v0.1.70

v0.1.70

Added

• Windows binaries: bootimus-windows-amd64.exe and bootimus-windows-arm64.exe published alongside the Linux builds.
• Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) localisation: Full translation across the admin UI, marketing site, and documentation. The language picker auto-selects zh-CN for Chinese browsers.
• Documentation translations: Complete docs (admin, appliance, authentication, auto-install, clients, deployment, dhcp, distro-profiles, images) now in German, Spanish, French, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.
• CLI bootimus bootloaders: list, use <set>, and active subcommands for managing iPXE bootloader sets from the shell.
• CLI bootimus version: Prints the version; --verbose adds commit, build state, build tags, Go version, and iPXE version.
• New distro profiles: AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and Raspberry Pi OS.
• New distro logos: AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Raspberry Pi OS, DragonFlyBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Slackware.

Fixed

• Docker ISO extraction: Replaced the no-op bsdtar package with libarchive-tools, restoring extraction on the official image. Thanks to @JakeStanger for the patch.
• Linux Mint profile: Refreshed to 22.3 (Cinnamon / MATE / XFCE) and switched to the University of Kent mirror.

Changed

• Static builds: Server now ships as a fully static binary, enabling clean Windows cross-compilation and removing the glibc dependency.

Upgrade notes

• Windows users: grab bootimus-windows-amd64.exe from the release page. Proxy DHCP, TFTP, and HTTP boot work on Windows; admin UI is unchanged.
• No DB migration required.

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.70

v0.1.67

v0.1.67

Added

• Experimental Secure Boot: Support for Secure Boot via a signed shim that chainloads iPXE, allowing PXE booting on restricted hardware.
• Windows SMB Re-patching: The UI now detects outdated SMB patches via fingerprinting. Added a Save & Re-patch shortcut in Image Properties.
• Streaming ISO Uploads: Implemented streaming uploads to fix 502 errors on large ISO files.
• netboot.xyz BIOS/UEFI Support: Automatically serves the BIOS variant (.kpxe) or UEFI variant (.efi) based on the client architecture.
• Amber Row Tinting: Visual indicators and reason text in the image list for images that won't boot with current settings.
• CLI User Management: New bootimus-user utility for list, enable, disable, and admin status toggling.
• Localisation: Added German, French, and Russian support with a language picker on the login screen and header.
• Files Tab Refresh: Added a refresh button to Image Properties → Files to update the file list manually.
• **Experimental support to 'get images' directly from the source - similar to netboot.xyz but you don't need to download and reupload to bootimus.

Fixed

• Ubuntu "Triple Download": Fixed a bug where live-server (subiquity/cloud-init) would fetch the ISO three times during boot.
• VMware UEFI Boot: Fixed Casper-family ISOs (Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Mint, etc.) failing to boot via PXE in VMware UEFI environments.
• Modal Persistence: Image Properties modal now stays open after actions like "Re-Extract" or "Patch SMB".
• User Management 400: Fixed "Username required" error; frontend now correctly passes the username via query string.
• USB Image Downloads: Fixed 401 unauthorised errors by switching to authenticated fetch and blob downloading.
• UI Interaction: Backdrop clicks now correctly close any active modal.

Changed

• Theming Foundation: Extracted CSS from index.html to web/static/styles.css for better customisation. Changed logos and favicon.
• Active-Admin Lock-out Guard: API and CLI now prevent the last active administrator from being demoted or disabled.
• Distro Manifests: Updated to 0.1.61; Linux profiles now explicitly declare boot_method: "kernel".

Upgrade notes

• Secure Boot: To test experimental support, ensure your DHCP/TFTP configuration points to the new signed shim binary.
• Existing Images: Existing extracted images keep saved BootParams. Click Re-detect or re-extract to pick up new boot parameters.
• netboot.xyz: Requires re-downloading to pull the new BIOS/UEFI switching variants.
• No DB migration required.

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.67

v0.1.62

Added

Start of multiple languages support for the admin ui - llm generated translations for German, French and Russian.

