Pxe provisioning issue

I've been trying to get pxe unattended to work with Foreman (satellite) but keep hitting a wall.

When i provision a new host, it boots but when it needs to download the ks file it always time outs.

There's an error about the ks could not be fetched, connection timed out.

Don't know where to look to resolve this as i cant find anything helpful in the docs.

kind regards,

I have this issue too.

As I assume this was a configuration mistake, I am setting up a private
VM network to try to diagnose.

-rsd

··· On 25/01/2017 13:28, Lars wrote: > I've been trying to get pxe unattended to work with Foreman (satellite) but keep hitting a wall. > When i provision a new host, it boots but when it needs to download the ks file it always time outs. > There's an error about the ks could not be fetched, connection timed out. > Don't know where to look to resolve this as i cant find anything helpful in the docs. > kind regards, > --

Lars,

It would be helpful if you could provide some error messages from the host (such as the URL it is attempting to use to pull the kickstart). I ran into a similar issue that had to do with templates, but I don't want to lead you astray.

j

··· From: "Lars" To: "Foreman Users" Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:28:26 AM Subject: [foreman-users] pxe provisioning issue

I’ve been trying to get pxe unattended to work with Foreman (satellite) but keep hitting a wall.
When i provision a new host, it boots but when it needs to download the ks file it always time outs.
There’s an error about the ks could not be fetched, connection timed out.

Don’t know where to look to resolve this as i cant find anything helpful in the docs.

kind regards,


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Jason,

Attached a screenshot (the blanked out hostname is correct), also Raul i
created a new network and my dhcp and tftp are all in the same subnet. So
there is now firewalling in between them.

Kr,

Lars

··· On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 10:28:36 PM UTC+1, Jason B. Nance wrote: > > Lars, > > It would be helpful if you could provide some error messages from the host > (such as the URL it is attempting to use to pull the kickstart). I ran > into a similar issue that had to do with templates, but I don't want to > lead you astray. > > j > > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Lars" <la...@infra-consult.be > > *To: *"Foreman Users" <forema...@googlegroups.com > > *Sent: *Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:28:26 AM > *Subject: *[foreman-users] pxe provisioning issue > > I've been trying to get pxe unattended to work with Foreman (satellite) but keep hitting a wall. > > When i provision a new host, it boots but when it needs to download the ks file it always time outs. > > There's an error about the ks could not be fetched, connection timed out. > > > Don't know where to look to resolve this as i cant find anything helpful in the docs. > > > kind regards, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Foreman users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to foreman-user...@googlegroups.com . > To post to this group, send email to forema...@googlegroups.com > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >

What I do in such a situation is to boot the VM with the sysrescuecd.iso
and see if I can curl that url. If not I'm inclined to say that the
statement about the firewall needs investigation. Just had a case myself
where I thought that it should just work but didn't due to, yes, the
firewall.

Joop

··· On 26-1-2017 9:15, Lars wrote: > Jason, > > Attached a screenshot (the blanked out hostname is correct), also Raul > i created a new network and my dhcp and tftp are all in the same > subnet. So there is now firewalling in between them. > >