Post date: Jun 19, 2017 4:55:30 AM
dnsmasq is a lightweight DNS, TFTP, PXE, router advertisement and DHCP server
DNS: Domain Name Service; translates IP addresses to/from FQDN or short host names
DHCP: Assigns IP addresses to MAC addresses i.e. NICs; supports DHCPv4, DHCPv6, BOOTP and PXE
Router advertisement: provides basic auto-configuration for IPv6 hosts
PXE; Network booting machines (BOOTP, TFTP) to auto install OS
TFTP: Tiny FTP server that can be used by PXE Network Booting to serve:
Initial pxeboot image
OS boot image
Setup PXE boot
DHCP
Setup to act as a proxyDHCP and configured for BOOTP.
Need an additional Apache instance to server the OS KickStart file.
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