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Vetting/internal/pxe/ipxe.go
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pxe: disable systemd-firstboot so the live image doesn't prompt
systemd-firstboot.service is an interactive wizard that asks for
locale, timezone, and root password when /etc/machine-id isn't
populated — i.e. every PXE boot of a mkosi-built image. It sits on
sysinit.target waiting for input that will never arrive, blocking
the agent service and every other downstream unit indefinitely.

systemd.firstboot=off on the kernel cmdline is the documented kill
switch; no image-side changes needed.
2026-04-18 15:35:24 -04:00

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package pxe
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"strings"
"vetting/internal/model"
)
// IPXEParams is everything an iPXE boot script needs.
// For Phase 2 the boot target is always "linux" — Memtest chain-load
// is not required because we replaced Memtest86+ with stress-ng under
// Linux (see plan §3.2).
type IPXEParams struct {
OrchestratorURL string // e.g. http://10.0.0.5:8080
LiveKernelURL string // e.g. http://10.0.0.5:8080/live/vmlinuz
LiveInitrdURL string // e.g. http://10.0.0.5:8080/live/initrd.img
TLSCertFPR string // optional; empty = skip pin
RunID int64
MAC string
Token string // plaintext, hashed on server side
}
// BuildScript returns an iPXE script tailored for this run.
// iPXE scripts are plain text beginning with "#!ipxe".
func BuildScript(p IPXEParams) string {
cmdline := []string{
"initrd=initrd.img",
fmt.Sprintf("vetting.orchestrator=%s", p.OrchestratorURL),
fmt.Sprintf("vetting.run_id=%d", p.RunID),
fmt.Sprintf("vetting.mac=%s", p.MAC),
fmt.Sprintf("vetting.token=%s", p.Token),
}
if p.TLSCertFPR != "" {
cmdline = append(cmdline, fmt.Sprintf("vetting.cert_fpr=%s", p.TLSCertFPR))
}
// Verbose kernel + systemd logging on both the video console and the
// serial port so first-boot failures on unfamiliar hardware aren't
// invisible. Drop `quiet` entirely — once boot is stable we can
// re-add it. systemd.log_target=kmsg makes early systemd go through
// the same dmesg buffer as the kernel, so nothing is lost before
// journald comes up.
cmdline = append(cmdline,
"console=tty0",
"console=ttyS0,115200n8",
"ip=dhcp",
"loglevel=7",
"systemd.log_level=info",
"systemd.log_target=kmsg",
"systemd.journald.forward_to_console=1",
// systemd-getty-generator sees console=ttyS0 and creates
// serial-getty@ttyS0.service, which waits up to 90s for
// /dev/ttyS0 to appear. Hosts without a serial port time
// out and delay boot. Mask the getty — kernel logs still
// tee to ttyS0 if the port exists, we just don't spawn
// a login prompt there.
"systemd.mask=serial-getty@ttyS0.service",
// systemd-firstboot.service is the interactive "first boot
// wizard" (locale/timezone/root-password prompts). In a
// PXE live image there's no operator at the console to
// answer, so it blocks sysinit.target forever and the
// agent never comes up. systemd.firstboot=off short-
// circuits it entirely.
"systemd.firstboot=off",
)
var b strings.Builder
fmt.Fprintln(&b, "#!ipxe")
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "echo Vetting run %d — booting live image for %s\n", p.RunID, p.MAC)
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "kernel %s %s\n", p.LiveKernelURL, strings.Join(cmdline, " "))
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "initrd %s\n", p.LiveInitrdURL)
fmt.Fprintln(&b, "boot")
return b.String()
}
// NotRegisteredScript is served for unknown MACs. The MAC allowlist
// at the dnsmasq level should prevent this from ever being reachable,
// but it exists as belt-and-braces.
func NotRegisteredScript(mac string) string {
return fmt.Sprintf("#!ipxe\necho MAC %s not registered for vetting — halting.\nshell\n", mac)
}
// NoActiveRunScript is served when a registered MAC PXE-boots but has
// no currently active run. The host is told to shut down rather than
// loop forever.
func NoActiveRunScript(mac string) string {
return fmt.Sprintf("#!ipxe\necho MAC %s has no active run — powering off in 10s.\nsleep 10\npoweroff\n", mac)
}
// Used by handlers to compose URLs; exposed for tests.
func BuildLiveURLs(base string) (kernel, initrd string) {
base = strings.TrimRight(base, "/")
return base + "/live/vmlinuz", base + "/live/initrd.img"
}
// WriteNotFound is a small convenience so handlers can return a shell
// script error directly to iPXE without cluttering handlers with a
// mime-type dance.
func WriteNotFound(w io.Writer, mac string) {
_, _ = w.Write([]byte(NotRegisteredScript(mac)))
}
// ScriptMarker is used by iPXE to detect that the response is a script.
const ScriptMarker = "#!ipxe"
// State returns the compact single-word status used for logging.
// Takes a Run's state because iPXE handler already looked it up.
func State(run model.Run) string { return string(run.State) }