os/docs/os/running-rancheros/server/pxe/index.md

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Booting RancherOS with iPXE	os-default

Booting RancherOS via iPXE

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#!ipxe
# Boot a persistent RancherOS to RAM

# Location of Kernel/Initrd images
set base-url http://releases.rancher.com/os/latest

kernel ${base-url}/vmlinuz rancher.state.dev=LABEL=RANCHER_STATE rancher.state.autoformat=[/dev/sda] rancher.cloud_init.datasources=[url:http://example.com/cloud-config]
initrd ${base-url}/initrd
boot

Datasources

Valid datasources for RancherOS.

type	default
ec2	DefaultAddress
file	path
url	url
cmdline
configdrive
digitalocean	DefaultAddress
gce

Cloud-Config

When booting via iPXE, RancherOS can be configured using a cloud-config file.