Thank you, got it.
TFTP permission issue. Strangely the TFTP log only shows successful requests. Unsuccessful ones are only shown via a --verbose switch.
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Von: "Stefan Bluhm"
An: "uyuni-devel"
Gesendet: Samstag, 23. Januar 2021 21:07:31
Betreff: PXE Boot process/trouble shooting
Hello all,
at the moment, I am looking at the automated kickstart and PXE boot functionality. My boot is stuck somewhere but I cannot spot anything in the logs or what/where something is supposed to happen. Can you please assist me in troubleshooting?
This is where I am at (CentOS Uyuni Server):
1. Kickstartable tree is downloaded (via reposync).
2. Distribution is set up via WebUI. (Tree path=/var/spacewalk/rhn/kickstart/1/centos8-baseos-x86_64 and it exists on the file system for apache:apache).
3. Basic Profile created via WebUI ("kickstart-profile", OS seems OK, "Available tree" as in 2., software URL: /ks/dist/org/1/centos8-baseos-x86_64 )
4. DHCP set up
Now starting up a server:
5. PXE picked up DHCP.
6. PXE loaded the blue Cobbler menu
Here, I can chose "kickstart-profile:1:test"
7. Now, whenever that entry is selected, the blue screen flashes and I am pretty much at the same place as 6.
Pressing tab to see the boot details, these lines are shown:
/images/centos8-baseos-x86_64:1:test/vmlinuz initrd=/images/centos8-baseos-x86_64:1:test/initrd.img ks=http://dev2.bluhm-de.com/cblr/svc/op/autoinstall/profile/kickstart-profile:1... BOOTIF=01-00-0a-21-31-56-34
wget http://dev2.bluhm-de.com/cblr/svc/op/autoinstall/profile/kickstart-profile:1... BOOTIF=01-00-0a-21-31-56-34
wget http://server/images/centos8-baseos-x86_64:1:test/vmlinuz
wget http://server/images/centos8-baseos-x86_64:1:test/initrd.img
All download content. Also firewall is disabled.
So I am not really sure what exactly is supposed to happen when you press [enter] at step 6 above. What would be the real next step? Download a file? Boot an already downloaded file?
Any hints for debugging would be great.
Thank you and best wishes,
Stefan
