From c88c2d558c726be1c4ab90a12cebd3f84764a683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Coldrick Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 08:22:26 +0000 Subject: Move extensions into a subdirectory Change-Id: I12e7c03b30da78da1eb220d2826ce0003d6efe2e --- extensions/pxeboot.write.help | 166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 166 insertions(+) create mode 100644 extensions/pxeboot.write.help (limited to 'extensions/pxeboot.write.help') diff --git a/extensions/pxeboot.write.help b/extensions/pxeboot.write.help new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7cb78bce --- /dev/null +++ b/extensions/pxeboot.write.help @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +help: > + pxeboot.write extension. + + + This write extension will serve your generated system over NFS to + the target system. + + In all modes `location` is the mac address of the interface that + the target will PXE boot from. This is used so that the target will + load the configuration file appropriate to it. + + + # `PXEBOOT_MODE` + + + It has 4 modes, which can be specified with PXEBOOT_MODE, or inferred + from which parameters are passed: + + + ## spawn-vlan + + + Specify PXEBOOT_DEPLOYER_INTERFACE and PXEBOOT_VLAN to configure + the target to pxeboot on a vlan and spawn a dhcp, nfs and tftp + server. This is potentially the fastest, since it doesn't need to + copy data to other servers. + + This will create a vlan interface for the interface specified in + PXEBOOT_DEPLOYER_INTERFACE and spawn a dhcp server which serves + pxelinux.0, a configuration file and a kernel image from itself. + + The configuration file informs the target to boot with a kernel + command-line that uses an NFS root served from the deployment host. + + + ## spawn-novlan + + + Specify PXEBOOT_DEPLOYER_INTERFACE without PXEBOOT_VLAN to configure + like `spawn-vlan`, but without creating the vlan interface. + + This assumes that you have exclusive access to the interface, such + as if you're plugged in to the device directly, or your interface + is vlanned by your infrastructure team. + + This is required if you are serving from a VM and bridging it to the + correct network via macvtap. For this to work, you need to macvtap + bridge to a pre-vlanned interface on your host machine. + + + ## existing-dhcp + + + Specify PXEBOOT_DEPLOYER_INTERFACE and PXEBOOT_CONFIG_TFTP_ADDRESS + to put config on an existing tftp server, already configured by the + dhcp server. + + This spawns a tftp server and configures the local nfs server, but + doesn't spawn a dhcp server. This is useful if you have already got a + dhcp server that serves PXE images. + + PXEBOOT_CONFIG_TFTP_ADDRESS is a URL in the form `sftp://$HOST/$PATH`. + The configuration file is copied to `$PATH/pxelinux.cfg/` on the + target identified by `$HOST`. + + + ## existing-server + + + Specify at least PXEBOOT_CONFIG_TFTP_ADDRESS and + PXEBOOT_ROOTFS_RSYNC_ADDRESS to specify existing servers to copy + config, kernels and the rootfs to. + + Configuration is copied to the target as `existing-dhcp`. + + Specify PXEBOOT_KERNEL_TFTP_ADDRESS if the tftp server that the + kernel must be downloaded from is different to that of the pxelinux + configuration file. + + PXEBOOT_ROOTFS_RSYNC_ADDRESS is a rsync URL describing where to copy + nfsroots to where they will be exported by the NFS server. + + Specify PXEBOOT_ROOTFS_NFSROOT if the nfsroot appears as a different + address from the target's perspective. + + + # IPMI commands + + + After the PXE boot has been set up, the target needs to be rebooted + in PXE mode. + + If the target is IPMI enabled, you can set `IPMI_USER`, `IPMI_HOST` + and `IPMI_PASSWORD` to make it reboot the target into netboot mode + automatically. + + If they are not specified, then instructions will be displayed, and + `pxeboot.write` will wait for you to finish. + + If there are command-line automation tools for rebooting the target + in netboot mode, then appropriate commands can be defined in the + following variables. + + + ## PXEBOOT_PXE_REBOOT_COMMAND + + + This command will be used to reboot the target device with its boot + device set to PXE boot. + + + ## PXEBOOT_REBOOT_COMMAND + + + This command will be used to reboot the target device in its default + boot mode. + + + ## PXEBOOT_WAIT_INSTALL_COMMAND + + + If it is possible for the target to notify you that it has finished + installing, you can put a command in here to wait for the event. + + + # Misc + + + ## KERNEL_ARGS + + + Additional kernel command line options. Note that the following + options + + root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp nfsroot=$NFSROOT` + + are implicitly added by the extension. + + + ## DTB_PATH + + + Location in the deployed root filesystem of the Flattened Device + Tree blob (FDT) to use. + + + ## PXE_INSTALLER + + + If set to `no`, `False` or any other YAML value for false, the + remotely installed rootfs, kernel, bootloader config file and + device tree blob if specified, will not be removed after the + deployment finishes. This variable is only meanful on the + `existing-server` mode. + + + ## PXEBOOT_TARGET_INTERFACE + + Name of the interface of the target to pxeboot from. Some targets + with more than one interface try to get the rootfs from a different + interface than the interface from where the pxeboot server is + reachable. Using this variable, the kernel arguments will be filled + to include the device. + + Note that the name of this interface is the kernel's default name, + usually called ethX, and is non-determinisic. -- cgit v1.2.1