PXE Boot with Kickstart Install

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-netboot-pxe-config.html

[root@$filestore root]# yum install dhcp
[root@$filestore root]# cd /usr/share/doc/dhcp-*
[root@$filestore dhcp-3.0pl2]# cp dhcpd.conf.sample /etc/dhcpd.conf

# See /usr/share/doc/dhcp-$VER/dhcpd.conf &
# https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/ch-dhcp.html
# for more info.

ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
allow bootp;
allow booting;

subnet $subnetip netmask $netmask {

        option routers                  $routerip;
        option subnet-mask              $netmask;

	option domain-name-servers      $nameserverip;

        default-lease-time 21600;
        max-lease-time 43200;

       # This section is for the test host for PXE & DHCP netbooting and Kickstart installs
       # See  https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/ch-pxe.html
       # for more info

        host pxetest {
                # This should match any PXE enabled client but we'll leave it off to allow
                # us more control
                # match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
                next-server $nfsserverip;
                filename "linux-install/pxelinux.0";
                hardware ethernet $macofinstallclient;
                fixed-address $iptoassigninstallclient;
        }
}

[root@$filestore root]# yum install tftp-server redhat-config-netboot 
[root@$filestore root]# cd /tftpboot/
[root@$filestore tftpboot]# cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/

default local
timeout 0
prompt 1
display msgs/custom.msg
F1 msgs/boot.msg
F2 msgs/general.msg
F3 msgs/expert.msg
F4 msgs/param.msg
F5 msgs/rescue.msg
F7 msgs/snake.msg

label local
  localboot 1

label 0
  localboot 1

label 1
  kernel wbel4/vmlinuz
  append initrd=wbel4/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000

label 2
  kernel wbel4/vmlinuz
  append initrd=wbel4/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 ks=nfs:$nfsserverip:/opt/whitebox/4/en/os/i386/ks/ibmks.cfg

label 3
  kernel wbel4/vmlinuz
  append initrd=wbel4/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 text rescue ks=nfs:$nfsserverip:/opt/whitebox/4/en/os/i386/ks/rescueks.cfg

# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.
# Modified by WMCD...
#
install
nfs --server=$nfsserverip --dir=/opt/whitebox/4/en/os/i386
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default=en_GB.UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
keyboard uk
#
reboot
#
# Don't need X, this is a minimal, unattended install...
# xconfig --card "VESA driver (generic)" --videoram 4096 --hsync 30-70 --vsync 50-160 --resolution 800x600 --depth 16
text
#
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
# network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted $cryptedpass
firewall --disabled
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
timezone --utc Europe/London
bootloader --location=mbr
# The following is the partition information you requested
# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
# not guaranteed to work
#
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
part /boot --fstype "ext3" --size=100 --ondisk=sda
part pv.0 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda
volgroup vg00 --pesize=32768 pv.0
logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=lv00 --vgname=vg00 --size=1024 --grow
logvol swap --fstype swap --name=lv01 --vgname=vg00 --size=256 --grow --maxsize=512
#
# clearpart --all --drives=sda
# part /boot --fstype "ext3" --size=100 --ondisk=sda
# part pv.5 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda
# volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.5
# logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024 --grow
# logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=256 --grow --maxsize=512
#
%packages
@ british-support
kernel
lvm2
grub
e2fsprogs
mc
vim-enhanced
yum
php
#
%post
#
# Add $filestore to /etc/hosts
echo "$ipaddress           $filestore" >> /etc/hosts
#
# Setup yum - we're cat-ing the whole config file because distroverpkg
# is wrong after the base install and there's no easy way to change it
# "in-place" unless mysql's installed then replace(1) would do
#
cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=whitebox-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
#
# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
[$filestore-whitebox-base]
name=Whitebox Linux \$releasever - \$basearch - Base
baseurl=ftp://$filestore/whitebox/\$releasever/en/os/\$basearch
#
[$filestore-whitebox-updates]
name=Whitebox Linux \$releasever - \$basearch - Updates
baseurl=ftp://$filestore/whitebox/\$releasever/en/updates/
#
[$filestore-whitebox-dag]
name=Whitebox Linux \$releasever - \$basearch - DAG
baseurl=ftp://$filestore/whitebox/\$releasever/en/dag/
#
EOF
#
# Add non-root user and appropriate keys (snipped out)
#

#
# Secure SSHD
#
# Setup Sudo
#
# Install GPG keys for RPMs from our locally mirrored DAG repository
#
cat <<EOF > /tmp/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
The following public key can be used to verify RPM packages
downloaded from  http://dag.wieers.com/apt/  using 'rpm -K'
if you have the GNU GPG package.
Questions about this key should be sent to:
Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com>

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

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5rTzVkiefg8ch1yEcMayK20NdyOmhDGXQXNQS8OJFLTIC6bJs+7MZL83/wCg3cG3
3q7MWHm3IpJb+6QKpB9YH58D/2WjPDK+7YIky/JbFBT4JPgTSBy611+bLqHA6PXq
39tzY6un8KDznAMNtm+NAsr6FEG8PHe406+tbgd7tBkecz3HPX8nR5v0JtDT+gzN
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Vq7uECQRvWzif6tzOY+vHkUxOBRvD6oIU6tlmuG3WByKyA1d0MTqMr3eWieSYf/L
n5VA9NuD7NwjFA1kLkoDwfSbsF51LppTMkUggzwgvwE46MB6yyuqAVI1kReAWw+I
RgQYEQIABgUCP0kxPwAKCRCiDlIUa4155oktAKDAzm9QYbDpk6SrQhkSFy016BjE
BACeJU1hpElFnUZCL4yKj4EuLnlo8kc=
=mqUt
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
EOF
#
rpm --import /tmp/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
#
# Install bash-complete, multitail, dconf, ganglia, nagios, webmin &
# keychain from DAG repo mirror. Install tripwire from somewhere too
yum -y install keychain webmin bash-completion multitail
#

# Kickstart configuration file RHEL 3 EL U4 Rescue Mode
#
#System  language
#
lang en_US.UTF-8
#
#Language modules to install
#
langsupport --default=en_GB.UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
#
#System keyboard
#
keyboard uk
#
#System mouse
#
mouse none
#
#Retrieve rescue system from NFS
#
nfs --server=$nfsserverip  --dir=/opt/whitebox/4/en/os/i386
#
#Network information
#
network --bootproto=dhcp

host newbox {
  next-server $nfsserverip;
  filename "linux-install/pxelinux.0";
  hardware ethernet sn:ee:sn:ee:sn:ee;
  fixed-address $iptoassigninstallclient;
  }

[root@$filestore root]# cd /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/
[root@$filestore root]# gethostip $iptoassigninstallclient
$iptoassigninstallclient $iptoassigninstallclient $hostip
[root@$filestore pxelinux.cfg]# vi $hostip

default 2
label 2
  kernel wbel4/vmlinuz
  append initrd=wbel4/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 ks=nfs:$nfsserverip:/opt/kickstart/wbel4-install-ks.cfg

PXE Boot with Kickstart Install

From Wikidocs

PXE Boot Overview

DHCP/TFTP/Kickstart Implementation

DHCP

TFTP

Kickstart

Installing a New Host

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