Last Updated on February 23, 2017 by admin
This tutorial describes how to deploy WDS when a Linux DHCP server is running on your network. I am using Linux Ubuntu a 14.04 server distribution for the DHCP configuration.
Prerequisites
Make sure:
- The administrator account has a strong password.
- A static IP is configured both on DHCP and WDS server.
- Latest Windows updates are installed on the WDS server.
- Windows firewall is turned off on WDS server.
Installing Windows Deployment Server
Step 1: Open the Server Manager Dashboard from task bar. Click on Manage and scroll to Add Roles and Features. Click Add Roles and Features,
Step 2: Read the important notes and make sure you fulfill all of them before you continue. Then click Next.
Step 3: Choose Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
Step 4: Select the destination server on which you want to install the WDS role and click Next.
Step 5: Choose Windows Deployment Services from server roles. As soon as you mark the check box another small window will pop up alerting you to install other required features as well along with WDS. Click Add Features.
Step 6: Click Next.
Step 7: Accept the features by clicking Next.
Step 8: Read the related notes and click Next.
Step 9: Keep default selections and click Next.
Step 10: Confirm your installation selections and when you are done, click Install.
Step 11: When the installation finished, click Close.
Configuring Windows Deployment Server
Step 1: Open Server Manager Dashboard, click on Tool and scroll down to Windows Deployment Services and click it.
Step 2: Right-click on your machine located under Servers. Scroll to Configure Server and click it.
Step 3: Before you continue further, read the requirements and make sure you meet them. Click Next.
Step 4: Choose 'Standalone server' and click Next.
Step 5: Browse and choose the path on your drive where you would like to place boot images, install images, PXE boot files, and other WDS tools. Click Next.
Step 6: Ignore the warning and click Yes.
Step 7: Choose 'Respond to all client computers (known and unknown)' and click Next.
Step 8: Add images to your WDS server by keeping Add images to the server now field checked. Click Finish.
Step 9: Provide the path of your installation DVD which contains boot.wim and install.wim. Click Browse.
Step 10: Choose sources folder and click OK.
Step 11: Click Next.
Step 12: Provide an image group name and click Next.
Step 13: Verify the information and click Next.
Step 14: Click Finish.
Step 15: Right-click Multicast Transmission, scroll to Create Multicast Transmission and click it.
Step 16: Provide the name of this transmission and click Next.
Step 17: Choose the image you would like to transmit using multicasting and click Next.
Step 18: Choose Auto-cast and click Next.
Step 19: Click Finish.
Configuring DHCP Server on Ubuntu Linux
Step 1: Go to DHCP server
type the following two commands on shell:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server -y
Then open /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server file and assign an interface by issuing the command below.
sudo nano /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server
And enter this line into the file:
INTERFACES="eth0"
Close the editor. Then run:
sudo nano /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
To edit the dhcpd.conf file. Add following lines in dhcpd.conf file and save it
default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; authoritative; subnet 192.168.100.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { #network range 192.168.100.20 192.168.100.100; # Your IP address Range option broadcast-address 192.168.100.255; #Broadcast } allow booting; allow bootp; option option-128 code 128 = string; option option-128 code 129 = text; next-server 192.168.100.1 # Name of your WDS server
Save the file.
Step 2: Restart DHCP service
sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart
That's All.
Conclusion
Our WDS and DHCP servers are ready. Test your configuration by following my article on deploying Windows 7 Professional using WDS server.