• Streaming ISO uploads — fixes 502s on large uploads
• Inline guidance warnings on the Image Properties modal (extract / netboot / SMB / wimlib / re-patch) with the action button next to each.
• Amber row tint + reason text on images that won't boot with current settings.
• SMB re-patch detection (fingerprint of patched inputs) with a Save & Re-patch shortcut.
• netboot.xyz BIOS variant — legacy clients now boot the .kpxe, UEFI clients boot the .efi.
• bootimus user CLI: list / enable / disable / set-admin / unset-admin.
• Admin UI translations: English (UK), Deutsch, Français, Русский. Picker on login + header.
• Refresh button on the Image Properties → Files tab.

Fixed

• Triple ISO download on Ubuntu live-server netboot (cloud-init / subiquity also fetching).
• Casper-family ISOs (Ubuntu / Pop!_OS / Mint / Elementary / Zorin) failing to boot via PXE in VMware UEFI.
• Image Properties modal closing on every action — now stays open on Re-Extract / Patch SMB / Save.
• Edit User returned 400 Username required — frontend now sends username via query string.
• USB image download 401 — switched to authenticated fetch + blob download.
• Backdrop click now closes any modal.

Changed

• CSS extracted from index.html to web/static/styles.css (theming foundation).
• Distro profile manifest 0.1.61 — Linux profiles declare boot_method: "kernel".
• Active-admin lock-out guard on API and CLI — can't demote/disable the only active admin.

Upgrade notes

• Existing extracted images keep their saved BootParams from the old profile — click Re-detect or re-extract to pick up the new boot params.
• netboot.xyz needs re-downloading to pull the BIOS variant.
• No DB migration required.

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.62

v0.1.58

Added

• Windows unattended installs. New Auto-Install tab manages a file library under data/autoinstall/<distro>/ for autounattend.xml, kickstart, preseed, and cloud-init configs. Attach a file to an image as the default, or override per client (or per client group) for machine-specific setups. Placeholders like {{MAC}}, {{HOSTNAME}}, {{IP}}, {{SERVER_ADDR}}, and {{IMAGE_FILENAME}} are substituted at serve time.
• Windows boot integration. WinPE's patched startnet.cmd now copies AutoUnattend.xml from the SMB share to X:\ and launches setup.exe /unattend:X:\AutoUnattend.xml automatically when an autounattend file is configured for the image.
• Per-client / per-group autoinstall override. Client and ClientGroup gained an auto_install_file field — leave blank to inherit from the group, then from the booted image's default.
• REST endpoints under /api/autoinstall-files for list / get / save / upload / download / delete.
• Bootimus logo added to the README, courtesy of @popy2k14 (#54).

Fixed

• Windows SMB "net use fails after VM reboot." The Samba config now sets reset on zero vc = yes plus oplocks = no, kernel oplocks = no, level2 oplocks = no, strict locking = no, and deadtime = 1. WinPE reboots mid-install and reconnects from the same IP; without these, smbd held the prior session/oplocks and the second net use was rejected.
• WinPE startup race. startnet.cmd now explicitly runs net start Workstation before mapping the share — net use was otherwise triggering lazy SMB-client init and racing wpeinit.

Changed

• Distro profile updates.
• startnet.cmd no longer swallows net use errors, so failures surface in the WinPE console instead of dropping you into a blind retry loop.

Upgrade notes

• The data/autoinstall/ directory is created automatically on first start of v0.1.58. Existing inline autoinstall scripts on images continue to work; the file-library entry takes precedence when both are set.
• No DB migration required — the new auto_install_file columns on clients, client_groups, and images are added by GORM auto-migrate on first start.
• If you previously worked around the Windows SMB reconnect bug with a custom smb.conf or by restarting Bootimus between PXE attempts, you can drop those workarounds.

