PXE Boot Deploy Image Menu not showing up anymore

[naughtydog]

Hello,

since today the “Deploy Image” entry doesn’t login automatically (values are prefilled) and also doesn’t show the images but instead boots to System information after login.

The entry is autoselected after 3 seconds

Normally the login happens automatically.

This happens after hitting Enter to login.

I have 2 Images

The fog.deployimage is configured as follows.

No errors in the logs during the PXE boot.

Manually calling boot.php gives the following (IPs and password replaced by):

#!ipxe
set fog-ip XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
set fog-webroot fog
set boot-url http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}
set storage-ip XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
set keymap us
cpuid --ext 29 && set arch x86_64 || set arch i386
goto get_console
:console_set
colour --rgb 0x00567a 1 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 2 ||
colour --rgb 0x00567a 4 ||
cpair --foreground 7 --background 2 2 ||
goto MENU
:alt_console
cpair --background 0 1 ||
cpair --background 1 2 ||
goto MENU
:get_console
console --picture http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/fog/service/ipxe/bg.png --left 100 --right 80 && goto console_set || goto alt_console
:MENU
menu
colour --rgb 0xff0000 0 ||
cpair --foreground 1 1 ||
cpair --foreground 0 3 ||
cpair --foreground 4 4 ||
item --gap Host is NOT registered!
item --gap -- -------------------------------------
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item fog.memtest Run Memtest86+
item fog.reginput Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory
item fog.reg Quick Registration and Inventory
item fog.deployimage Deploy Image
item fog.multijoin Join Multicast Session
item fog.sysinfo Client System Information (Compatibility)
choose --default fog.deployimage --timeout 3000 target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
:fog.memtest
kernel memdisk initrd=memtest.bin iso raw
initrd memtest.bin
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reginput
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=275000 web=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/images/ storageip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=manreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.reg
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=275000 web=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/images/ storageip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=autoreg
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:fog.deployimage
set username fog
set password PASSWORD
#login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param qihost 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:fog.multijoin
login
params
param mac0 ${net0/mac}
param arch ${arch}
param username ${username}
param password ${password}
param sessionJoin 1
isset ${net1/mac} && param mac1 ${net1/mac} || goto bootme
isset ${net2/mac} && param mac2 ${net2/mac} || goto bootme
param sysuuid ${uuid}
:fog.sysinfo
kernel bzImage32 loglevel=4 initrd=init_32.xz root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=275000 web=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/fog/ consoleblank=0 rootfstype=ext4 storage=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/images/ storageip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 loglevel=4 mode=sysinfo
imgfetch init_32.xz
boot || goto MENU
:bootme
chain -ar http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php##params ||
goto MENU
autoboot

Any ideas?

[Sebastian Roth]

@naughtydog said in PXE Boot Deploy Image Menu not showing up anymore:

since today the “Deploy Image” entry doesn’t login automatically (values are prefilled) and also doesn’t show the images but instead boots to System information after login.

What changed since it worked last?? Update, reboot, someone messing with the settings?

[naughtydog]

@Sebastian-Roth i captured a new image and deleted an old one. That’s it.

Any idea how to identify the problem? Does the output of boot.php look right?

[naughtydog]

It seems to have something to do with ipxe.efi. Switching to snp.efi or doing legacy boot with undionly.kpxe makes everything work again.

Update:
snp.efi is unreliable too. So it looks like a general UEFI problem.

[Sebastian Roth]

@naughtydog said in PXE Boot Deploy Image Menu not showing up anymore:

snp.efi is unreliable too. So it looks like a general UEFI problem.

General is a vast phrase. Some devices play nicely with a iPXE binaries but do not when using a different one while other hardware works perfectly fine using the later.