Posting the results of my debug efforts, since I couldn't find anything here after a search. I wanted to get automated installs set up with my netboot.xyz instance (with LSIO's image), using an answer file served over http, but ran into a couple of problems.
The first was serving the static answer file from the container's built-in nginx http server. It's mentioned in the docs, but I missed it - the installer sends a POST request to the specified URL. nginx will not serve static content to a POST request, but you can change that by adding:
The second was getting my prepared iso to actually trigger the automation. I figured just having the extra files in the ISO would be good enough, but you actually need to add a kernel argument to trigger it. I used:
For a full writeup, including the whole iPXE menu file, feel free to check: https://n1.602176634e-19.pro/006-automated-proxmox-ve-installation-with-netboot.xyz/
The first was serving the static answer file from the container's built-in nginx http server. It's mentioned in the docs, but I missed it - the installer sends a POST request to the specified URL. nginx will not serve static content to a POST request, but you can change that by adding:
error_page 405 =200 $uri; to the location block in the nginx config file in the container (/config/nginx/site-confs/default).The second was getting my prepared iso to actually trigger the automation. I figured just having the extra files in the ISO would be good enough, but you actually need to add a kernel argument to trigger it. I used:
splash=silent proxmox-start-auto-installerFor a full writeup, including the whole iPXE menu file, feel free to check: https://n1.602176634e-19.pro/006-automated-proxmox-ve-installation-with-netboot.xyz/