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.58

v0.1.55

Fixed

• ISO extraction for subfolders under data/isos/. Placing an ISO in a subfolder (e.g. data/isos/debian/debian-13.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso) now extracts kernel, initrd, and full ISO contents to the correct matching directory. Two bugs were contributing:
  • The bsdtar fallback prepended an extra isos/ segment, producing data/isos/isos/<subfolder>/<name>/.
  • The ISO9660/UDF path stripped the subfolder entirely, writing to data/isos/<name>/ while SaveMetadata looked for data/isos/<subfolder>/<name>/metadata.txt, causing a "no such file or directory" error and stale paths in the image record.

Added

• Tools manifest (tools-profiles.json) at the repo root, mirroring distro-profiles.json. Built-in tool definitions (download URLs, versions, kernel paths, boot params) are now data, not code.
• Check for Updates button on the Tools tab. Fetches the latest manifest from main and refreshes built-in tool records in the database. Custom tools, per-tool Enabled state, and download state are preserved.
• make release now invokes sync-profiles before building, guaranteeing that release binaries embed manifests matching the root files.

Changed

• Distro profile updates.

Upgrade notes

• Re-extract any ISOs that were placed in subfolders under data/isos/ before upgrading — prior extractions wrote kernel/initrd to the wrong location and the paths in the database point there. Stray directories from the broken runs (e.g. data/isos/isos/, data/isos/<name-without-subfolder>/) can be safely removed.
• Built-in boot tool records (URL, version, boot params, etc.) are refreshed from the manifest on startup. If you previously overrode a tool's download URL via the UI, you'll need to re-apply it after this update.

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.55

v0.1.53

Bootimus v0.1.53

Highlights

• Windows 7 added to distro profiles
• Tools submenu moved to the top of the PXE boot menu
• Issue #32 (extraction) fixed
• Distro profile catalogue refreshed

Changes

PXE boot

• Windows 7 profile added - bootable via the existing wimboot path
• Tools menu now appears at the top of the main boot menu instead of the bottom

Distro profiles

• Catalogue bumped to latest
• Windows 7 profile added

Bug fixes

• Issue #32 - extraction fix in internal/extractor/extractor.go

Repo / build

• README.md updated (logo, links, polish)
• New repo-level .dockerignore keeps node_modules, dist, data/, and build artefacts out of image builds

v0.1.51

v0.1.51

New Features

• Windows unattended PXE install (opt-in via --windows-smb) — zero-touch PXE boot to a running Windows 10/11 install. Isolated smbd exposes each extracted Windows ISO as an SMB share; boot.wim is patched so WinPE auto-mounts it and launches setup.exe. Docker image now ships with samba.
• Database snapshot/backup — new Snapshotter interface with SQLite (VACUUM INTO) and PostgreSQL (pg_dump) implementations, so backups are portable and restore-ready.
• Extraction progress reporting — admin UI surfaces live stage + percent for ISO extractions.
• Bootimus website under website/ — landing page, downloads, localised docs scaffolding (en/de/es/fr/ru), Astro-based.
• Bootimus logo — thanks @popy2k14 (#52).

UI

• New SMB chip on patched Windows images and Patch SMB / Re-patch SMB button on the image properties panel.
• Settings tab now surfaces Windows SMB status: Enabled (N shares, port 445), Disabled, or Requested but unavailable.
• Extraction progress bars show live stage + percent.
• Boot Parameters field greyed out for Windows images (ignored by wimboot).

Bug Fixes

• Windows installations — boot.wim patching, SMB share registration, DHCP network-readiness race.

Requirements (only if enabling --windows-smb)

• smbd in PATH (bundled in Docker image; apt install samba / pacman -S samba for standalone).
• Port 445 reachable from clients.
• setcap users also need: sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+eip' /usr/sbin/smbd.

Upgrade Notes

• No-op unless you enable --windows-smb.
• If enabling: click Patch SMB on existing Windows ISOs (or re-extract).

Full Changelog: popy2k14/bootimus@v0.1.38...v0.1.51

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.51

v0.1.38

v0.1.38

Bug Fixes

• proxyDHCP on Supermicro boards — resolved conflicting DHCP options that broke PXE on some Supermicro BMC/onboard NICs. iPXE bootloaders rebuilt with updated embedded script.
• Settings tab — fixed a UI regression on the settings page.

