Diskless netboot

Diskless server / workstation using netboot

Requirements:

• DHCP server
• NetBoot server

You must have a working NetBoot before starting this part.

This will add NFS support and sharing.

Installation

NFS support

apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common

Debootstrap (manage netboot image)

apt-get install debootstrap

NFS configuration

NFS is a technology that allow you to share some files / folders over the network. So:

• All the clients will share the installation, configuration files and so on.
• Each client will run a dedicated instance of the operating system
• Logs will be centralized on the common NFS server - so we don't loose data on each reboot.

The NFS configuration is done in the /etc/exports file

vim /etc/exports