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    • agrayA
      agray
      last edited by agray

      I can’t seem to get my VM to communicate properly with my FOG server.
      I’m using Oracle VM Virtualbox 6.0.
      I have my VM successfully booting into iPXE but won’t get the options from the fog server.
      Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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      • george1421G
        george1421 Moderator @agray
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        @agray For virtualbox did you connect the network adapter as bridged or NAT? Its strange that you are getting iPXE but iPXE can’t get the dhcp information.

        What device on your network is providing dhcp info?

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        • agrayA
          agray
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          @george1421 said in Connecting FOG to Virtual Machine:

          the network adapter as bridged or NAT?

          Bridged

          @george1421 said in Connecting FOG to Virtual Machine:

          What device on your network is providing dhcp info?

          A router that is on a closed network. It is only connected to the Machine that is running fog and 3 outputs for machines i hook up to it, nothing else.

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          • S
            Sebastian Roth Moderator
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            @agray Please post a picture of the VM screen so we see to which state it actually boots.

            Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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            • agrayA
              agray @Sebastian Roth
              last edited by agray

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              • agrayA
                agray
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                So i found the same issue here (https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10160/virtualbox-pxe-boot-no-configuration-methods-succeeded).
                I don’t understand the solution 100%. If I set ipxe.pxe as the boot file, wouldn’t that be what fog captures instead of my windows VM?

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                  Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                  @agray What is described in the link you posted is an issues that only occurs when you warm boot (reboot instead of shutdown and cold boot up) the VM. In this case if you don’t use ipxe.pxe as boot file (FOG uses undionly.kkpxe by default) then warm boot will result in “No configuration methods succeeded”. But if you shutdown and start up the VM it works perfectly fine.

                  So I guess you have a different situation here. You say that a router is serving DHCP in your network. So you installed FOG without DHCP, right? Just want to make sure. I haven’t done this kind of setup in a while but I can imagine the DHCP broadcast packets not making it through to the VM…

                  Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                  • agrayA
                    agray @Sebastian Roth
                    last edited by

                    @Sebastian-Roth said in Connecting FOG to Virtual Machine:

                    only occurs when you warm boot

                    Oh I have a .bat file that makes my machine shutdown and i start it when i’m ready.

                    My FOG Network is set up like this:
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                    Sorry, I don’t have a topology software installed right now, had to use a white board.

                    It’s odd, because the broadcast packets make it to the machine that is hosting the VM. Would i have to change the host PC to DHCP also for it to make it?

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                    • S
                      Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                      @agray Well, let’s try to rule out things. You seem to have Windows installed in the VM as your golden image already. If you boot that up, does it pick up the IP from your router’s DHCP server?

                      Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                      • agrayA
                        agray @Sebastian Roth
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                        @Sebastian-Roth Yes, the VM is getting it’s own DHCP IP address that is coming from the proper router.

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                          agray @Sebastian Roth
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                            Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                            @agray Which IP do you get within the VM (Windows booted)?

                            Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                            • agrayA
                              agray @Sebastian Roth
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                              @Sebastian-Roth 192.168.1.141

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                                Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                                @agray Maybe you have some Windows firewall security software running on the host machine?!

                                Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                                • agrayA
                                  agray @Sebastian Roth
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                                  @Sebastian-Roth Firewall is completely off for Domain, Private, and Public and it doesn’t have an AV

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                                    Quazz Moderator
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                                    Given that it connects to the DHCP server and gets an IP as we can see from the screenshot but fails after loading the IPXE file, I’d suggest serving a different IPXE boot file and see if that works.

                                    You’ll have to modify your router DHCP settings to serve a different file (eg ipxe.pxe instead of undionly.kpxe)

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                                    • agrayA
                                      agray @Quazz
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                                      @Quazz My router doesn’t have the option to change the file. Let me try booting into iPXE.pxe and i’ll update you.

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                                        Quazz Moderator @agray
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                                        @agray Well, if I’m following this thread correctly, the IP of the DHCP server initially is the FOG server itself, not the router.

                                        If you can’t change IPXE options on the router and still want to use its DHCP server rather than FOG DHCP, then you have to set up proxyDHCP via dnsmasq on the FOG server (and disable the dhcp server on it)

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                                        • agrayA
                                          agray @Quazz
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                                          @Quazz It might be the FOG server serving IPs. I’ve never had an issue booting to PXE and FOG with a physical machine, only this VM.

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                                          • agrayA
                                            agray @Quazz
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                                            @Quazz I booted to iPXE.pxe but i’m sure what i’m doing with this CL to boot to FOG. I’ve tried ‘autoboot’ but i got the output “Nothing to boot: No such file or directory”

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