Full Changelog: popy2k14/bootimus@v0.1.36...v0.1.38

Docker

v0.1.36

What's Changed

Bug Fixes

• Extraction now preserves group subdirectories — extracting an ISO stored under a group folder (e.g. isos/Backup/clonezilla.iso) now writes boot files alongside the ISO instead of the root of the data dir, so the iPXE menu loader can find them. Fixes #32.
• SystemRescue 13.0 network boot — switched to ip=dhcp and corrected the initrd path. Thanks to @popy2k14 (#49).
• Supermicro boot compatibility — addressed boot failures reported on Supermicro hardware.

New Features

• Client groups — clients can now be organised into groups with shared settings (allowed images, bootloader set, credentials).
• Scheduled tasks — cron-driven actions (e.g. WOL a client group on a schedule).
• Webhooks — outbound notifications for boot events.
• Redfish / IPMI BMC integration — power control and status via standard BMC interfaces.
• Prometheus metrics endpoint — observability for boot activity and server state.
• proxyDHCP mode — run alongside an existing DHCP server without replacing it.

Improvements

• Significant admin UI rework and polish across client, image, and group management.
• Appliance build refinements (Samba config, network defaults, build script).
• Bootloader binaries rebuilt against current iPXE.
• Expanded documentation (docs/appliance.md, docs/dhcp.md).

Upgrade Notes

• If you previously extracted ISOs that live inside group subdirectories, re-run Extract on those images after upgrading so the boot files land in the correct location.

Full changelog: v0.1.34...v0.1.36

Docker

docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.34

v0.1.34

v0.1.34

Standalone Mode (proxyDHCP)

• Built-in proxyDHCP responder — Bootimus now includes an RFC 4578 proxyDHCP server. Your existing DHCP server keeps handing out IPs as normal; Bootimus answers only the PXE-specific bits on the same broadcast domain. Zero PXE configuration needed on your router, Pi-hole, MikroTik, or Windows DHCP.
• Off by default — Existing installs running dnsmasq or ISC-DHCP are unaffected. Enable with --proxy-dhcp flag or BOOTIMUS_PROXY_DHCP_ENABLED=true.
• Architecture-aware — Serves undionly.kpxe to BIOS (arch 0), bootimus.efi to UEFI x64 (arch 7/9), bootimus-arm64.efi to UEFI ARM64 (arch 11). Filenames configurable via --proxy-dhcp-bootfile-{bios,uefi,arm64}.
• Never offers an IP — yiaddr always 0.0.0.0, so it coexists safely with any existing DHCP server. Two proxyDHCP servers on the same network is legal but not recommended.
• Binds UDP/67 — Requires CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE or root. Already satisfied in the default Docker image.

Admin UI

• proxyDHCP status indicator — Server Information panel now shows whether proxyDHCP is running in standalone mode or relying on an external DHCP server.

Breaking Changes

• Removed thinos boot method — The Alpine-based trampoline experiment has been dropped. It caused kernel panics, duplicated per-distro knowledge already handled by distro profiles, and didn't actually solve the ISO-visibility problem it was designed for. If you had images set to boot_method: thinos, change them to kernel or sanboot. The /thinos/* HTTP routes, thinos-kernel and thinos-initrd embedded artifacts, and the thinos/ build directory are all removed.

Docker

• docker-compose example — Add 67:67/udp to ports, set BOOTIMUS_PROXY_DHCP_ENABLED=true, and use a macvlan or ipvlan network (or network_mode: host). proxyDHCP broadcasts do not cross the default bridge network.

Documentation

• New proxyDHCP section in docs/dhcp.md — Covers how it works, enable instructions, broadcast-domain and Docker networking caveats, a macvlan compose example, and log-line verification steps.
• Updated README — DHCP section now leads with built-in proxyDHCP as the recommended option; manual DHCP-server configuration kept as the alternative.

Docker

!!SORRY I FORGOT TO PUSH THIS VERSION!!
docker pull garybowers/bootimus:0.1.34