2.5. Setting Up an HTTP ServerΒΆ
Now that you have set up the TFTP and DHCP servers, you need to make the Acronis Storage 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 Acronis Storage 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 Acronis Storage 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 theDocumentRoot
directory is set to/var/www/html
, you can add the following option to theappend
line of thedefault
file to make the Acronis Storage 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