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Drulavigne at 12:55, 25 April 2013

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Drulavigne at 19:51, 12 April 2013

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Tigersharke: /* Connecting to the PXE Boot Desktop Server */

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‎Connecting to the PXE Boot Desktop Server

Tigersharke: /* Connecting to the PXE Boot Desktop Server */

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‎Connecting to the PXE Boot Desktop Server

Tigersharke: /* Connecting to and Customizing the PXE Boot Install Server */

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‎Connecting to and Customizing the PXE Boot Install Server

Tigersharke at 11:01, 19 February 2013

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-A PC-BSD® PXE Boot Desktop Server can be used to install PC-BSD®, FreeBSD, or TrueOS™ onto computers who connect to the server using PXE. The installations can be interactive or fully automated. The  PXE Boot Desktop Server supports multiple, concurrent installations with the only limiting factor being the server's disk I/O and the network's bandwidth.
+A PC-BSD® PXE Boot Desktop Server can be used to install PC-BSD®, FreeBSD, or TrueOS® onto computers who connect to the server using PXE. The installations can be interactive or fully automated. The  PXE Boot Desktop Server supports multiple, concurrent installations with the only limiting factor being the server's disk I/O and the network's bandwidth.
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 The '''pc-thinclient''' script has been improved for PC-BSD®&nbsp;9.1 by adding the following features:
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 If you wait 10 seconds, this message will timeout, and the client will bring up X in 1024x768 mode. If this is not the resolution that you wish to use, type "Y" at the prompt and hit enter to bring up the Xorg Configuration screen. In this menu, you will be able to setup your own custom ''xorg.conf'' file, auto-detect settings, and test the new configuration. When finished, choose "Save working config" to send this configuration to the PXE Boot Desktop Server. This will prompt for the password of the pxeboot user. Once authenticated, the file will be saved by the client's MAC address in ''/home/pxeboot/mnt/xorg-config/<mac>.conf''. The next time you boot the client, it will automatically use the saved ''xorg.conf'' file and bring the system to the PC-BSD® login screen.
-{{note|in order for the login to succeed, the user account must already exist on the PXE Boot Desktop Server.}}
+{{note|width=40%|align=right|icon64=in order for the login to succeed, the user account must already exist on the PXE Boot Desktop Server.}}
 The client's boot environment is located in ''/home/pxeboot''. This is mounted read-only during the PXE boot process to allow the client to bootup and create an XDCMP connection to the server.

