🧰 PXE Server Setup Script for Ubuntu 24.04

This project provides an interactive and automatable shell script to install and configure a PXE Boot Server on Ubuntu 24.04.
It supports UEFI and Legacy BIOS booting via TFTP and HTTP, with optional local NFS and SMB servers.

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✅ Features

• Boot support for:
  • x86_64 UEFI
  • Legacy BIOS
• HTTP boot via NGINX (on port 65100)
• TFTP server for iPXE binaries
• WIMBOOT support for Windows PE / installation media
• Optional:
  • Local NFS server exporting /pxeboot
  • Local SMB server sharing /pxeboot (ipxe / ipxe)
• Fully interactive prompts or non-interactive CLI parameters
• Clean and user-friendly output

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🚀 Quick Start

sudo bash pxe-setup.sh --local --serverip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

This will:

• Install all required PXE components
• Serve boot files via TFTP and HTTP
• Enable local NFS and SMB services
• Share /pxeboot via NFS and SMB
• Compile iPXE and generate boot menus

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🛠️ Usage

🔧 CLI Options

Option	Description
--local	Enable local NFS and SMB server setup
--serverip=…	PXE server IP for TFTP & HTTP
--nfsip=…	NFS server IP (required if --local unused)
--smbip=…	SMB server IP (required if --local unused)

🧪 Example (External NFS/SMB)

sudo bash pxe-setup.sh --serverip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --nfsip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --smbip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

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📁 Directory Structure

Path	Description
/pxeboot/config/	iPXE menu definitions
/pxeboot/firmware/	iPXE binaries, wimboot, etc.
/pxeboot/os-images/	Storage for ISOs, installers, etc.

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🔐 SMB Share Access

If local SMB is enabled, a user is created:

• Username: ipxe
• Password: ipxe
• Share: \\<server_ip>\pxeboot

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📜 Dependencies

The script automatically installs:

• nginx, tftpd-hpa, build-essential, git,
  uuid-dev, liblzma-dev, wget, isolinux

If --local is used:

• nfs-kernel-server, samba

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📦 To Do / Ideas

• ARM64 iPXE build support
• Dockerized PXE server variant

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📄 License

MIT – Feel free to fork, use, and contribute!