install a tftp server sudo apt install tftpd-hpa

• Configure it sudo xdg-open /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

  Add the following lines TFTP_USERNAME="name" TFTP_DIRECTORY="/tftpboot" TFTP_ADDRESS="192.168.5.2:69" TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure" RUN_DAEMON="yes"

• Enable port 69 through firewall sudo ufw allow to any port 69 from 192.168.1.0/24

• Ready to boot over network