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  @Hojjati I’ve found a solution for this issue that worked for me.
  You need to manually edit the Windows hosts file at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add an entry with your FOG server’s IP address followed by the name “fogserver”.

  This is necessary because SmartInstaller.exe performs a pinning process during installation, if you notice the installer hangs or fails exactly at that pinning stage, it is definitely due to this resolution issue.

  Adding the entry ensures the installer recognizes the server and can download the certificate properly.

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  Quick Update (19/12/2025):

  Hi Everyone,

  I’ll probably open another topic for this in the coming weeks, as it probably deserves it’s own thread for bug reports and feature requests etc (mostly need to convince myself to write it, but also wanted to double check which category such a thread should go under, is tutorials fine?), but I’ve created an ansible role to help with the installation and configuration of fog.

  Notably it will help with creating a secureboot valid setup with shim like above. It should implement most of the important functions of the fog installer, and can also automatically perform a lot of the steps in the guide above for you.

  I figured I’d drop it here on the forum somewhere in case it’s helpful for others. More detailed usage information will be added to the readme or the new topic. Naturally I’ll link to a new topic here once I get around to making it.

  The role is currently hosted on my forgejo instance here: https://forgejo.cwavs.xyz/Cwavs/ansible-role-fog