The ninth release candidate for FOG 1.6.0 is available on the rc-1.6.0 branch. It reports version 1.6.0-RC-9.
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-8
FOG Agent: a held domain rename reports pending, not failed (#1850). After a join or rename attempt, the server waits one hour before it sends the AD credentials again. A second rename within that hour waited, and agent 0.1.12 logged hostname: failed at every poll. The server now tells the agent when the rename may go ahead. Agent 0.1.13 logs hostname: pending (... this one runs after <time>) and renames on the first poll after that time. Older agents still log failed until the hour passes.
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.
