[[ShowPath]] [[PageOutline]] = Installation = First get the latest stable source of the package from: * ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/pxeconfig.tar.gz Then unpack the package. There are 2 methods to build the package: * Debian package * Manual installation == Debian package == How to build a debian package: * debian/rules binary * dpkg -i The debian package determines if ''inetd'' or ''xinetd'' configuration must be used. == Manual installation == How to install the package: * ./configure (default install directory = ''/usr/local'') * make install === How to configure the daemon (pxeconfigd) === To activate the ''pxeconfigd'' daemon utility on other platforms use this procedure: * edit '/etc/services', eg: {{{ pxeconfigd 6611/tcp # pxe config daemon }}} * Install the server, the server can '''ONLY''' be started from ''inetd'' or ''xinetd'': {{{ a) inetd.conf - edit '/etc/inetd.conf', eg: pxeconfigd stream tcp nowait root.sys /usr/sbin/tcpd \ /usr/local/sbin/pxeconfigd - /etc/init.d/inetd reload b) xinetd - cp examples/pxeconfigd.xinetd /etc/xinetd.d/pxeconfigd - /etc/init.d/xinetd reload }}} == Test the setup == You can test it by: * telnet localhost pxeconfigd (or port number) {{{ output: Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ip = 127.0.0.1, hex = 7F000001 file = /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/7F000001 Connection closed by foreign host. }}} In syslog a line will be added if the removal is succesful: {{{ Feb 20 09:32:40 test pxeconfigd: /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/7F000001 }}} == Configuration == The pxeconfig and pxeconfigd utility can be configured with a configuration file: * pxeconfig.conf (usually located in /usr/local/etc or /etc) The following options are supported: pxe_config_dir:: Specify which tftpboot directory must be used, default: ''/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg'' client_script_hook:: This option is used by the client program ''pxeconfig'' it executes a script before a host link is created with the host ip-address as first argument. We use this to open ports on our firewall to allow the host to use rsync or bittorrent protocol. daemon_script_hook:: This option is used by the daemon program ''pxeconfigd'' it executes a script before a host link is removed with the host ip-address as first argument. We use this to close ports on our firewall for the specified IP-address/host.