.. _Setting Up an HTTP Server:

Setting Up an HTTP Server
-------------------------

Now that you have set up the TFTP and DHCP servers, you need to make the |product_name| distribution files available for installation over the network. To do this:

#. Set up an HTTP server. You can also use an existing HTTP server, if you have one.

#. Copy the contents of your |product_name| installation DVD to some directory on the HTTP server (e.g., ``/var/www/html/astor``).

#. On the PXE server, open the ``/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default`` file for editing, and specify the path to the |product_name| installation files on the HTTP server.

   .. note:: For EFI-based systems, the file you need to edit has the name of ``/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/efidefault`` or ``/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/<PXE_server_IP_address>``.

   Assuming that you have the installation files in the ``/var/www/html/astor`` directory on the HTTP server with the IP address of 198.123.123.198 and the ``DocumentRoot`` directory is set to ``/var/www/html``, you can add the following option to the ``append`` line of the ``default`` file to make the |product_name| files accessible over HTTP:

   ::

       inst.repo=http://198.123.123.198/astor

   So your default file should look similar to the following:

   ::

       default menu.c32
       prompt 0
       timeout 100
       ontimeout ASTOR
       menu title Boot Menu
       label ASTOR
               menu label Install
               kernel vmlinuz
               append initrd=initrd.img ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://198.123.123.198/astor