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 Once the PXE Boot Install Server is installed, try to PXE boot a client which is connected to the same network. If the client boots successfully, you will see the installation screen shown in Figure 9.8a.
-'''Figure 9.8a: PXE Boot Installation Menu'''
+[[File:Pxe.png|thumb|393px|'''Figure 9.8a: PXE Boot Installation Menu''']]
-−
-[[File:Pxe.png]]
 By default, selecting “install” from the boot menu will use the ''/usr/home/thinclient/installscripts/pc-sysinstall.example'' script which installs a basic FreeBSD system.  In addition to starting an installation, this menu provides an emergency shell prompt. This can be useful if you have a system which can no longer boot and you wish to either access the disk's contents or attempt to repair the installation.
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 The PXE Boot Install Server also supports completely unattended installations. To perform fully-automated installations over the PXE interface, create a configuration script named ''/usr/home/thinclient/installscripts/unattended.cfg''. When a PXE client first boots, it checks for the existence of the ''unattended.cfg'' file, and if found, it will automatically use it for installation. Some caution should be taken when using this method since simply plugging a PXE boot client into the wrong LAN cable could cause it to be re-installed.
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 To configure the PC-BSD® system as a PXE Boot Desktop Server, run the following script as the superuser:
- '''pc-thinclient'''
+{{txtbox|box='''pc-thinclient'''
- /usr/local/bin/pc-thinclient will install the components to convert this system into a thin-client server.
+/usr/local/bin/pc-thinclient will install the components to convert this system into a thin-client server.
- Continue? (Y/N) '''y'''
+Continue? (Y/N) '''y'''
- Do you wish to make this a remote X desktop server or install server?
+Do you wish to make this a remote X desktop server or install server?
- (r/i) '''r'''
+(r/i) '''r'''}}
 If your intent is to install a PXE Boot Desktop Server, input '''r''' and press enter. If the DHCP server is not already installed, you will receive a configuration menu for compiling the DHCP port. You can press enter to accept the defaults. Once the DHCP server is installed, the tools needed in the PXE environment will be installed:
- Fetching FreeBSD environment... This may take a while...
+{{txtbox|box=Fetching FreeBSD environment... This may take a while...
- Extracting PC-BSD environment... This may take a while...
+Extracting PC-BSD environment... This may take a while...
- Copying /usr/ports -> /usr/home/thinclient/usr/ports
+Copying /usr/ports -> /usr/home/thinclient/usr/ports
- <snip very long output>
+<snip very long output>
- Setting up system for PXE booting...
+Setting up system for PXE booting...
- What NIC do you wish DHCPD to listen on? (I.E. re0)
+What NIC do you wish DHCPD to listen on? (I.E. re0)
- nic) '''em0'''
+nic) '''em0'''}}
 Input the FreeBSD device name of the interface that is attached to the local network containing the diskless workstations. This interface will run the DHCP server and should not be connected to a
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 The script will now configure the specified interface and start the required services:
- Starting /etc/rc.d/nfsd...OK
+{{txtbox|box=Starting /etc/rc.d/nfsd...OK
- Starting /etc/rc.d/inetd...OK
+Starting /etc/rc.d/inetd...OK
- Starting /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd...OK
+Starting /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd...OK
- You will now need to enable remote desktop.
+You will now need to enable remote desktop.
- This can be done via the PC-BSD Control Panel -> GDM Configuration
+This can be done via the PC-BSD Control Panel -> GDM Configuration
- or by manually editing /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf
+or by manually editing /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf
- Your system is now setup to do PXE booting!
+Your system is now setup to do PXE booting!}}
 Go to ''[[Control Panel]]'' ➜ ''[[GDM Configuration]]'' and check the box ''Enable XDMCP''. If you forget this step, clients will not be able to receive an X session when they connect.
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 The installation creates a chroot directory that contains a small PXE image that is used by clients to launch Xorg and connect to the PXE Boot Desktop Server. You can access this chroot by typing this command as the superuser:
- '''chroot /usr/home/thinclient'''
+{{txtbox|box='''chroot /usr/home/thinclient'''}}
 Running '''pkg_info''' within the chroot will show which X components and drivers are available. Should you need to install additional video drivers, use '''pkg_add''' within the chroot. When you are finished using the chroot, type '''exit''' to leave it.
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 The thin client script also creates the ''pxeboot'' user with the default password ''thinclient''. This username and password is used to save the working Xorg configuration files for each of the diskless computers. It is highly recommended that you change this password right away by running this command as the superuser:
- '''passwd pxeboot'''
+{{txtbox|box='''passwd pxeboot'''}}
 You will also need to create the users that will connect to the system. You can do so using [[User Manager]] or by typing '''adduser''' at the command line and following the prompts.
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 After the boot process has finished, the client will be brought to this prompt:
- No saved xorg-config for this MAC: <MAC_Address>
+{{txtbox|box=No saved xorg-config for this MAC: <MAC_Address>
- Do you wish to setup a custom xorg.conf for this system? (Y/N)
+Do you wish to setup a custom xorg.conf for this system? (Y/N)}}
 If you wait 10 seconds, this message will timeout, and the client will bring up X in 1024x768 mode. If this is not the resolution that you wish to use, type "Y" at the prompt and hit enter to bring up the Xorg Configuration screen. In this menu, you will be able to setup your own custom ''xorg.conf'' file, auto-detect settings, and test the new configuration. When finished, choose "Save working config" to send this configuration to the PXE Boot Desktop Server. This will prompt for the password of the pxeboot user. Once authenticated, the file will be saved by the client's MAC address in ''/home/pxeboot/mnt/xorg-config/<mac>.conf''. The next time you boot the client, it will automatically use the saved ''xorg.conf'' file and bring the system to the PC-BSD® login screen.
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 Use the '''-remove''' option if you wish to uninstall the PXE Boot Desktop Server:
- '''pc-thinclient -remove'''
+{{txtbox|box='''pc-thinclient -remove'''
- Removing /usr/home/thinclient
+Removing /usr/home/thinclient}}
 This will remove the PXE environment from the system. If you are finished using the PXE boot services, you can stop them using these commands:
- '''service nfsd stop'''
+{{txtbox|box='''service nfsd stop'''
- '''service inetd stop'''
+'''service inetd stop'''
- '''service isc-dhcpd stop'''
+'''service isc-dhcpd stop'''}}
 and prevent them from restarting by removing these lines from ''/etc/rc.conf:''
- # pc-thinclient configuration
+{{txtbox|box={{pound}} pc-thinclient configuration
- dhcpd_enable="YES"
+dhcpd_enable="YES"
- dhcpd_ifaces="em0"
+dhcpd_ifaces="em0"
- portmap_enable="YES"
+portmap_enable="YES"
- nfs_server_enable="YES"
+nfs_server_enable="YES"
- inetd_enable="YES"
+inetd_enable="YES"
- ifconfig_em0="192.168.2.2"
+ifconfig_em0="192.168.2.2"}}
 Your interface name and IP address may differ from those in the example.
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 The installation of the PXE Boot Install Server starts the same way, except this time you select '''i''' when prompted:
- Fetching FreeBSD environment... This may take a while...
+{{txtbox|box='''pc-thinclient'''
- Extracting PC-BSD environment... This may take a while...
+/usr/local/bin/pc-thinclient will install the components to convert this system into a thin-client server.
- Setting up system for PXE booting...
+Continue? (Y/N) '''y'''
- What NIC do you wish DHCPD to listen on? (I.E. re0)
+Do you wish to make this a remote X desktop server or install server?
- nic) '''em0'''
+(r/i) '''i'''
- Starting /etc/rc.d/nfsd...OK
- Starting /etc/rc.d/inetd...OK
- Starting /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd...OK
- To perform system installations, place your custom pc-sysinstall scripts in:
+Fetching FreeBSD environment... This may take a while...
- /usr/home/thinclient/installscripts
+Extracting PC-BSD environment... This may take a while...
- An example script is provided in the above directory
+Setting up system for PXE booting...
- For unattended installations, save your pc-sysinstall script as:
+What NIC do you wish DHCPD to listen on? (I.E. re0)
- /usr/home/thinclient/installscripts/unattended.cfg
+nic) '''em0'''
- Your system is now setup to do PXE booting!
+Starting /etc/rc.d/nfsd...OK
 ==== Connecting to and Customizing the PXE Boot Install Server ====