Downloads:

2,404

Downloads of v 1.0.0.23:

1,293

Last Update:

31 Jan 2019

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Erwan Labalec

Tags:

tinypxe pxe dhcp tftp https binl proxydhcp dns network boot server portable

Tiny PXE Server (Portable)

1.0.0.23 | Updated: 31 Jan 2019

Downloads:

2,404

Downloads of v 1.0.0.23:

1,293

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Erwan Labalec

Tags:

tinypxe pxe dhcp tftp https binl proxydhcp dns network boot server portable

Tiny PXE Server (Portable) 1.0.0.23

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Details

To install Tiny PXE Server (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

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To upgrade Tiny PXE Server (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

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To uninstall Tiny PXE Server (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

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NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Enter your internal repository url

(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)

4. Choose your deployment method:


choco upgrade tiny-pxe-server -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade tiny-pxe-server -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode


- name: Ensure tiny-pxe-server installed
  win_chocolatey:
    name: tiny-pxe-server
    state: present
    version: 1.0.0.23
    source: STEP 3 URL

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.

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chocolatey_package 'tiny-pxe-server' do
  action    :install
  version  '1.0.0.23'
  source   'STEP 3 URL'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
    Name: tiny-pxe-server,
    Version: 1.0.0.23,
    Source: STEP 3 URL
);

Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.


cChocoPackageInstaller tiny-pxe-server
{
   Name     = 'tiny-pxe-server'
   Ensure   = 'Present'
   Version  = '1.0.0.23'
   Source   = 'STEP 3 URL'
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'tiny-pxe-server':
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  ensure   => '1.0.0.23',
  source   => 'STEP 3 URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


salt '*' chocolatey.install tiny-pxe-server version="1.0.0.23" source="STEP 3 URL"

See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.

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See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 04 Feb 2019.

Description

choco://tiny-pxe-server
To use choco:// protocol URLs, install (unofficial) choco:// Protocol support

Screenshot of Tiny PXE Server

I have been playing with pxe booting for a while, first starting with pxelinux, then gpxe and lately with ipxe.

I am mostly a windows user and as an IT often needs a quick (=no install) and portable (=run from USB) dhcp server including a tftp server and a http server offering me then pxe booting.
I could use tftp32 or serva but i like to make my own tools and these 2 were missing some features here and there.

So here comes a small portable dhcp server including a tftp and a http server.

This is freeware (and will always be), should be opensource and the unique here idea is to share and contribute.

  • dhcp daemon supports an alternative filename based on the user-class thus enabling chainloading (gpxe->pxelinux, ipxe->script, etc), and also support settings dhcp options (which can then be used by your boot loader)
  • tftp daemon supports tsize and blksize commands.
  • http daemon support head, range (mandatory for ipxe sanboot options) and over 2gb iso.
  • new in version 1.0.0.7 : BINL (RIS and WDS) support
  • new in version 1.0.0.10 : DNS daemon
  • new in version 1.0.0.14 : ProxyDHCP option

The root home of tftp and http is the folder where you main pxe loader sits.
I put all my iso files in a sub folder called images.
I put all my wim files in a sub folder called sources.
I put all my other loaders, in case I want to chain load, in next to my main loader (bootmgr, pxelinux, gpxe, grldr, etc)

In the attached screenshot, i load ipxe then chainloads a script (menu.ipxe).
In the script 3 different methods : the classic memdisk, a newer approach with sanboot and a new kid on the block wimboot.

More info about these loading methods here :

PACKAGE NOTES

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tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1 
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName  = 'tiny-pxe-server' 
$toolsDir     = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url          = 'http://erwan.labalec.fr/tinypxeserver/pxesrv.zip'
$checksum     = '2EE355D6392C0F2022D81F19FA6AE793DB5978F99E79EB462C3DE90C1F3E3143'
$shortcutName = 'TinyPXE Server.lnk'
$exe          = 'pxesrv.exe'


$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = $packageName
  unzipLocation  = $toolsDir
  fileType       = 'ZIP' 
  url            = $url
  checksum       = $checksum
  checksumType   = 'sha256'
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs

$WhoAmI=whoami
icacls.exe $toolsDir /grant $WhoAmI":"'(OI)(CI)'F /T

Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$ENV:Public\Desktop\$shortcutName" -targetPath "$toolsDir\$exe" -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -targetPath "$toolsDir\$exe"
tools\ChocolateyUninstall.ps1 
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName  = 'tiny-pxe-server'
$shortcutName = 'TinyPXE Server.lnk'

Remove-Item "$ENV:Public\Desktop\$shortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
Remove-Item "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

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Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Tiny PXE Server (Portable) 1.0.0.23 1293 Thursday, January 31, 2019 Approved
Tiny PXE Server (Install) 1.0.0.22 605 Monday, April 2, 2018 Approved
Tiny PXE Server (Install) 1.0.0.21 495 Thursday, May 18, 2017 Approved

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