A vagrant PXE client/server environment which supports virtualbox and libvirt providers.
Inspired by https://github.com/stephenrlouie/PXE-Boot-VM/

It is designed to learn and test cloning solutions, nfsroot, syslinux, etc...

1° install Qemu / Libvirt / Virtualbox

• See your distribution documentation.

2° if using, install Vagrant-libvirt Provider

• https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt

3° git clone http://github.com/eoli3n/vagrant-pxe

PXE server's installation script is config/setup.sh.
All required files are in config/ressources.
Default pxe configuration load pxelinux with a menu to boot local disk.

• System Box => debian/jessie64
• Default CPU => 1
• Default RAM => 1024
• Networking
• eth0 => Management network
• eth1 => Private network "pxe_network"

$ cd vagrant-pxe/server
$ vagrant up --provider virtualbox
$ vagrant ssh

$ cd vagrant-pxe/server
$ vagrant up --provider libvirt
$ vagrant ssh

• System Box => debian/jessie64
• Default CPU => 1
• Default RAM => 1024
• Networking
• eth0 => Private network "pxe_network"

A box needs to be set for virtualbox provider.
If changing, please choose one which supports virtualbox and libvirt providers.

Requires virtualbox extension pack.

$ cd vagrant-pxe/client
$ vagrant up --provider virtualbox

Vagrant will hang on Warning: Connection refused. Retrying... error. That's because we edited network configuration to enable pxeboot. Please ignore it.

Virtualbox gui will pop up, showing vm netboot.

No box required, but will use Debian 8 as with virtualbox provider.

$ cd vagrant-pxe/client
$ vagrant up --provider libvirt

Vagrant will hang on Waiting for domain to get an IP address....
That's because box ask for network configuration on management network which do not exist here. Please ignore it.

To restart boot procedure.

$ vagrant reload

Refs

• http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto
• https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt#no-box-and-pxe-boot

Todo

• Doc : submodule include