Setting up dnsmasq to help serve a PXE boot image

note: you may need to change the ownership of the tftpboot dir. You can do this with sudo (if not already root) chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/lib/tftpboot

use ls -l /var/lib/tftpboot to check if this was done successfully

These commands are used in the video if you get lost

install vm: 25 gb, 8gb ram, bridged adapter, shared clipboard, install guest additions after first boot/install

guest additions -
insert guest additions iso
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
reboot

sudo apt update
sudo su

mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot
cd /var/lib/tftpboot
tar -xzvf netboot
apt install dnsmasq
netstat -tulnep | grep 53
kill the process
systemctl start dnsmasq
systemctl stop systemd-resolved

ifconfig
apt install net-tools

ifconfig -a
ifconfig enp0s3 //whatever you want

Timestamps:
[00:00] - Intro and VM Setup
[03:50] - Dnsmasq and system configuration

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[amqureshi]

I hope this works on my desired environment

[amqureshi]

I want to setup dnsmasq on a isolated network.
My network won't have any connection except pxe server and the client computers that will be booted through this pxe server.