CONFIGURING PXE BOOT SERVER FOR INSTALLING LINUX WITHOUT CD OR OTHER MEDIA

FOR INSTALLING LINUX WITHOUT ANY CD OR OTHER MEDIA WE HAVE TO SETUP A PXE SERVER.PXE STANDS FOR PREBOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO BOOT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR PXE SERVER AND ACCESS THE DATA FROM PXE SERVER FOR FURTHER INSTALLATION.YOU CAN ALSO USE KICKSTART TO FILE TO INSTALL FOR FULLY AUTOMATED INSTALLATION.


REQUIREMENTS

1) CENTOS SERVER (CAN BE RHEL OR OTHER DISTRO)
2)CLIENT WITH A NIC SUPPORTS PXE

STEPS OF PXE SERVER INSTALLATION

1) INSTALLING PACKAGES REQUIRED FOR PXE SERVER
2)CONFIGURING DHCP SERVER FOR PXE SERVER
3) TFTP CONFIGURATION FOR PXE
4)VSFTP CONFIGURATION FOR PXE SERVER
5)PXE SERVER CONFIGURATION

PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE VIDEO FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

SERVER CONFIGURATION

CLIENT SIDE CONFIGURATION
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12:54Anuroop Melarayil