updated PXE boot menu and copy casper files to tftp folder

k3s-lab-setup/000-ReadMeFirst/003-clone-repository.md

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-## Clone Repository on HyperV host.
+## Clone Repository on Hyper-V host
 
-Keep in mind this is to be run on the Windows PC where you are running Hyper-V. The git pull done on step `000-ReadMeFirst` was on `alpine1`
+The scripts required to perform the various tasks are located in the git repository  https://github.com/belajarpowershell/kubernetes-lab
 
-The files required can be downloaded from the Repository https://github.com/belajarpowershell/kubernetes-lab
+You will need to have GIT installed [Install Git ](https://git-scm.com/download/win) 
 
-You will need to have GIT installed [Install Git ](https://git-scm.com/download/win)
+On Windows 11 you can open a `Terminal`  that can run the `git' commands. 
 
-
-
-The following command will create a folder "kubernetes-lab"
+The following command will create a folder `kubernetes-lab` and download the files.
 
 ```
 # change to the Drive you want to store the files before executing this.
 git clone https://github.com/belajarpowershell/kubernetes-lab.git
 ```
 
+![alt text](./../../screenshots/Alpine1-screenshots/003-01-clone-repository.png)
 
+![003-01-clone-repository](./../screenshots/003-01-clone-repository.png)
 
-The files can then be found in ( in this example its the g:\ drive it might be different for you.)
+The files can then be found in ( in this example its the c:\ drive it might be different for you.)
 
 ```
-g:\kubernetes-lab
+c:\kubernetes-lab
 ```
 

k3s-lab-setup/000-ReadMeFirst/004-Hyper-V-VM-creation.md

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ To use this script:-
 
 [Here is a video that might help](https://clipchamp.com/watch/EYzyfDZUGRv)
 
-#### 
-
 #### Lessons Learned
 
 1. Hyper-V VM Memory needs to be at minimum 1GB. Any lower the Ubuntu will fail to install. Wasted a few days to catch this. 

k3s-lab-setup/100-alpine1/102-Clone-repository.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Clone the repository
 
-In this step we will download the files required for 
+In this step we will download the files required to setup the various services. We now clone the repository to `ansible1`.
 
-#####  This script is to download the folder /srv from the Repository https://github.com/belajarpowershell/kubernetes-lab
+#####  This script is to download the files  from the Repository https://github.com/belajarpowershell/kubernetes-lab
 
 ```
 # Step 1 clone the repository

k3s-lab-setup/100-alpine1/113-generate-user-data-multipleVM.md

@@ -40,39 +40,38 @@ The generated files are in the subfolder  `.\autoinstall\`
 
 
 
-From the configuration in step `111-setup-boot-files-part3-pxelinux.cfg`  ( refer to manual step 111) , the Boot sequence is looking up the location. `http://192.168.100.1/autoinstall/`
+From the configuration in step `111-setup-boot-files-part3-pxelinux.cfg`  ( refer to manual step 11) , the Boot sequence is looking up the location. `http://192.168.100.1/autoinstall/`
 
 This is from the following code
 
