Setting Up an HTTP Server

Now that you have set up the TFTP and DHCP servers, you need to make the Parallels Cloud Server distribution files available for installation over the network. To do this:

1. Set up an HTTP server. You can also use an existing HTTP server, if you have one.
2. Copy the contents of your Parallels Cloud Server installation DVD to some directory on the HTTP server (e.g., /var/www/html/pcs ).
3. On the PXE server, open the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file for editing, and specify the path to the Parallels Cloud Server installation files on the HTTP server.

   Note: For EFI-based systems, the file you need to edit has the name of /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/efidefault or /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ PXE_Server_IP_Address .

   Assuming that you have the installation files in the /var/www/html/pcs directory on the HTTP server with the IP address of 198.123.123.198 and the DocumentRoot directory is set to /var/www/html , you can add the following option to the append line of the default file to make the Parallels Cloud Server files accessible over HTTP:

   method=http://198.123.123.198/pcs

   So your default file should look similar to the following:

   default menu.c32

   prompt 0

   timeout 100

   ontimeout PCS

   menu title Parallels Boot Menu

   label PCS

   menu label Install Parallels Cloud Server

   kernel vmlinuz

   append initrd=initrd.img ksdevice=eth0 method=http://198.123.123.198/pcs