Chapter 9. Network Booting with libvirt

Procedure 9.1. Configuring the PXE boot server

1. Place the PXE boot images and configuration in /var/lib/tftpboot.
2. enter the following commands:

   # virsh net-destroy default
   # virsh net-edit default

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3. Edit the <ip> element in the configuration file for the default network to include the appropriate address, network mask, DHCP address range, and boot file, where BOOT_FILENAME represents the file name you are using to boot the guest virtual machine.

   <ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
      <tftp root='/var/lib/tftpboot' />
      <dhcp>
         <range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254' />
         <bootp file='BOOT_FILENAME' />
      </dhcp>
   </ip>

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4. Run:

   # virsh net-start default

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5. Boot the guest using PXE (refer to Section 9.2, “Booting a Guest Using PXE”).