The fifteenth release candidate for FOG 1.6.0 is available on the rc-1.6.0 branch. It reports version 1.6.0-RC-15.
Test it on a lab or non-production server first. The upgrade from 1.5 to 1.6 is one-way: it changes the database schema, and there is no down-migration.
Changed since RC-14
Installer: choose the UEFI loader that DHCP hands out (#1915, #1916). Some firmware does not release the NIC when snponly.efi hands off to FOS. Those machines boot with ipxe.efi. Install with --uefi-bootfile ipxe to hand out the iPXE loader. The installer saves the choice in .fogsettings, so an upgrade keeps it. The default is still snponly.
Dashboard: a peer FOG server no longer shows “Access Denied” (#1917, #1918). A storage node entry can point at a full FOG server with its own database. Its disk usage and server information now accept the node signing key, not only a known IP address. Set the same key on both servers:
https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/1.6/management/web/storage-node/
FOS: fixparts is back. A capture showed “Could not fix partition layout (runFixparts)”. The fix is in FOS EXP_20261021-160109, which the update installs.
Before you upgrade
Back up your database and /opt/fog/.fogsettings.
Read the release notes:
https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/blob/rc-1.6.0/docs/release/1.6.0-release-notes.md
1.6 removes Display Manager, Directory Cleaner, User Cleanup, Client Updater, Green FOG and the persistentgroups plugin. Their data is dropped. The site and accesscontrol plugins move into core.
PHP 7.4 or later is required. Plugins built for 1.5 do not load.
Install or update (as root)
A 1.6 beta or RC server: run bin/updatefog.sh --channel rc from your FOG checkout.
A 1.5 server installed from git: update to the current 1.5 stable, then run bin/updatefog.sh --channel rc from the checkout.
A new server, or a 1.5 server installed from a tarball:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FOGProject/fogproject/working-1.6/bin/bootstrap.sh | bash -s -- --channel rc
Report problems
Open an issue at https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/issues. Include your FOG version, your OS, and the installer log from bin/error_logs/. Report a security problem through “Report a vulnerability” on the same repository, not in a public issue.