Hi, I’ve loaded a new IPXE .png file to my Fog and change the value in the web settings. But my picture is not loaded at boot. I have the same dimensions than the bg.png (800/600) but my file is a little more heavy (45KB). Any idea ?

@george1421
I’ve done it !
The “old” fog.auto.reg is :

if [[ -f "/bin/fog.customhostname" ]]; then
    . /bin/fog.customhostname
fi

if [[ -f /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM ]]; then
    productKey=$(tail -c+57 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM | base64)
fi
while [[ -z $res ]]; do
    res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=${host_default_name}&sysserial=${sysserial}&sysuuid=${sysuuid}&mac=$mac&productKey=${productKey}" ${web}service/auto.register.php 2>/dev/null)

Here is the trick :

while [[ -z $res ]]; do
        host=${host_default_name}
        host=$(echo $host | base64)
        res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=$host&sysserial=${sysserial}&sysuuid=${sysuuid}&mac=$mac&productKey=${productKey}" ${web}service/auto.register.php 2>/dev/null)

We have to convert to base64 and then send to the script. It works like a charm.
I suceeded when I inspected the fog.man.reg.fix Here is what helped me :

while [[ $res != "#!ok" ]]; do
    if [[ $host_default_name != "" ]]; then
        read -p " * Enter hostname for this computer [$host_default_name]: " host
    else
        read -p " * Enter hostname for this computer: " host
    fi
    host=${host:-$host_default_name}
    if [[ ${#host} -gt 15 ]]; then
        host=${host:0:15}
        echo " | Truncated to 15 characters: $host"
        usleep 2000000
    fi
    host=$(echo $host | base64)
    res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=$host" ${web}service/hostnameloop.php 2>/dev/null)
    [[ $res != "#!ok" ]] && echo "$res"


done

Those line
host=${host:-$host_default_name}
host=$(echo $host | base64)
res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=$host" ${web}service/hostnameloop.php 2>/dev/null)

Thank you very much for your help

@george1421
Here are my files, I’ve upload all the content of my postinitscripts folder:
fog.postinit.txt
fog.patch.customhostname.txt
fog.man.reg.fix.txt
fog.customhostname.txt
fog.auto.reg.txt

@george1421 said in Use serial number as hostname in Fog:

I can see other wanting this feature too. I know I personally missed it since the FOG v0.30 days.

Without you, impossible to implement this feature. Thanks a lot

@sebastian-roth
Here is the interresting part in the script.

Please remove the account "fogproject" manually before running
the installer again, or set the system username yourself.

To remove the account run: userdel fogproject

I’ve used the command : userdel fogproject
Then executed the installer ./installfog.sh
And the installation goes on

@sebastian-roth
As I said in my previous post. I’ve just deleted my fogprojectuser and it works well
For the FOS yes I would like an other keyboard layout. Quite hard to type password/username in the deployment task when you don’t have the same keyboard.

Hi, I’ve loaded a new IPXE .png file to my Fog and change the value in the web settings. But my picture is not loaded at boot. I have the same dimensions than the bg.png (800/600) but my file is a little more heavy (45KB). Any idea ?

@sebastian-roth

@sebastian-roth said in Changing language:

@xinzo Let me start by asking what exactly isn’t working? If you login to the web UI and set the language to whatever you want, then logoff and login again, still getting all English? Which language do you want to see/have?

Exactly, when I change my language I still have English. I’ve try to switch in German, Italian and French. I’ve cleared my browser caching, tried inPrivate but nothing happened. I would like to have the French language.

@sebastian-roth said in Changing language:

Please post the last 5-10 lines of what you see when re-running the 1.5.9.159 installer

Here we are

* Checking package: wget......................................OK
* Checking package: zlib1g....................................OK

* Configuring services

* Setting up fogproject user..................................Already exists

The account "fogproject" already exists and has been used to
log in to this server. We highly recommend you NOT use this
account as it is supposed to be a system account!

Please remove the account "fogproject" manually before running
the installer again, or set the system username yourself.

