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Does anyone know of an open-source alternative to this? I've been looking for a piece of software like this for a while, but I'm not gonna run software with fu

Does anyone know of an open-source alternative to this? I've been looking for a piece of software like this for a while, but I'm not gonna run software with full, unrestricted root (and internet) access unless the source code is available, or it's at least highly trusted.

gh02t 3y ago
https://netboot.xyz/ https://netboot.xyz/
- vamega 3y ago
  I’ve used this before. Anyone know how is iVentoy different from netboot?
  - PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
    iVentoy uses ISOs and NetBoot IIRC does not use ISOs.
unqueued 3y ago
I actually have something I've been meaning to put on github. I wrote it over a decade ago and I need to dockerize it. I only made it in Vagrant. But it can do something iVentoy can not. https://www.iventoy.com/en/faq.html https://www.iventoy.com/en/faq.html: The computer which run iVentoy must be in the same LAN with them. Besides, there must no other DHCP servers in the same LAN. It can coexist with an existing DHCP server. That means you can just start it up on your own network without any modifications, and start netbooting machines. It turns out that multiple DHCP servers can co-exist on the same network segment. So I just have a second dhcp server solely for a pxe bootstrapper. At the time, at least the initial download must be tftp, but I used a stripped down ipxe stub that took advantage of the universal undi network drivers, and then loaded the rest (usually syslinux) over a fast HTTPS connection. From there, iSCSI was no problem, and I could also use tools like plop, memdisk, or grub4dos, as well as Windows 7/8/10 with wimboot. I remember for some distros like Knoppix, we would use an NBI driver to just mount the iso directly over the network, which could be far simpler and more performant than NFS. EDIT: To be honest, it is simple enough that it doesn't have to use Docker. It is mostly dnsmasq and PHP.
- aaviator42 3y ago
  That seems incredibly cool and I'd love to be able to play with and use it! Definitely doesn't sound like something that requires docker. Plus I always have a soft spot for cool tools written in PHP :)
- vxNsr 3y ago
  hey, this is definitely something I'd be interested, if you do end up sharing it please let me know
- jaclaz 3y ago
  I think that it is possible to use another DHCP server with iVentoy, but it must support some features (next-server and bootfile): https://www.iventoy.com/en/doc_ext_dhcp.html https://www.iventoy.com/en/doc_ext_dhcp.html and likely it won't work with any DHCP server that has them, it seems like a possible option not recommended by the Author, probably experimental.
arjvik 3y ago
Shame that iVentoy is not open source, but I understand that the author of Ventoy needs a revenue stream for producing such useful software.
simonjgreen 3y ago
ipxe https://ipxe.org/ https://ipxe.org/ netboot https://netboot.xyz/ https://netboot.xyz/ makes use of ipxe underneath
zymhan 3y ago
I think DRBL can do this https://drbl.org/ https://drbl.org/

gh02t 3y ago

https://netboot.xyz/ https://netboot.xyz/

vamega 3y ago
I’ve used this before. Anyone know how is iVentoy different from netboot?
- PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
  iVentoy uses ISOs and NetBoot IIRC does not use ISOs.

unqueued 3y ago

I actually have something I've been meaning to put on github. I wrote it over a decade ago and I need to dockerize it. I only made it in Vagrant. But it can do something iVentoy can not. https://www.iventoy.com/en/faq.html https://www.iventoy.com/en/faq.html: The computer which run iVentoy must be in the same LAN with them. Besides, there must no other DHCP servers in the same LAN. It can coexist with an existing DHCP server. That means you can just start it up on your own network without any modifications, and start netbooting machines. It turns out that multiple DHCP servers can co-exist on the same network segment. So I just have a second dhcp server solely for a pxe bootstrapper. At the time, at least the initial download must be tftp, but I used a stripped down ipxe stub that took advantage of the universal undi network drivers, and then loaded the rest (usually syslinux) over a fast HTTPS connection. From there, iSCSI was no problem, and I could also use tools like plop, memdisk, or grub4dos, as well as Windows 7/8/10 with wimboot. I remember for some distros like Knoppix, we would use an NBI driver to just mount the iso directly over the network, which could be far simpler and more performant than NFS. EDIT: To be honest, it is simple enough that it doesn't have to use Docker. It is mostly dnsmasq and PHP.

aaviator42 3y ago
That seems incredibly cool and I'd love to be able to play with and use it! Definitely doesn't sound like something that requires docker. Plus I always have a soft spot for cool tools written in PHP :)
vxNsr 3y ago
hey, this is definitely something I'd be interested, if you do end up sharing it please let me know
jaclaz 3y ago
I think that it is possible to use another DHCP server with iVentoy, but it must support some features (next-server and bootfile): https://www.iventoy.com/en/doc_ext_dhcp.html https://www.iventoy.com/en/doc_ext_dhcp.html and likely it won't work with any DHCP server that has them, it seems like a possible option not recommended by the Author, probably experimental.

arjvik 3y ago

Shame that iVentoy is not open source, but I understand that the author of Ventoy needs a revenue stream for producing such useful software.

simonjgreen 3y ago

ipxe https://ipxe.org/ https://ipxe.org/ netboot https://netboot.xyz/ https://netboot.xyz/ makes use of ipxe underneath

zymhan 3y ago

I think DRBL can do this https://drbl.org/ https://drbl.org/