Advanced Boot Menu Configuration options

Advanced Configuration Options

The Advanced configuration options in the FOG PXE Boot Menu Configuration screen allows you to create a secondary menu that can be accessed from the boot menu screen

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Where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the fog server:

x.x.x.x/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php

This is the start of the ipxe advanced.php file.

Contents of php file

<?php
header("Content-type: text/plain");
require_once('../../commons/base.inc.php');
if ($_REQUEST['login'] == 1)
{
    print "#!ipxe\n";
    print "login\n";
    print "params\n";
    print "param username \${username}\n";
    print "param password \${password}\n";
    print "chain \${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php##params\n";
    unset($_REQUEST['login']);
}
if ($_REQUEST['username'])
{
    if ($FOGCore->attemptLogin($_REQUEST['username'],$_REQUEST['password']))
    {   
        print "#!ipxe\n";
        print "set userID \${username}\n";
        print "chain \${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php\n";
    }   
    else
    {   
        print "#!ipxe\n";
        print "clear \${username}\n";
        print "clear \${password}\n";
        unset($_REQUEST['username'],$_REQUEST['password']);
        print "echo Invalid login!\n";
        print "sleep 3\n";
        print "chain -ar \${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php\n";
    }   
}
print "#!ipxe\n";
print "set fog-ip ".$FOGCore->getSetting('FOG_WEB_HOST')."\n";
print "set fog-webroot ".basename($FOGCore->getSetting('FOG_WEB_ROOT'))."\n";
print "set boot-url http://\${fog-ip}/\${fog-webroot}\n";
print $FOGCore->getSetting('FOG_PXE_ADVANCED');                                            

note: The variables fog-ip and fog-webroot have been created automatically for you, and assigned values relevant to your installation.

Examples Basic Menu

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ipxedemo        ipxe online boot demo
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
 
:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU
 
:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item WIN7PE64BIT    Boot Windows 7 64 bit iso
item WIN7PE32BIT    Boot Windows 7 32 bit iso
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
choose --default WIN7PE64BIT --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
 
:WIN7PE64BIT
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x64.ISO
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU
 
:WIN7PE32BIT
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/Win7PE_x86.ISO
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU
 
:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU
 
:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

:MENU
menu
item --gap -- ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ipxedemo        ipxe online boot demo
item shell          ipxe shell
item return        return to previous menu
item hostinfo        details about this computer
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}
 
:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU
 
:shell
shell ||
goto MENU
 
:return
chain  http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
:hostinfo
echo This computer : ||
echo MAC address....${net0/mac} ||
echo IP address.....${ip} ||
echo Netmask........${netmask} ||
echo Serial.........${serial} ||
echo Asset number...${asset} ||
echo Manufacturer...${manufacturer} ||
echo Product........${product} ||
echo BIOS platform..${platform} ||
echo ||
echo press any key to return to Menu ||
prompt
goto MENU
 
autoboot

Example secured menu advanced option

isset ${userID} && goto do_me || goto MENU
:do_me
kernel bzImage root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=127000 ip=dhcp dns=8.8.8.8 web=${fog-ip}/fog/ consoleblank=0 loglevel=4 type=down img=win7actsysprep ftp=${fog-ip} imgType=n osid=7 storage=${fog-ip}:/images capone=1 imgFormat=0
imgfetch init.xz && boot || goto MENU
:MENU
menu
item --gap Please Select one of the images below
item fog.local Boot from hard disk
item d101_64 D101 Base Image (64 bit load)
item return Return to main menu
choose --default fog.local target && goto ${target}
:fog.local
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU
:d101_64
chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php?login=1 || goto MENU
:return
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} || goto MENU
autoboot

Notice the :d101_64 how it has the chain -ar ${boot-url}/service/ipxe/advanced.php?login=1 || goto MENU ?That's all that's needed to have a "login" for your menu item. Notice the top where it says :do_me? This is important to note that it's ABOVE the menu generation part of the advanced menu setup.

additional information about ipxe boot menu creation can be found at http://ipxe.org/

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