What is iVentoy
https://www.iventoy.com/en/index.html
- iVentoy is an enhanced version of the PXE server.
- With iVentoy you can boot and install OS on multiple machines at the same time through the network.
- iVentoy is extremely easy to use, without complicated configuration, just put the ISO file in the specified location and select PXE boot in the client machine.
- iVentoy supports x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI and ARM64 UEFI mode at the same time.
- iVentoy support 110+ common types of OS (Windows/WinPE/Linux/VMware) (list)。
Let’s get started
Docker version
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Docker-cli
docker run -d --name=iventoy --net=host \ -v /opt/iventoy/data::/PXE/data \ -v /opt/iventoy/user:PXE/user \ -v /data/pxeiso:/PXE/iso \ --privileged=true amilys/iventoy:latest -
Docker-compose
# 启动后通过http://x.x.x.x:26000 来访问软件界面 # DHCP : External 模式的使用场景是 iVentoy 和第三方的DHCP Server位于同一个局域网内 # DHCP: ExternalNet 模式的使用场景是 iVentoy 和第三方的DHCP Server位于不同的局域网内 # PVE安装Windows时网卡模型，请选E1000 --- version: "3.8" services: iventoy: container_name: iventoy network_mode: host volumes: - /opt/iventoy/data:/PXE/data - /opt/iventoy/user:/PXE/user - /data/pxeiso:/PXE/iso privileged: true image: amilys/iventoy:latest -
Setup
[root@home /opt/iventoy]# docker-compose up -d WARN[0000] /opt/iventoy/docker-compose.yml: `version` is obsolete [+] Running 1/1 ✔ Container iventoy Started [root@home /opt/iventoy]# ll /data/pxeiso/ total 21626580 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1595277312 May 24 09:50 Atlas_v0.5.2.iso -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 2459566080 May 24 09:53 Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-37-1.7.iso -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 930957312 May 24 09:49 FirPE-V1.9.1.iso -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 6933184512 May 24 09:53 kali-linux-2023.3-installer-everything-amd64.iso -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 3744464896 May 24 09:53 openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP1-x86_64-dvd.iso -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 6482165760 May 24 09:50 windows11-customized.iso
Initial configuration
Conclusion
iVentoy VS ipxe : I think it is very easy to configure and setup.