[syslinux] Random numbers in pxe config

Lindgren Daniel daniel.lindgren at tullverket.se
Thu Nov 18 01:57:43 PST 2010


> > At this time, all config files are static.  That said, you 
> could use 
> > gpxe/gpxelinux.0 instead of core/pxelinux.0 and retreive 
> your config 
> > from an HTTP server that runs a server-side script to make this 
> > randomized data.
> 
> How about using something like Linux-HA to setup a shared IP 
> that is distributed across all the servers using ldirectord 
> or even placing the shared IP Address on an internal 
> interface of a loadbalancer and let the config get picked up 
> from there?

Round robin DNS for the boot server address would accomplish pretty much
the same thing without HA.

Cheers,
Daniel





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