netboot.xyz/docs/usage-packet.md

Packet

Packet fully supports netboot.xyz with its Custom iPXE operating system.

Usage

Select the "Custom iPXE" operating system from the portal, or the custom_ipxe slug when using the API.

Provisioning

Put the netboot.xyz URL in the text field that appears in the portal, or use the ipxe_script_url parameter when creating the device via the API.

https://boot.netboot.xyz

Press "Deploy" to provision your device. It will take 2-3 minutes for the device to become active. Once it's online, connect to Packet's out-of-band serial-over-SSH service (S.O.S.) using the device's id and the facility where the device was deployed, e.g. ewr1.

ssh <device-id>@sos.<facility-code>.packet.net

The current list of facilities is here. The netboot.xyz iPXE menu will appear and you can complete installation from there.

Networking

Devices that are provisioned via Custom iPXE will be able to DHCP for the life of the device; however, Packet recommends configuring networking statically. IP address information can be found by querying https://metadata.packet.net/metadata from the host.

More information on how Packet configures bonding can be found here.

Nameservers should be configured as:

nameserver 147.75.207.207
nameserver 147.75.207.208