ipxe-container/README.md

IPXE Boot server

Boot from ipxe.nuc.lan:8080

Files

File	Purpose
ipxe-server.container	Quadlet unit joining internal_caddy network
Containerfile	Alpine + nginx serving boot assets on port 8080
snippets/ipxe	Caddy snippet with reusable proxy directives
caddy/ipxe.caddyfile	Site block for ipxe.nuc.lan (HTTP + HTTPS)
setup.sh	Automated deployment script

Integration with existing Caddyfile:

1. Copy snippets/ipxe to your snippets directory

2. Add to top of your Caddyfile:

   import snippets/ipxe
   

3. Add the ipxe.nuc.lan block (or paste the content from ipxe.caddyfile)

Or since you have *.nuc.lan already, add this matcher to your wildcard block:

@ipxe host ipxe.nuc.lan
handle @ipxe {
    reverse_proxy ipxe-server:8080
}

Quick deploy:

./setup.sh install   # Creates dirs, builds image, installs Quadlet
./setup.sh start     # Starts via systemd

# Add boot files
cp vmlinuz initrd.img ~/ipxe/boot/
cp squashfs.img ~/ipxe/images/fedora-42/

Note: HTTP is intentionally kept open for ipxe.nuc.lan:80 because most PXE ROMs chainload via HTTP before the full iPXE stack with HTTPS support is loaded. The local network restriction handles security.