rp70 / ipxe-simple

Build latest iPXE from scratch easy

Easy iPXE Building from source code

You need Docker installed for this project!

Demo

You can see demo and download the latest images at ipxe.pcserviceburgas.com

Video instruction on YouTube

This build uses crontab to check any changes of iPXE source every 1 hour and if so then rebuild images. So you can use the latest images from there!

Also you can chain this images from another iPXE

on Legacy BIOS systems

chain --autofree https://ipxe.pcserviceburgas.com/bin/ipxe.lkrn

or on EFI (x64)

chain --autofree https://ipxe.pcserviceburgas.com/bin/bootx64.efi

or on EFI (x86) netboot.xyz not provided for this platform

chain --autofree https://ipxe.pcserviceburgas.com/bin/bootia32.efi

Step 1: Download the project.

You can use git command or simply download it from github

Step 2: Edit files

You can change the commands to edit config files, add/or remove packages, files, etc.

• a. You can comment out "make efi" commands to save your time if you don't need them.
• b. You can comment out settings "sed -i..." if you don't need them.
• c. You can edit/add/or remove batch files.
• d. Replace the content of EFI.ipxe and Legacy.ipxe script with yours.
• e. etc.

Step 3: Build the project

The build process might take some time a while as it download the origin Ubuntu docker image, clone iPXE source and build all necessary images.

Navigate to the project directory (where dockerfile and other project files are)

cd /path/to/project/dir

and start the build

docker build --no-cache -t sebaxakerhtc/ipxe-simple .

Step 4: Run the container

Run the container:

docker run --restart unless-stopped --name ipxe-simple -p 80:80 -d sebaxakerhtc/ipxe-simple

Step 5:Enjoy!

Open your browser and type http://localhost or your choosen ip/port

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create a branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create an Issue with a link to your branch
6. Or Send me a Pull Request

Screenshots

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.