The fourteenth release candidate for FOG 1.6.0 is available on the rc-1.6.0 branch. It reports version 1.6.0-RC-14.
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-13
Multicast: canceling one host no longer cancels the whole session (#1903, #1905, #1909). Before, a cancel on one host stopped udp-sender and canceled every host in the session. Now only that host leaves. When every remaining host has connected, the session starts at once, without the max-wait. The FOS receiver also gives up after the session’s max-wait when no sender answers. That half is in FOS EXP_20261019-150930, which the update installs.
Secure Boot: the PXE menu enrollment is recorded (#1869, #1899). The
Enroll Secure Boot Key menu item opened MokManager, and the host page still showed no enrollment. The server now records mok-pending when it serves the key. The host page tells you how to confirm it.
Group create form: the dead boot fields are removed (#1901). Group Kernel, Group Kernel Arguments, Group Init and Group Primary Disk were saved and never used. To set these on many hosts, use
Edit selected hosts on the Hosts list.
Tab titles in non-ASCII languages (#1910). After sidebar navigation, a Japanese or Chinese tab title was garbled. It now matches a full page load.
Japanese translation is complete (#1910, #1913). Every message is translated. Uptime no longer shows an English plural s after a translated unit, such as 日s.
Thank you to @mashiro-mikage for the tab title fix, the Japanese translation, and the uptime fix.
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.
