opsipxeconfd is part of the client management solution opsi. There it is used to write named pipes for clients that boot over PXE to provide a one-time configuration.
The named pipes are empty and will be filled on-the-fly once a read is requested. They will be removed after one read request.
opsipxeconfd is usually running as a service.
# Starting the service
systemctl start opsipxeconfd.service
# Stopping the service.
systemctl stop opsipxeconfd.service
Manual control is also possible.
opsipxeconfd start
The configuration is made through a configuration file. This file usually resides at /etc/opsi/opsipxeconfd.conf. Starting with a different configuration file is possible with:
opsipxeconfd --conffile /path/to/configfile start
To avoid daemonizing you can use --no-fork. Along with setting a high log level through --log-level this can be used for debugging.
opsipxeconfd has a simple CLI.
To check the version of opsipxeconfd:
opsipxeconfd version
To check for connections:
opsipxeconfd status
To update the boot configuration of a client:
opsipxeconfd update <clientId>
To update the boot configuration of a client from a specific cache file:
opsipxeconfd update <clientId> <path to cache file>
To stop opsipxeconfd:
opsipxeconfd stop