 ```
 APPEND netboot=nfs boot=casper root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.100.1:/srv/isoubuntu autoinstall 
 ```
 
-Copy the files created to the folder 
+#### Copy autoinstall files to `alpine1`
 
-` /srv/autoinstall/` on the `alpine1` server. The duplicate file with the node name is workaround to show the hostname of the specific file. As I did not find away to identify the hostname using the Ubuntu autoinstall method.
+Using [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/download.php) copy the files created to the folder  `/srv/autoinstall/` on the `alpine1` server. The duplicate file with the node name is workaround to show the hostname of the specific file. 
 
+![114-02-wsftp-cp-autoinstall](./../screenshots\113-02-wsftp-cp-autoinstall.png)
 
 
-![114-02-wsftp-cp-autoinstall](./../screenshots\114-02-wsftp-cp-autoinstall.png)
 
-
-
-If you recall from 104-setup-nginx, the folder /srv/ was exposed to be visible from `http://192.168.100.1/`. All folders created in `/srv/` will be listed via the browser.
-
-Copy the files using WSFTP or some other method . 
+From step `104-setup-nginx`( refer to manual steps), the folder /srv/ was exposed to be visible from `http://192.168.100.1/`. All folders created in `/srv/` will be listed via the browser.
 
 Validate by browsing `http://192.168.100.1/`
 
 
 
-![114-03-list-autoinstall-in-browser](./../../screenshots\114-03-list-autoinstall-in-browser.png)
+![114-03-list-autoinstall-in-browser](./../screenshots\114-03-list-autoinstall-in-browser.png)
 
 // To update Video of Script generation and the Ubuntu setup.
 
 
 
 #### Lessons Learnt
 
-The MAC addresses for a newly created Hyper-V VM is not generated until its started at least once. 
+- The MAC addresses for a newly created Hyper-V Virtual Machine is not generated until its started at least once. 
+- the `meta-data` and`vendor-data` while empty must exist.
+
+
 

k3s-lab-setup/100-alpine1/manual-steps/110-setup-boot-files-part2-OS.md

@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ ls /srv/isoubuntu
 
 ![alt text](./../../screenshots/Alpine1-screenshots/mount-ubuntu-iso.png)
 
+
+
+#### Step 2 Extract `vmlinuz` and `initrd`
+
+Run the commands below to extract the boot files.
+
+```
+#create ubuntu folder to store the boot files.
+# this way we can have boot files for multple distros if required.
+mkdir -p /srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper
+
+# copy files
+cp  /srv/isoubuntu/casper/vmlinuz /srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper
+cp  /srv/isoubuntu/casper/initrd /srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper
+```
+
+**Validate**
+The boot files will be served via http. Do validate if this folder and content is listed.
+
+
+ ![alt text](./../screenshots/Alpine1-screenshots/browser-list-casper.png)
+
+
+
+
+
 **Validate if accessible via HTTP** 
 
 As we have already setup `nginx` to list directory content. This should be visible via browser.

srv/ansible/playbook-alpine1/110-setup-boot-files-part2-OS.yaml

@@ -23,3 +23,24 @@
 
     - name: List contents of the mounted ISO
       shell: ls /srv/isoubuntu
+
+- name: Copy Ubuntu Casper images
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create Ubuntu directory structure
+      file:
+        path: "/srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper"
+        state: directory
+        mode: 0755
+
+    - name: Copy vmlinuz to TFTP server
+      copy:
+        src: "/srv/isoubuntu/casper/vmlinuz"
+        dest: "/srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz"
+        mode: 0644
+
+    - name: Copy initrd to TFTP server
+      copy:
+        src: "/srv/isoubuntu/casper/initrd"
+        dest: "/srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper/initrd"
+        mode: 0644

srv/ansible/playbook-alpine1/alpine-services.yaml

@@ -403,3 +403,23 @@
 
     - name: List contents of the mounted ISO
       shell: ls /srv/isoubuntu
+- name: Copy Ubuntu Casper images
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create Ubuntu directory structure
+      file:
+        path: "/srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper"
+        state: directory
+        mode: 0755
+
+    - name: Copy vmlinuz to TFTP server
+      copy:
+        src: "/srv/isoubuntu/casper/vmlinuz"
+        dest: "/srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz"
+        mode: 0644
+
+    - name: Copy initrd to TFTP server
+      copy:
+        src: "/srv/isoubuntu/casper/initrd"
+        dest: "/srv/tftp/ubuntu/casper/initrd"
+        mode: 0644

srv/tftp/efi64/pxelinux.cfg/default

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ LABEL ubuntu-iso-remote #iso downloaded from http. Requires 4GB of Memory
     append url=http://192.168.100.1/tftp/iso/ubuntu-20.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=http://192.168.100.1/autoinstall/ ip=dhcp fsck.mode=skip ---
 
 LABEL ubuntu-DVD-local (Ubuntu  DVD locally mounted - 1GB Memory)
-    MENU LABEL ubuntu-iso-local (iso locally mounted 1GB of Memory)
+    MENU LABEL ubuntu-DVD-local (iso locally mounted 1GB of Memory)
     KERNEL http://192.168.100.1/tftp/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz
     INITRD http://192.168.100.1/tftp/ubuntu/casper/initrd
     APPEND autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=http://192.168.100.1/autoinstall/ ip=dhcp fsck.mode=skip ---
 
 LABEL ubuntu-nfs-boot (Ubuntu  iso mounted on nfs - 1GB Memory)
-    MENU LABEL ubuntu-iso-local (iso locally mounted 1GB of Memory)
+    MENU LABEL ubuntu-nfs-boot (iso mounted on nfs 1GB of Memory)
     KERNEL http://192.168.100.1/tftp/ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz
     INITRD http://192.168.100.1/tftp/ubuntu/casper/initrd
     APPEND netboot=nfs boot=casper root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.100.1:/srv/isoubuntu autoinstall ds=nocloud-net;s=http://192.168.100.1/autoinstall/ ip=dhcp fsck.mode=skip ---