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ipxe package

kvm-ipxe does not support https

Bug #1025239 reported by Patrick Vanguardia
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ipxe (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I am unsure if this is a bug but it does not support https when using the PXE install on virtual machine. While on a physical machine it support HTTPS.

Tags: 12.04 precise

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/raring/ipxe
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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote :

Thanks for submitting this bug. I'm not sure, but it looks like https support merely requires a patch like:

Index: ipxe-1.0.0+git-3.55f6c88/src/config/general.h
============================================================
--- ipxe-1.0.0+git-3.55f6c88.orig/src/config/general.h 2012
+++ ipxe-1.0.0+git-3.55f6c88/src/config/general.h 2012
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@

 #define DOWNLOAD_PROTO_TFTP /* Trivial File Tran
 #define DOWNLOAD_PROTO_HTTP /* Hypertext Transfe
-#undef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_HTTPS /* Secure Hypertext Transfer
+#define DOWNLOAD_PROTO_HTTPS /* Secure Hypertext
 #undef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_FTP /* File Transfer Protocol */
 #undef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_TFTM /* Multicast Trivial File Tr
 #undef DOWNLOAD_PROTO_SLAM /* Scalable Local Area Multi

Changed in ipxe (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Patrick Vanguardia (pvanguardia) wrote :

any update with this? Or any alternative to make this work instead of reverting my network boot to http?

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote : Re: [Bug 1025239] Re: kvm-ipxe does not support https

Quoting Patrick Vanguardia (<email address hidden>):
> any update with this? Or any alternative to make this work instead of
> reverting my network boot to http?

I intend to get this fix into r soon.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ipxe - 1.0.0+git-4.d6b0b76-0ubuntu1

---------------
ipxe (1.0.0+git-4.d6b0b76-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  * New upstream snapshot:
    - d/p/iscsi*.patch: Dropped - included in snapshot.
    - Refreshed all other patches.
  * d/p/enable-https.patch: Enable HTTPS support (LP: #1025239).
 -- James Page <email address hidden> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:47:31 +0000

Changed in ipxe (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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