@AlexisPHC said in Use serial number as hostname in Fog:

did you ever get round to writing a guide for this?

Yes. I think the previous comment to your post referenced the files.

https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/14278/creating-custom-hostname-default-for-fog-man-reg?_=1762381023512

the file fog.customhostname uses a linux command dmidecode to extract the serial number from the smbios. And the rest of the ‘hack’ will pump that name into the full registration files. When I wrote that script I worked for a company that had a composite host name with the site code, a hardware type and then the dell asset tag appended onto the end. That is what this tutorial shows.

Now Tom mentioned that {SYSSERIAL} in the quick registration field works too. I wasn’t aware of that feature, it must be new. I know FOG version 0.30 had that feature but it was removed when FOG 1.x was released. If its back, that’s great!! that makes my script(s) unnecessary.

I tried reinstalling the Capone plugin, but that didn’t work.

I checked my other machines that show the fog.capone option and I manually added it in using the New iPXE Menu Entry option with the same values as my other machines. I haven’t tested if this is the solution yet. Here’s a screenshot of my values:
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Finally found out why I couldn’t auth over 636, I needed to add my domain’s CA cert to the FOG server’s root cert store. Once I did that I can now use my AD creds over 636 on the web UI and iPXE menu items.