Newbe Fog installation issue

[mstumpo]

I have no Linux experience but have installed Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1 LTS, downloaded and extracted Fog as the user. When I try to install Fog, it starts and prompts me for the /Images location. I default and then the install stops. Not sure what to do next. I would like to get Fog installed to test as a companion to PDQ Deploy.

[george1421]

The root of the issue was the OP missed both prerequisites (disable firewall and set selinux to permissive). Once that was done he was able to get the iPXE menu to appear.

[Sebastian Roth]

@mstumpo Which guide did you follow to install Ubuntu and FOG? Please take a picture of the screen where the install stopped. As wee take a look at the error_log/fog...1.5.4.log file and post the last 50 lines of that file here.

[red_john]

@mstumpo

You might want to check out this guide:
https://youtu.be/nKoqTvuOJpw

It does a good job of explaining the installation process and the best practice for file partitons.

[mstumpo]

OK, so I went with CentOS, got that installed and installed Fog, however, when I go to the URL to complete the database initialization, I get 'Database connection unavailable. Fog was reinstalled without error but same issue. I provided a password for all requests for one and they are all the same. Not sure how to proceed.

[Quazz]

@mstumpo Do you happen to know which version you’re trying to install?

1.5.4 should be compatible with Ubuntu 18.04

[Wayne Workman]

The tests I have going use Ubuntu 18.04 Server, not desktop.
There’s another issue open on github about this very thing I believe: https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/issues/261
That guy’s answer was to add the universe repository. I guess Ubuntu desktop 18.04 doesn’t come with that repo enabled by default.

[Sebastian Roth]

@Wayne-Workman said in Newbe Fog installation issue:

I guess Ubuntu desktop 18.04 doesn’t come with that repo enabled by default.

When I did the testing with Ubuntu 18.04 server I ran into the missing universe section issue. Not sure about desktop though.

@mstumpo said:

OK, so I went with CentOS, got that installed and installed Fog, however, when I go to the URL to complete the database initialization, I get 'Database connection unavailable.

Are you able to connect to the database via console command? Open a terminal on your FOG server and run mysql -u root -p. If your password is empty simply hit ENTER when it asks for a password.

In case you cannot login make sure the database is actually running sudo systemctl status mysql

In case you want/need to reset the DB password, find instructions here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-reset-your-mysql-or-mariadb-root-password

[Wayne Workman]

@Sebastian-Roth said in Newbe Fog installation issue:

When I did the testing with Ubuntu 18.04 server I ran into the missing universe section issue. Not sure about desktop though.

That is very strange. I didn’t add any repositories to my 18.04 server. I made sure vim and git were installed, and configured SSL the way my setup needs it, that was it. I do fully update the OS before very test run though.

[Sebastian Roth]

@Wayne-Workman said in Newbe Fog installation issue:

I didn’t add any repositories to my 18.04 server.

Maybe this has changed from 18.04 to 18.04.1??? Just a wild guess. Not sure if I am keen to try out. Not sure if there is anything in the setup causing that repository section to be added?!

@mstumpo Sorry we rumble on about such things in your topic. Stopping it now!

[danuel]

For UBuntu 18.4.01 LTS + fogproject-1.5.4
Try Run this:

sudo echo "deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo tar -xzvf fogproject-1.5.4.tar.gz
sudo cd fogproject-1.5.4/bin
sudo chmod 777 installfog,sh
sudo ./installfog.sh

Now you are able to installation

[mstumpo]

OK, got Fog installed and can access the console on the local computer. However, when I attempt to PING or open the console from a remote station on the same subnet, I can’t do either. I am assuming it is a firewall issue on the local CentOS station. Not being familiar with Linux, I found the firewall dialog and enabled HTTP and TFTP, neither of which works. In addition, when booting a station to PXE, it gets an IP address, Subnet and gateway IP, but TFTP time out. Any thoughts please?

[george1421]

@mstumpo There are two prerequisites that you need to do before installing fog or you will have pains later.

1. Disable the linux firewall. For centos the command are
   systemctl disable firewalld
systemctl stop firewalld
2. Set selinux (akin to Windows UAC) to permissive. Edit the file /etc/selinux/config and change SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=permissive. Then reboot your fog server.

[mstumpo]

@george1421 OK, great. Thanks for the info. I’ll be there later today and will try this.

[mstumpo]

@george1421 OK, those worked and I can now open the Fog console from my laptop. I still can’t get a computer to PXE boot to Fog server. TFTP now does not show timeout, goes right to Intel Agent exiting and boots windows 7.

[george1421]

@mstumpo OK so what did you set dhcp options 66 and 67 to?

[mstumpo]

@george1421 66 - 10.0.0.164 (fogserver IP) and 67 (undionly.kpxe).

[george1421]

@mstumpo Do you see it download (or appear to load) undionly.kpxe? You should see the fog menu if it does. Understand by default the fog menu has a very short timeout defined. So if you miss the menu, it will attempt to boot from the first hard drive.

Also be aware that undionly.kpxe is for bios based systems, you need a uefi kernel ( ipxe.efi ) if your target computer is uefi based.

[mstumpo]

@george1421 No, I did not. The test station is Windows 7 so the undionly.kpxe should be OK. There is no menu at all. Stations grabs IP information via PXE, TFTP line option goes by quickly and then Intel agent indicates exiting and Windows 7 boots.

[george1421]

@mstumpo said in Newbe Fog installation issue:

Intel agent indicates exiting

OK this means that its still not grabbing the file. You should see the iPXE banner as it boots.

From a windows computer, install the tftp client feature. Then from a dos command prompt key in tftp <fog_server_ip> GET undionly.kpxe I’m only interested in if it is downloading that file or not.

Also is the target pxe computer on the same subnet as the FOG server and DHCP server?

[mstumpo]

@george1421 OK, I ran the command. Get Error on server : Permission denied. connect request failed.
Yes, all stations, fog server, DHCP/DNS servers, etc. are on the same subnet.