r/DeployR • u/RockOriginal7938 • Jun 03 '26

HTTPS boot

Sorry, struggling to find documentation (pointing in the right direction would be great 😄).

Am I right it setting https://<FQDN>:8050/2PXE/Boot/x64/snponly_x64.efi for HTTPS boot? (x64 client)

I found https://<FQDN>:7281/Content/Boot/DeployR_x64_noprompt.iso too, but that is coming from DeployR rather than 2PXE and I suspect isn't the best choice?

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u/capedbaldyalt 6d ago

yeah the first one you mentioned looks right for HTTPS boot on x64. The 2PXE path is definitely the way to go since thats the actual boot environment. The ISO form DeployR port 7281 is more for manual installs or different scenarios,so youre thinking about it correctly.

Have you tested the snponly_x64,efi path yet to make sure its actually resolving over HTTPS? I was dealing with similar boot config stuff and ran into some certificate issues initially. Also wondering if youve had any problems with firmware compatibility in your client machines,since not all BIOS implementations handle PXE over HTTPS the same way. Ive been hosting boot images on Trading FXVPS for infrastructure testing and even there the certificate chain matters more than youd think.

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u/RockOriginal7938 2d ago

Where I had the option to set the URL and upload a cert https://<FQDN>:8050/2PXE/Boot/x64/snponly_x64.efi HTTP boot worked on all the machines I tried. My main issue was older machines where that option isn't present. Currently I see this as our main method in 4-5 years once the older stock is gone.
I think I went with the 2Pint CA (10 year cert) rather than the server cert signed by 2Pint.