[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 0/2] Document the need of RNG for UEFI/netboot

[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 0/2] Document the need of RNG for UEFI/netboot

[Jérôme Avond]

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Jérôme Avond (2):
  Add informations on PXE/iPXE/HTTP boot with OVMF uEFI
  Info on RNG required for UEFI/netboot

 qm.adoc             | 10 ++++++++++
 qm.conf.5-opts.adoc |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

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[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 1/2] Add informations on PXE/iPXE/HTTP boot with OVMF uEFI

[Jérôme Avond]

---
 qm.adoc | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 0548c46..d60e16c 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1136,6 +1136,16 @@ you need to set the client resolution in the OVMF menu (which you can reach
 with a press of the ESC button during boot), or you have to choose
 SPICE as the display type.
 
+When using OVMF for PXE/iPXE booting or "HTTP Booting", your VM need a Random Number Generator device (e.g. VirtIO RNG).
+Without this device, uEFI boot won't get PXE/iPXE option, nor HTTP BOOT.
+
+- Simply shutdown the VM
+- Go to the item "Hardware" of your VM
+- Clic on "Add"
+- Select "VirtIO RNG"
+- You can let default settings, or you know what you're doing
+- Now your VM is able to boot through PXE/iPXE/HTTP (ipv4/ipv6)
+
 [[qm_tpm]]
 Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 2/2] Info on RNG required for UEFI/netboot

[Jérôme Avond]

---
 qm.conf.5-opts.adoc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qm.conf.5-opts.adoc b/qm.conf.5-opts.adoc
index ce45ca7..401bfdb 100644
--- a/qm.conf.5-opts.adoc
+++ b/qm.conf.5-opts.adoc
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ by the guest firmware (BIOS/UEFI). If you require multiple disks for booting
 (e.g. software-raid), you need to specify all of them here.
 +
 Overrides the deprecated 'legacy=[acdn]*' value when given.
++
+With UEFI, network device boot (PXE/iPXE/HTTP) requires an RNG device connected to the VM in order to work.
 
 `bootdisk`: `(ide|sata|scsi|virtio)\d+` ::
 
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