CentOS / Fedora

In this manual we will use CentOS 6.0 / Fedora (also works on RHEL) as an example:

Download ERPXE¶

Download erpxe.current.tar.gz at http://www.erpxe.com/download/.

Extract ERPXE¶

cd /
tar -xvzf erpxe.current.tar.gz

Install a TFTP Service¶

yum install -y xinetd tftp-server
chkconfig xinetd on
chkconfig tftpd on

Config TFTP service¶

This step is very IMPORTANT! if the erpxe.remap configuration is missing most plugins will not work.

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/tftp

service tftp
{
    disable     = no
    socket_type = dgram
    protocol    = udp
    wait        = yes
    user        = root
    server      = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
    server_args = -m /tftpboot/erpxe.remap -vvvvv -s /tftpboot
    per_source  = 11
    cps     = 100 2
    flags       = IPv4
}

Add Shares¶

Add HTTP support¶

yum install -y httpd
chkconfig httpd on
cp /tftpboot/bin/setup/erpxe-httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/

Add NFS support¶

yum install nfs-utils
chkconfig nfs on

The next step will overwrite your original /etc/exports !!!

cat /tftpboot/bin/setup/erpxe-exports > /etc/exports

Add SAMBA support¶

yum install samba
chkconfig smb on

The next step will overwrite your original /etc/samba/smb.conf !!!

cat /tftpboot/bin/setup/erpxe-smb.conf > /etc/samba/smb.conf

Create a Unix user called erpxe:

useradd --no-create-home -s /dev/null erpxe

Set SAMBA password for user erpxe to "erpxe":

smbpasswd -a erpxe

Set password for user "root" to your password:

smbpasswd -a root

SELinux Configuration¶

Run the following command to set the correct security context after deploying ERPXE base and plugins:

restorecon -r /tftpboot

DHCP Configuration¶

Read more on DHCP Configuration