• Install a dhcp server: 
    sudo dhcp install -y dhcp-server
  • Edit the configurations of your DHCP server in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf: 
    subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.240 192.168.1.250;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
filename "pxelinux.0";
next-server 192.168.1.106;
}
  • Install the tftp server: 
    sudo dnf install -y tftp-server
  • Start and enable the tftp service: 
    sudo systemctl enable --now tftp
  • Install the syslinux package, which contains the PXE bootloader: 
    sudo dnf install -y syslinux
  • Copy boot files to the TFTP server directory: 
    sudo cp /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /var/lib/tftpboot/
  • Create a directory for your installation files: 
    sudo mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot/<distro_name_here>
  • Mount the ISO image: 
    sudo mount -o loop /path/to/<your_ISO>.iso /mnt
  • Copy the contents of the distro ISO to the tftpboot directory: 
    cp /mnt/images/pxeboot/{vmlinuz,initrd.img} /var/lib/tftpboot/<distro_name_here>
  • Create a configuration at /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg: ``` default menu.c32 prompt 0 timeout 300 ONTIMEOUT local

menu title PXE Boot Menu label kernel /vmlinuz append initrd=distro_name_here/initrd.img method=http:////os/ devfs=nomount

* Restart the `dhcp` server:

sudo systemctl restart dhcpd

* Restart the `tftp` server:

sudo systemctl restart tftp

* Check that the configurations were correct:

sudo systemctl status dhcpd sudo systemctl status tftp

* Unmount the ISO at `/mnt`:

sudo umount /mnt

* Edit this file:

/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

* Uncomment this line:

#vnc_listen = “0.0.0.0”

* Restart `libvirt` with:

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd

* Then for testing, set up a local VM with `virt-install` and in particular set the graphics option as `vnc` (default port is `5900`):

virt-install –hvm –connect qemu:///system –name testvm –ram 4096 –vcpus 4 –network=bridge:virbr0 –pxe –osinfo detect=on,require=off –disk path=/home/howard/images/testvm.qcow2,size=20 –graphics vnc ```

  • Connect to the host that has the VM via its IP address and port 5900 like so: IP:PORT

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