From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brice Waegeneire Subject: Re: iPXE network booting (was Re: [GSOC 2020] Booting via network) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:33:57 +0000 Message-ID: <1cd6e509f1cb049094e72c4ec3ec4277@waegenei.re> References: <2a1045c19652dfa74ed3735a860cb88d@waegenei.re> <877dz1fn7a.fsf@ponder> <877dyn316i.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58440) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jOnnO-0001Qc-TH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:34:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jOnnN-0001HH-Kg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:34:02 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:49937) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jOnnN-0001GL-EJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:34:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877dyn316i.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Giovanni Biscuolo Cc: Vagrant Cascadian , guix-devel@gnu.org Hello Giovanni, On 2020-04-10 13:44, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: > > [...] > > I never used iPXE but... please consider using iPXE (if possible) for > Guix network booting and consider that this feature is a prerequisite > for seamless remote desktop with Guix (using x2go or xrdp like the new > LTSP is doing [1]) in addition to "diskless fat clients"; a very cool > feature, I think :-D Since the proposal has already been submitted I can't promise to add iPXE support in the context of this GSoC, however I will keep it in mind when implementing PXE booting. If I'm able to finish it early I'll look into adding iPXE booting as a bonus. > In addition to LAN booting, iPXE supports booting from: > > * a web server via HTTP/HTTPS > * an iSCSI SAN > * a Fibre Channel SAN via FCoE > * an AoE SAN > * a wireless network > * a wide-area network > * an Infiniband network > > inlcuding "code signing" to verify the authenticity and integrity of > files downloaded by iPXE. > > Users will have many interesting, configurable [2] and secure ways to > boot Guix with iPXE :-D (imagine booting from a remote host connected > via a wireguard network connection... could it be possible?!?) Wow, that sounds cool. I would like to find out if it's possible too. > > [...] > > HTH! Thanks, Gio' Yes it is helping, really, that was dense with information. Cheers, - Brice