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Loading kickstart files over the network from the kernel line during an install only supports NFS, HTTP, and FTP. Rootpw -iscrypted $6$CXxBapbzNlScWzBU$45c4bxK9/pDVls/aJcaT/9kENR0OFxMhohBf7k8RrBWtzTs42ljw4SER0AqYTDEdWHlDWE4BTTnQX8vkMWJ6l1īootloader -append=" crashkernel=auto" -location=mbr -boot-drive=sda Network -bootproto=dhcp -device=enp0s8 -onboot=off -noipv6 -activate For this article I will use kickstart file /root/nf with below content. I have written another article which contains a sample kickstart configuration file which you can use for reference. Since we plan to automate our installation using kickstart and network boot PXE server so we will need a working kickstart file. Follow the official CentOS page to get the various options with this tool. You can also use system-config-kickstart tool on the GUI to create your own kickstart file. It is a good starting point if you want to try out an automated Kickstart installation. This file contains most settings that were used while installing your computer. When you install a Red Hat system, a file with the name anaconda-ks.cfg is created in the home directory of the root user. Typically for a Linux client, this file is called pxelinux.0.ĪLSO READ: Configure kickstart server | PXE boot server | RHEL/CentOS 8

The DHCP server can also give it the details of a TFTP server from which to retrieve an executable file.

When a machine uses the PXE (Pre-eXecution Environment) to boot directly off the network, it needs to get an IP address from a DHCP server.

This allows you to control a single source to install servers without the need to physically insert some DVDs or USB sticks. PXE, or Preboot eXecution Environment, allows you to instruct computers to boot using network resources. You can also use other services like NFS, FTP etc to serve the purpose. It is not mandatory to only use the services from this article to configure PXE boot server in Linux.

But to configure PXE boot server on RHEL you need an active subscription to be able to download the required rpms or you can also download these rpms by creating a local repository using the RHEL vanilla DVD image.

The same list of steps will work on RHEL 7 as well.

In this article I will share the steps to configure PXE boot server using HTTP, Kickstart and DHCP / DNSMASQ service on a CentOS 7 node.