netboot.xyz Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

netboot.xyz hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted PXE network boot server on your own domains. Deploy netboot.xyz and xCloud runs the pinned official image behind a Caddy Basic Auth gateway, publishes the management interface and a boot assets host over HTTPS, publishes TFTP on its own UDP port, and keeps menus and mirrored boot files on persistent volumes. Restrict the TFTP port to your own clients before you boot anything.

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What is netboot.xyz?

Self-hosted netboot.xyz is a network boot server: PXE and iPXE clients load a menu from it and can install or run dozens of operating systems and utilities without local media. Upstream publishes bootloaders as ISO, USB, kernel, floppy and DHCP boot images for legacy BIOS, UEFI and ARM64. The project describes your favourite operating systems in one place. It is Apache-2.0 licensed, and you can edit the menus on your own server.

On xCloud the template runs ghcr.io/netbootxyz/netbootxyz 0.7.6-nbxyz18, pinned by digest, with a Caddy gateway. A management domain sits behind Basic Auth, a second domain serves mirrored boot assets as a read-only listing, and TFTP is published on its own UDP port, not on 69. The template ships no DHCP server. One install is allowed per server.

From Sign-Up to a Live Boot Server In Just 3 Easy Steps

A network boot server normally means a TFTP daemon, a web host for boot files, a menu editor, a login in front of it and a certificate before the first client boots. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick netboot.xyz from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain for the management interface and a second domain for the boot assets host, then set the Basic Auth username and password — or leave the password empty to have one generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We run the official netboot.xyz image and a Caddy 2.10.2 Basic Auth gateway, both pinned by immutable digest, mount the netbootxyz_config and netbootxyz_assets volumes, publish both domains over HTTPS and give TFTP its own UDP port. The first start downloads boot menus and boot files from GitHub, so allow a few minutes.
Step 03
Point Your DHCP Server At It
Open your HTTPS URL and sign in at the Basic Auth prompt, then set your DHCP server's next-server to the TFTP address shown with your credentials and its boot file name to the netboot.xyz boot file. Restrict the TFTP port to your client addresses.

An iPXE Boot Menu Manager: Everything netboot.xyz Does

netboot.xyz runs in full here: a boot menu editor, a TFTP server and a local asset mirror, with a sign-in in front of the management interface.

A Menu Of Installers And Utilities
PXE and iPXE clients load a menu from the server and can install or run operating systems and utilities with no local media.
Web Menu Editor
Edit the iPXE boot menus from the web interface; edits are served to clients over TFTP.
Local Asset Mirror
Download boot assets onto the server and serve them from a separate assets domain as a read-only listing, rather than fetching from GitHub.
Basic Auth In Front
Upstream has no login of its own, so the management interface sits behind a Caddy gateway that refuses requests without the username and password.
Menus And Mirror Persist
Menus, endpoints and nginx config live in netbootxyz_config, and mirrored boot files in netbootxyz_assets, so both survive an xCloud Restart.
TFTP On Its Own UDP Port
TFTP is published on a UDP port allocated by xCloud, not port 69, and is open to the internet until you restrict it.

Everything You Need To Run Your Network Boot Server 24/7

Managed hosting for netboot.xyz, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

netboot.xyz 0.7.6-nbxyz18 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Basic Auth password generated for you
Management interface behind a Basic Auth gateway
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With netboot.xyz

Install operating systems without media
Boot a bare machine from the network and pick an installer or live utility from one menu, instead of writing a USB stick each time.
Provision machines without an optical drive
Upstream describes a local netboot server as a way to install an OS on a machine that cannot boot from local media.
Edit and test custom boot menus
Change iPXE menu files from the web interface and have clients load the edited menu over TFTP.
Mirror boot files on your own domain
Keep boot assets on a separate assets domain, served as a read-only listing, instead of fetching them from GitHub on every boot.

netboot.xyz Screenshots

Editing a boot menu in the netboot.xyz menu editor

netboot.xyz vs Alternatives

boot.netboot.xyz: The public netboot.xyz boot endpoint run by the project. Hosting your own gives you menus you can edit and a local mirror of the boot files on your own domain.
A hand-built TFTP server: A plain TFTP daemon serves files only. You would write and maintain the iPXE menus and mirror the installers yourself, which this template packages with a menu editor.
Pixiecore: Pixiecore is a PXE boot tool that answers clients with a configured kernel and initrd. netboot.xyz vs Pixiecore: netboot.xyz offers a menu of many operating systems and a web editor for it.
iVentoy: iVentoy is a PXE boot tool for installing operating systems from ISO images. netboot.xyz vs iVentoy: netboot.xyz loads a menu of many operating systems and utilities that you edit in the browser.
netboot.xyz boot media: Upstream suggests its ISO or USB boot media when you do not want to manage iPXE menus. A hosted server suits cases where you want clients to boot from the network.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for netboot.xyz hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

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More headroom if netboot.xyz sits alongside other tools or a large asset mirror.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. netboot.xyz itself is licensed by its maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is netboot.xyz free and open source?

Yes. netboot.xyz is licensed Apache-2.0, so the software has no licence fee and its source is public. You pay xCloud for the dedicated Cloud VPS that runs it. The first start downloads menus and boot files from GitHub, so the server needs outbound access.

Can I run netboot.xyz with Docker?

Yes, and this template is netboot.xyz Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts the ghcr.io/netbootxyz/netbootxyz 0.7.6-nbxyz18 image and a Caddy gateway, both pinned by digest, publishes two HTTPS domains and a TFTP UDP port, and mounts config and assets volumes.

How much RAM does netboot.xyz need?

The manifest asks for 256 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 10 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB Cloud VPS for a netboot.xyz cloud install, which is mostly headroom. The mirrored assets volume can grow large, so size the disk to what you mirror.

Is the netboot.xyz TFTP port open to the internet?

Yes, as soon as the app is installed. Docker publishes the UDP port past the server's firewall rules, and TFTP has no authentication. Restrict it to the client addresses that should boot from it before you rely on the server, and do not leave it open longer than you need.

Which port does netboot.xyz TFTP use?

Not port 69. The platform allocates a host port, shown with the server address on the credentials card. Most PXE firmware can only use port 69, so forward UDP 69 on your network to the server and that allocated port. Keep the single-port TFTP option set.

Does netboot.xyz include a DHCP server?

No. The install has no DHCP server. Set next-server and the boot file name on your own DHCP server, for example the BIOS or the UEFI image name, so clients know where to fetch the bootloader from your TFTP address.

Is the netboot.xyz web interface password protected?

Yes, by the template. Upstream has no accounts, and every action is an unauthenticated event, so a Caddy gateway requires HTTP Basic Auth with the username and password you set. Anyone with them can edit the boot menus every client loads.

How do I back up netboot.xyz?

Back up netbootxyz_config, which holds your customised menus and boot configuration. The netbootxyz_assets volume is a re-downloadable mirror and can be large, so back it up only if you do not want to fetch it again. Keep the Basic Auth values.

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How do I update netboot.xyz?

Your install stays on its pinned image until you adopt a newer template version. Menu releases are separate: change the menu release later from the management interface, since the template setting is only read when the config volume is empty. Test a boot afterwards.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.