LOL. I feel like an idiot right now. Hmmm thanks Kilian, you're indeed correct. I need to understand now why it wasn't working and started working when I manually override the next-server variable.
> On 21 May 2021, at 21:22, Kilian Cavalotti <kilian.cavalotti.w...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I don't think it needs to be expanded by xCAT in the DHCP lease file. > dhcpd will literally send the > "http://${next-server}:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/adano43"; string in > the DHCP reply, and the TFTP/PXE client will interpret this using the > "next-server" value that is defined at the subnet level in dhcpd.conf. > > Some examples here: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/PXE_boot#HOWTO > > Cheers, > -- > Kilian > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 4:51 PM Vinícius Ferrão via xCAT-user > <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> Hello, I'm running xCAT development build and makedhcp is falling to proper >> populate next-server on /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases: >> >> As an example: >> >> host adano43 { >> dynamic; >> hardware ethernet 00:11:22:33:44:55; >> uid 00:11:22:33:44:55; >> fixed-address 172.26.0.43; >> supersede server.ddns-hostname = "adano43"; >> supersede host-name = "adano43"; >> if option user-class-identifier = "xNBA" and option >> client-architecture >> = 00:00 { >> supersede server.always-broadcast = 01; >> supersede server.filename = >> "http://${next-server}:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/adano43";; >> } elsif option user-class-identifier = "xNBA" and option >> client-architecture = 00:09 { >> supersede server.filename = >> >> "http://${next-server}:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/adano43.uefi";; >> } elsif option client-architecture = 00:07 { >> supersede server.filename = "xcat/xnba.efi"; >> } elsif option client-architecture = 00:00 { >> supersede server.filename = "xcat/xnba.kpxe"; >> } else { >> supersede server.filename = ""; >> } >> } >> >> So to figure it out, someone knows from where xCAT grabs the variable to >> replace with the next-server? I know that this should be the management node >> or maybe a service node, if I was using one. >> >> Thanks, >> V. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xCAT-user mailing list >> xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > > > -- > Kilian > > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