To remove the account run: userdel fogproject

To set a new service username run installer with:
username=<usernameForSystem> ./installfog.sh -y

And then I removed my fogproject user and it works ! RTFScript is the new RTFM !
Thank you

@sebastian-roth I’m using Debian 11 Bullseye

Hi,
I’m trying to change the language of the WebUI and FOS.
For FOS I’ve followed this :

• https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12118/fog-1-5-4-boot-menu-language
• https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/16460/setting-french-keyboard-on-fos

WebUI:

• https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9107/cannot-change-language-of-management-webpage/6?_=1661424762852

I will first focus on WebUI

root@fog:~# ls /var/www/fog/management/languages/
de_DE.UTF-8  en_US.UTF-8  es_ES.UTF-8  fr_FR.UTF-8  it_IT.UTF-8  messages.pot  pt_BR.UTF-8  zh_CN.UTF-8

In my .fogsettings:

## Start of FOG Settings
## Created by the FOG Installer
## Find more information about this file in the FOG Project wiki:
##     https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=.fogsettings
## Version: 1.5.9.154
installlang='1'

Then I executed the fog installer here is what I’ve found.

Version: 1.5.9.159 Installer/Updater


* Found FOG Settings from previous install at: /opt/fog/.fogsettings

* Performing upgrade using these settings

I’ve tried to updated my FOG from 1.5.9.154 to 1.5.9.159. So the installer is in 159 (but my .fogsettings is always in 154 even after install).
So when I agree to follow my installation I have those errors :

* Skipping package: language-pack-de..........................(Does not exist)
* Skipping package: language-pack-en..........................(Does not exist)
* Skipping package: language-pack-es..........................(Does not exist)
* Skipping package: language-pack-eu..........................(Does not exist)
* Skipping package: language-pack-fr..........................(Does not exist)
* Skipping package: language-pack-pt..........................(Does not exist)
* Skipping package: language-pack-zh-hans.....................(Does not exist)

Any idea ?

@george1421
Here are my files, I’ve upload all the content of my postinitscripts folder:
fog.postinit.txt
fog.patch.customhostname.txt
fog.man.reg.fix.txt
fog.customhostname.txt
fog.auto.reg.txt

@george1421 said in Use serial number as hostname in Fog:

I can see other wanting this feature too. I know I personally missed it since the FOG v0.30 days.

Without you, impossible to implement this feature. Thanks a lot

Thanks
For people who want to do this. Don’t forget to set the QUICKREG SYS NAME in the FOG SETTINGS to SYSSERIAL.
@george1421 Can I upload my file somewere for the people who want to implement the feature ?

@george1421
I’ve done it !
The “old” fog.auto.reg is :

if [[ -f "/bin/fog.customhostname" ]]; then
    . /bin/fog.customhostname
fi

if [[ -f /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM ]]; then
    productKey=$(tail -c+57 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM | base64)
fi
while [[ -z $res ]]; do
    res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=${host_default_name}&sysserial=${sysserial}&sysuuid=${sysuuid}&mac=$mac&productKey=${productKey}" ${web}service/auto.register.php 2>/dev/null)

Here is the trick :

while [[ -z $res ]]; do
        host=${host_default_name}
        host=$(echo $host | base64)
        res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=$host&sysserial=${sysserial}&sysuuid=${sysuuid}&mac=$mac&productKey=${productKey}" ${web}service/auto.register.php 2>/dev/null)

We have to convert to base64 and then send to the script. It works like a charm.
I suceeded when I inspected the fog.man.reg.fix Here is what helped me :

while [[ $res != "#!ok" ]]; do
    if [[ $host_default_name != "" ]]; then
        read -p " * Enter hostname for this computer [$host_default_name]: " host
    else
        read -p " * Enter hostname for this computer: " host
    fi
    host=${host:-$host_default_name}
    if [[ ${#host} -gt 15 ]]; then
        host=${host:0:15}
        echo " | Truncated to 15 characters: $host"
        usleep 2000000
    fi
    host=$(echo $host | base64)
    res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=$host" ${web}service/hostnameloop.php 2>/dev/null)
    [[ $res != "#!ok" ]] && echo "$res"


done

Those line
host=${host:-$host_default_name}
host=$(echo $host | base64)
res=$(curl -Lks --data "host=$host" ${web}service/hostnameloop.php 2>/dev/null)

Thank you very much for your help

@george1421
Okay I understand.
In my fog.auto.reg the curl is sending to this script :

${web}service/auto.register.php 2>/dev/null)
Maybe there’s something to do with this file ?