[syslinux] Re: syslinux] tftp server with mysql backend

[Matt Hyclak]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:49:46PM -0400, R P Herrold enlightened us:
> >Are there any open source efforts ( I haven't found any) that have a tftp
> >server with a mysql backend?  I'd like an incoming pxelinux request to
> >give the tftp server the mac address, and then it performs a query to find
> >out which configuration file it should get.  Of course it would be great
> >if some day tftp-hpa would integrate with libmysql..
> 
> I know of three implementatons, sort of in this space; I 
> documented dynamically returned installation profiles (keyed 
> on MAC, IP, prior distribution release version, etc values) 
> using a PHP dispatcher a couple of years ago;
> [ http://www.owlriver.com/support/yum/ ], which was also 
> demonstrated at a local LUG by Jim Wildman and I
> [ http://www.colug.net/notes/0502mtg/ ]; a private 
> installation at a commercial site which I do not have 
> permission to mention; and a recent reimplementation and 
> extension, on the CentOS platform, which Matthew R. Hyclak 
> <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu> has been working though after a 
> requirements statement, some poking and review by me ;)
> 
>    https://www.math.ohiou.edu/repos/netserv/trunk/README
> 
> I recall Matt, and a couple other folks were up from Athens 
> for that meeting, but do not see his picture in the LUG 
> photos.
> 

As a head's up, this README is slightly out of date. It is accurate for the
tags/0.1 release. The code in trunk generates the kickstart file from a mysql
database. The database layout is very rough as I work my way through some
things, so comments are most certainly welcomed. 

I'm trying to keep the docs up to date, and trunk is very much a moving
target at this point, so use at your own risk!

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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