Domestic OS Installation (openEuler / Kylin / UOS)

Install Chinese domestic operating systems over the network via PxeLab Hub's "Xinchuang OS content packs": openEuler works out of the box; Kylin V10 and UOS are two-stage packs that require your own installation media.

Related: Netboot Catalog | Install Tasks | Answer Templates | Files

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Content packs at a glance

OS	Architectures	Image source	Answer mechanism	Verification
openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3	x86_64 / aarch64	Public (repo.openeuler.org)	kickstart (optional)	Official images, URLs verified
Kylin V10 SP3	x86_64 / aarch64	Bring your own (not publicly distributed)	kickstart	Community-contributed, untested
UOS Server V20	x86_64 / aarch64	Bring your own (not publicly distributed)	kickstart	Community-contributed, untested

Kylin and UOS both use the anaconda installer, so unattended installation goes through kickstart (inst.ks=).

openEuler: import and install

1. Open the PxeLab Hub (store) page, find openEuler, and click Import.
2. The distro appears in the Netboot Catalog, and a ready-to-assign Profile is created.
3. PXE-boot a client and pick openEuler-24.03-LTS-SP3 — the menu automatically filters versions by the client architecture (x86_64/aarch64).

Kernel and initrd are fetched directly from repo.openeuler.org (HTTP 302 to a CDN), and the inst.repo= cmdline points anaconda at the official repository — no manual configuration needed. For isolated networks, override the kernel/initrd/repository URLs to a local mirror via the catalog Overlay.

Kylin / UOS: two-stage packs

The images are not publicly distributable, so the pack only ships the boot configuration and a kickstart answer template. On import the UI warns that you must supply your own installation media and takes you to the Netboot Catalog; the imported kickstart template is available on the Answer Templates page (select it when creating an install task).

To complete the pack (Kylin x86_64 example — substitute the aarch64 directory names as needed):

1. Extract boot files — From the Kylin V10 SP3 installation ISO, extract images/pxeboot/vmlinuz and images/pxeboot/initrd.img. Note that Kylin keeps its PXE boot files under images/pxeboot/ (slightly different from CentOS-style layouts); do not use the kernel from isolinux/.
2. Upload kernel/initrd — In Files, upload both files to netboot/kylin/v10sp3-x86_64/ (netboot/uos/v20-x86_64/ for UOS). The catalog versions reference these local paths by default.
3. Provide the install source — Extract the full ISO contents (including .treeinfo, Packages, repodata) to an HTTP- or NFS-reachable path (PxeLab's own NFS/HTTP services work), then in the catalog Overlay for this distro append inst.repo=<that path> to the version cmdline.
4. Create an install task — On the Install Tasks page, pick the distro version and attach the imported kickstart answer template. The version's answer_param (inst.ks={{.AnswerURL}}) injects the answer-file URL into the kernel cmdline automatically — no overlay answer configuration needed.

Until the files are in place, the catalog entry carries a "Local image required" badge; PXE boot will fail without them, so complete the steps above first.

LoongArch boot notes

• PxeLab ships LoongArch iPXE binaries (ipxe-loong64.efi, plus a Secure Boot-signed ipxe-loong64-sb.efi). The default architecture map covers IANA architecture types 37 (EFI LoongArch32) and 39 (EFI LoongArch64), so DHCP hands LoongArch clients the right bootloader automatically.
• LoongArch clients only support UEFI network boot (no BIOS/pxelinux path) — make sure the client firmware is set to UEFI PXE.
• openEuler, Kylin and UOS all publish loong64 images, but the store packs currently ship x86_64/aarch64 entries only; loong64 images are mostly distributed through vendor channels. Follow the same "bring your own image" flow as Kylin/UOS: fill in the loong64 kernel/initrd URLs and inst.repo in the version Overlay.
• Some LoongArch firmware has limited iPXE driver compatibility. If iPXE cannot bring up the NIC, switch to snponly-loong64.efi (SNP driver) under Settings → Architecture Map.