Need help making my own Debian 9 FOG server!

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 yes i indeed have that one and then a crap ton of others that each look the same that say time out i think starting over from scratch is easier since i haven t done anything significant yet

[unknownhost99]

i have had an error during my dnsmasq installation and was wondering what the cause might be and if it is a problem before i continue.

when typing the the sudo make install command from this guide https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/8725/compiling-dnsmasq-2-76-if-you-need-uefi-support/5 it showed the following error

any information on the error would be helpfull thanks!

[Sebastian Roth]

@unknownhost99 You need to install build dependencies first. sudo apt-get build-dep dnsmasq should do most of that even though you are compiling a different version. If you still have compile issues note down the filename (here idna.h) go to https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages (section “Search the contents of packages”) and search for that file you are missing. Then install the package(s) shown to you by hand - e.g. sudo apt-get install libidn11-dev

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 You might want to check with your distribtion’s repo. Many distributions contain dnsmasq 2.76 or newer version already compiled. So these steps may no longer be necessary.

[edit] I’m not totally sure what I’m looking at, but it does look like there is a debian package that has been already created for you: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/dnsmasq

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 okay so now that worked although when i tried the sudo service dnsmasq restart. it failed and said no Unit dnsmasq.service found also what is the default location of the itsp.conf file cause i cant seem to locate it with the find command

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 Just so I’m clear, you installed your linux distro’s version of dnsmasq? If so you should be able to key in sudo dnsmasq -v That should show you the version of dnsmasq installed.

From there, to your second question the ltsp.conf file typically goes in /etc/dnsmasq.d directory. Make sure there are no other .conf files in that directory to cause you pain.

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 i typed vi /etc/dnsmasq.d and /etc/dnsmasq/itsp.conf nothing comes up (im sorry if i seem retarded i cant stress how new i am to linux)

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 ok lets backup here.

The config file from my post needs to be placed in a file called ltsp.conf (as a standard) The location of the config files for dnsmasq is typically in a directory called /etc/dnsmasq.d

Navigate to that directory and do an ls -la to see all files in that directory. If there are any that end in .conf remove them. Create a new file called ltsp.conf in that directory with the following command vi /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf and then paste in the contents of my config file. Make sure you replace <fog_server> with the IP address of the your fog server.

Save an exit vi

Then from the linux command prompt key in dnsmasq -v to ensure you have version 2.76 or later installed. If that returns a successful response then start the service. It appears based on your previous error message that debian 9 is systemd compliant so once dnsmasq is installed you should be able to key in the following commands.

systemctl enable dnsmasq
then (re)start the service
systemctl restart dnsmaq

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 i did vi /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf and there also was no .conf file except a file called dnsmasq.conf.example Though when i try to save/write the config file it says:‘’ /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf’’ E212 Can’t open file for writing

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 You may have to use sudo vi /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp.conf to get the proper rights to create the file, if you didn’t switch user to root.

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 well i still got the same error but now that i kept looking i found it says there is no dnsmasq.d directory to begin with

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 Did you install dnsmasq from your distribution’s repo? I don’t know debian so I can’t give you the exact commands to install (I’m a rhel guy). But /etc/dnsmasq.d is the default configuration directory.

Can you confirm that dnsmasq is installed by running this command sudo dnsmasq -v ? It should respond with something that looks like this:

Dnsmasq version 2.76  Copyright (c) 2000-2016 Simon Kelley
Compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus i18n IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC loop-detect inotify

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 it is fine i have unsinstalled it and did the install without uefi support and it went without a hitch

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 said in Need help making my own Debian 9 FOG server!:

install without uefi support

I don’t understand this, what do you mean you installed without uefi support. What version did you install? Again the command I posted sudo dnsmasq -v will indicate the version.

[unknownhost99]

@george1421
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=ProxyDHCP_with_dnsmasq i used this one before the uefi support one

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 So problem solved??

[unknownhost99]

@george1421 well not yet but i am getting closer to the end some problems with the dhcp when trying the PXE boot to the fog this is my log when i use pxe boot any idea what the problem might be

[Sebastian Roth]

@unknownhost99 Well, the output looks ok on first sight. What exactly is the issue? What do you see on the client? Timeout/error!?!

[unknownhost99]

@sebastian-roth no dhcp offers were recieed it says

[george1421]

@unknownhost99 Who’s ltsp.conf file are you using? The reason why I ask is I see a tags: entry for enp4s0.

If you can place the fog server and pxe booting client on the same subnet the follow the instructions here to collect a pcap file of the pxe booting process. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9673/when-dhcp-pxe-booting-process-goes-bad-and-you-have-no-clue

Upload the pcap to a google drive or dropbox like system and share the link with us. There is something unexpected going on here.