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iPXE

The ipxe boot method is used to boot DUT using iPXE commands.

yaml - boot: method: ipxe commands: nfs prompts: - 'root@debian:~#'

Note

A prior tftp deploy action is required.

commands

See commands.

use_bootscript

See use_bootscript.

Sample job

```yaml device_type: x86

job_name: x86_64 iPXE sample job

timeouts: job: minutes: 30 connection: minutes: 2

priority: medium visibility: public

context: extra_nfsroot_args: ',vers=3'

actions: - deploy: to: tftp kernel: url: https://storage.lavacloud.io/health-checks/x86/bzImage.bin nfsrootfs: url: https://storage.lavacloud.io/health-checks/x86/rootfs.tar.xz compression: xz timeout: minutes: 20

  • boot: method: ipxe commands: nfs parameters: shutdown-message: "reboot: Restarting system" auto_login: login_prompt: 'login:' username: root prompts:

    • 'root@intel-core2-32:' timeout: minutes: 10

  • test: definitions:

    • from: git repository: https://gitlab.com/lava/functional-tests.git path: posix/smoke-tests-basic.yaml name: smoke-tests timeout: minutes: 5 ```