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Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Re: Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Post by srcreigh »

Last year I released my version of this: https://pxehost.com

Pxehost is much less featureful than Bootimus, no dashboard, and only supports netboot.xyz.

I am curious how Bootimus got udp broadcast to work via Docker on arm macOS. I could not figure that out and it’s why I released pxehost as a cross platform binary.

We need a good ISO to set up new hosts to run firecracker VMs in k3s. That would be a killer homelab tool. Tooling to make custom ISOs. And some Kairos/Talos immutable image update style tooling would be great too.

The dream is to boot via PXE once per host to setup secure k8s nodes, using just Ethernet cord, ISP router, and a windows laptop or an iPhone.

Re: Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Post by bityard »

gsliepen wrote: post #15

Nice, although if you already are running your own DHCP and web server, it's very easy to add a TFTP server and configure everything to serve whatever you want. So it does feel a bit like reinventing the wheel to me. A PXE boot server has many uses. The project already mentions using it for tools like GParted, Memtest86+ and so on. Booting live OS or OS installers via netboot.xyz is also great. But you can automate t…

> it's very easy to add a TFTP server and configure everything to serve whatever you want.

In your own homelab or in a small company, sure.

But the nice thing about proxyDHCP is that in a larger company, if the network engineering team hands you a subnet to play in that has DHCP forwarding configured in the router already, and you want to do PXE in it, you can just deploy your own proxyDHCP server without any extra red tape.

Or in my case, I just don't like to have configuration for a single service scattered around my network devices if I can avoid it.

Re: Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Post by iwontberude »

srcreigh wrote: post #21

Last year I released my version of this: https://pxehost.com Pxehost is much less featureful than Bootimus, no dashboard, and only supports netboot.xyz. I am curious how Bootimus got udp broadcast to work via Docker on arm macOS. I could not figure that out and it’s why I released pxehost as a cross platform binary. We need a good ISO to set up new hosts to run firecracker VMs in k3s. That would be a killer homelab t…

NetBoot.xyz is one of the most sketch projects on the internet, yeah nope nope nope.

Re: Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Post by sscaryterry »

3form wrote: post #19
sscaryterry wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, not everyone takes AI's output, and uses it verbatim. Sometimes it feels like everyone gets painted with the same brush.

Yes, that's why I think responsible people should truthfully disclose.

Since when is disclosure a "should"? Nobody asks if you were stark-naked whilst coding it, high on drugs, having a bad day or any other arbitrary question.

Disclosure is something the author volunteered, its his freedom to do with HIS creation as he wishes.

Get off your soapbox.

Re: Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Post by betaporter »

sscaryterry wrote: post #28
3form wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that's why I think responsible people should truthfully disclose.

Since when is disclosure a "should"? Nobody asks if you were stark-naked whilst coding it, high on drugs, having a bad day or any other arbitrary question. Disclosure is something the author volunteered, its his freedom to do with HIS creation as he wishes. Get off your soapbox.

Moving forward, perhaps I should state that, "I was fully clothed while preparing this PR."

Re: Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

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Post by doublerabbit »

betaporter wrote: post #29
sscaryterry wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since when is disclosure a "should"? Nobody asks if you were stark-naked whilst coding it, high on drugs, having a bad day or any other arbitrary question. Disclosure is something the author volunteered, its his freedom to do with HIS creation as he wishes. Get off your soapbox.

Moving forward, perhaps I should state that, "I was fully clothed while preparing this PR."

What a waste of good clothes. I at least vibe code in a pair raggy pair of combat shorts and an xtra-large tshirt.
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