ipxe chain to vmware boot

[danishm]

Im trying to double chain ipxe as following: (i've compiled ipxe.efi with DOWNLOAD_PROTO_HTTPS enable)

First Chain:
#!ipxe
echo info chain http://IPaddr:PORT/ipxe/${net0/mac:hex}
chain http://IPaddr:PORT/ipxe/${net0/mac:hex}

Second Chain:
#!ipxe
echo +--------- ipxe ---------------------------------------------
echo | OS Install
echo | mac.................: ${mac}
echo | uuid................: ${uuid}
echo | serial..............: ${serial}
echo | ip..................: ${ip}
echo | manufacturer........: ${manufacturer}
echo | product.............: ${product}
echo +------------------------------------------------------------
imgfree
set next-server IPaddr2
set filename https://${next-server}:PORT/somedir/tramp
chain https://${next-server}:PORT/somedir/tramp

Inside this file: https://${next-server}:PORT/somedir/tramp
#!gpxe

set max-retries 6
set retry-delay 20
post /some-dir/host-register?bootmac=${mac}

Can I do that ?
If not is there an alternative way to do this ?

ERROR from ipxe:
https://IPaddr2:PORT/some-dir/tramp... Error 0x3e11618e (http://ipxe.org/3e11618e)
Could not boot: Error 0x3e11618e (http://ipxe.org/3e11618e)

[mcb30]

(2018-01-26 00:43)danishm Wrote:  https://IPaddr2:PORT/some-dir/tramp... Error 0x3e11618e (http://ipxe.org/3e11618e)
Could not boot: Error 0x3e11618e (http://ipxe.org/3e11618e)

Did you try reading the page that iPXE is telling you to read: http://ipxe.org/3e11618e?

Michael

[danishm]

Yes I did. But Im using IPaddresses strictly.

[mcb30]

(2018-01-26 15:29)danishm Wrote:  Yes I did. But Im using IPaddresses strictly.

You are using a URI that does not contain an IP address. If you use a URI containing an IP address, then iPXE will never attempt DNS resolution. The error that you are seeing is coming from the DNS resolver code. Therefore you have entered a URI that does not contain an IP address.

What is the actual URI that you are trying to use?

Thanks,

Michael

[NiKiZe]

(2018-01-26 15:52)mcb30 Wrote:  You are using a URI that does not contain an IP address. If you use a URI containing an IP address, then iPXE will never attempt DNS resolution. The error that you are seeing is coming from the DNS resolver code. Therefore you have entered a URI that does not contain an IP address.

Just thinking out loud here... What would happen if one has

Code:

set net0/ip 192.168.0.100
set net0/netmask 255.255.255.0
ifopen net0
https://192.168.0.1/file

Wouldn't that require a roundtrip to ca.ipxe.org to get the certificate roots? and that could be the reason for any DNS lookup?

[danishm]

@NiKiZe, u r right since Im using HTTPs its most probably trying to reach out to ca.ipxe.org for root certs and Im behind a firewall which doesn't let us go out.

Can I generate my own certs on the ipxe server if the vmware binary server is different ?