Introduction

Introduction

iPXE Anywhere is a powerful network booting solution.

2Pint Software took iPXE, a popular open source Network Boot firmware, and added the “Anywhere” functionality by providing a proxyDHCP/TFTP/HTTP server called 2PXE Server. Additional functionality and control can then be added through the addition of a Web Service component, called "iPXE Anywhere". These server components make iPXE sing and dance by allowing communication and control over the iPXE client software as well as providing reporting functionality.

This document covers the installation, configuration and usage of the iPXE Anywhere Web Service component, an optional add-on to the 2PXE Server.

iPXE Anywhere Web-Service

iPXE Anywhere is a Web Service that the iPXE Network Boot Program can be configured to talk to through the 2PXE Server. The iPXE Anywhere server uses HTTP to talk with the clients and SQL to talk to the iPXE Anywhere SQL Database. It offers ‘extended functionality’ during the boot process such as BIOS updating, interacting with Microsoft MDT, creating custom iPXE menus etc.