PXE BOOT SERVER WITH KICKSTART SERVER

Server := 192.168.0.75 ( yum server , pxe  server , dhcp server , ftpserver , kickstart server )

1 step : #  yum install syslinux tftp-server xinetd dhcp 

 

   2         # mount  /dev/sr0   /mnt <====RHEL 6.3 DVD 

    

     3      #  cd  /mnt/isolinux/ 

 

       4    # cp -rfv * /var/lib/tftpboot/

  

         5  # cd /var/lib/tftpboot/

 

           # ls ============>>> it will show total 35236

-r--r--r-- 1 root root     2048 Apr 22 16:34 boot.cat

-r--r--r-- 1 root root       84 Apr 22 16:34 boot.msg

-r--r--r-- 1 root root      334 Apr 22 16:34 grub.conf

-r--r--r-- 1 root root 30442765 Apr 22 16:34 initrd.img

-r--r--r-- 1 root root    24576 Apr 22 16:34 isolinux.bin

-r--r--r-- 1 root root      954 Apr 22 16:34 isolinux.cfg

-r--r--r-- 1 root root   165080 Apr 22 16:34 memtest

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    26828 Apr 22 16:35 pxelinux.0

-r--r--r-- 1 root root  1236005 Apr 22 16:34 splash.jpg

-r--r--r-- 1 root root     2215 Apr 22 16:34 TRANS.TBL

-r--r--r-- 1 root root   162860 Apr 22 16:34 vesamenu.c32

-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root  3986992 Apr 22 16:34 vmlinuz

6  tftpboot  # mkdir pxelinux.cfg 

              

7  tftpboot# cp isolinux.cfg  pxelinux.cfg/default

  

8  # cp /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0  /var/lib/tftpboot/  

 

9    # restorecon -Rv /var/lib/tftpboot/ 

 

 10  # vim /etc/xinetd.d/tftp

edit like this 

# default: off

# description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file transfer \

#       protocol.  The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \

#       workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, \

#       and to start the installation process for some operating systems.

service tftp

{

        socket_type             = dgram

        protocol                = udp

        wait                    = yes

        user                    = root

        server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd

        server_args             = -s /var/lib/tftpboot

        disable                 = no

        per_source              = 11

        cps                     = 100 2

        flags                   = IPv4

=================================================

 

11  # service xinetd restart; chkconfig xinetd on 

FOR KICK-START ADD the following line

Below like this

[root@network ~]# cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default 

default vesamenu.c32

#prompt 1

timeout 600

display boot.msg

menu background splash.jpg

menu title Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3!

menu color border 0 #ffffffff #00000000

menu color sel 7 #ffffffff #ff000000

menu color title 0 #ffffffff #00000000

menu color tabmsg 0 #ffffffff #00000000

menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #00000000

menu color hotsel 0 #ff000000 #ffffffff

menu color hotkey 7 #ffffffff #ff000000

menu color scrollbar 0 #ffffffff #00000000

label linux

  menu label ^Install or upgrade an existing system

  menu default

  kernel vmlinuz

  append initrd=initrd.img network ks=ftp:/192.168.0.75/pub/REDHAT/ks.cfg <=== for a kick start.  

label vesa

  menu label Install system with ^basic video driver

  kernel vmlinuz

  append initrd=initrd.img xdriver=vesa nomodeset

label rescue

  menu label ^Rescue installed system

  kernel vmlinuz

  append initrd=initrd.img rescue

label local

  menu label Boot from ^local drive

  localboot 0xffff

label memtest86

  menu label ^Memory test

  kernel memtest

  append -

[root@network ~]# 

CONFIGURE THE ks.cfg file like this

[root@network ~]# cat /var/ftp/pub/REDHAT/ks.cfg 

#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T

#version=DEVEL

# Firewall configuration

firewall --disabled

# Install OS instead of upgrade

install

# Use network installation

url --url="ftp://192.168.0.75/pub/REDHAT/"

# Root password

rootpw --iscrypted $1$CjDlI3aq$4p088wzspihZ2xZ0NZQzO/

# System authorization information

auth  --useshadow  --passalgo=sha512

# Use graphical install

graphical

firstboot --disable

# System keyboard

keyboard us

# System language

lang en_US

# SELinux configuration

selinux --disabled

# Installation logging level

logging --level=info

# System timezone

timezone  Asia/Kolkata

# Network information

network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on

# System bootloader configuration

bootloader --location=mbr

# Partition clearing information

clearpart --all  

# Disk partitioning information

part / --fstype="ext4" --size=10240

part swap --fstype="swap" --size=2048

%packages

@kde-desktop

%end

[root@network ~]# 

Save the kick-start config file in /var/ftp/pub/REDHAT/

#restart the vsftpd service.

#restart xinetd  service.

12#  cp -avr /usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/dhcpd.conf.sample /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf  

13 # vim /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf  

subnet 10.254.239.0 netmask 255.255.255.224 {

  range 10.254.239.10 10.254.239.20;

  option routers rtr-239-0-1.example.org, rtr-239-0-2.example.org;

}

# This declaration allows BOOTP clients to get dynamic addresses,

# which we don't really recommend.

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

  range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.58 192.168.0.59;

  #option subnet-mask  255.255.255.0

  filename "/pxelinux.0";

  next-server 192.168.0.75;

  option broadcast-address 10.254.239.31;

  option routers rtr-239-32-1.example.org;

}

# A slightly different configuration for an internal subnet.

subnet 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.224 {

  range 10.5.5.26 10.5.5.30;

  option domain-name-servers ns1.internal.example.org;

  option domain-name "internal.example.org";

  option routers 10.5.5.1;

  option broadcast-address 10.5.5.31;

  default-lease-time 600;

  max-lease-time 7200;

}

14 # edit like above this 

15 #    service dhcpd restart; chkconfig dhcpd on 

17  # vim /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repo on 

add ftp repo 

[Server]

baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.75/pub/REDHAT

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

~                

18 #  copy dvd in to pub/REDHAT  dir 

     #  cp -avr /mnt/* /var/ftp/pub/REDHAT/ 

19 # restart vsftpd service  

thats its