Node loses IP during PXE boot – stuck at "Booting under MAAS direction…"

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently running into an issue with PXE boot in MAAS and would really appreciate any help or insight you can offer.

  • MAAS version: 3.6/stable
  • Both commissioning and deploying nodes fail due to a timeout.
  • The boot process gets stuck at the message: “Booting under MAAS direction…” (screenshot attached).
  • The node initially receives an IP address via DHCP, but loses it just a few seconds later.
  • I believe this IP loss is the root cause of the timeout, but I’m not sure why it’s happening.
  • To eliminate the influence of STP, I’ve set the switch port to spanning-tree disable, but the issue persists.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation or have suggestions on what I should try next?

Thanks in advance!

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I would

  1. inspect the region and rack logs to ensure there are no exceptions logged
  2. enable debug mode on the rack, so to have more info printed on the machine’s console
  3. ensure MAAS is the only dhcp server on the network
  4. take a tcpdump and inspect it
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Thanks for the suggestion, @r00ta. I’ll look into those points and see what I can find. Appreciate it!

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out of curiousity, any luck @kojiwell ?