local fog 1.5.4.586 Alpha : Snapin Create Fail : A filen eithier already selected or uploaded, must be specified!

[Jonathan Cool]

Hi !
I’m using a local fog server for specific needs :
Sys Info :
Debian GNU/Linux 9
FOG Version : channel Alpha | Version 1.5.4.586
FOG_SNAPINDIR /home/images/snapins
FOG_CLIENT_SNAPIN_ENABLED checked

The upload task and download task work sucessfully but i can’t create any snapin : FOG says :Snapin Create Fail : A filen eithier already selected or uploaded, must be specified!

I tried whith 2 differents exe with this parameters :

Snapin Name : python-3.7.3-amd64
Storage Group : default
Snapin Type : Normal Snapin
Snapin Template : Batch Script
Snapin Run With : /c
Snapin File : python-3.7.3-amd64.exe
Snapin Argument : /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=1
Snapin Command : cmd.exe /c  /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=1

==> Snapin Create Fail : A filen eithier already selected or uploaded, must be specified!

Snapin Name : Putty
Storage Group : default
Snapin File : putty.exe

==> Snapin Create Fail : A filen eithier already selected or uploaded, must be specified!

root@foglocal:/home/images# ls -lha
total 24K
drwxrwxrwx 5 fog  root 4,0K janv. 11 09:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4,0K janv. 10 14:55 ..
drwxrwxrwx 2 fog  root 4,0K janv. 11 09:08 dev
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4,0K janv. 11 09:08 HPProBook640G2-CM2017
-rwxrwxrwx 1 fog  root    0 janv. 10 11:56 .mntcheck
drwxrwxrwx 3 fog  root 4,0K janv. 10 14:03 snapins
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    5 janv. 10 16:12 test.txt

root@foglocal:/home/images/snapins# ls -lha
total 12K
drwxrwxrwx 3 fog root 4,0K janv. 10 14:03 .
drwxrwxrwx 5 fog root 4,0K janv. 11 09:08 ..
drwxrwxrwx 3 fog root 4,0K janv. 10 14:03 ssl

History :

   14  apt-get update
   15  cd /opt/
   16  git clone https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject.git
   23  cd fogproject
   24  git pull
   25  git fetch --all
   26  git checkout working-1.6
   27  cd bin/
   28  ./installfog.sh 
   41  cd /etc/dhcp/
   42  nano dhcpd.conf
   59  nano /etc/network/interfaces

What can i do to debug this error ?

[Jonathan Cool]

This old topic is solved !
I was setup a new FOG stable server on a debian (on a new disk) and snapins works flawlessly.

Solved !

[Sebastian Roth]

@Jonathan-Cool You are aware of using a sort of alpha version known as “working-1.6”. You might want to run the following commands to update to the very latest version of this alpha stage.

cd /opt/fogproject
git pull
git checkout working-1.6
cd bin/
./installfog.sh

@Tom-Elliott is working on this one. Can you confirm the issue?

[Jonathan Cool]

Hi,
I tried to update to 1.5.6.700 version but not more success …
i don’t want especially work in alpha version, just a version with snapins feature works … but i don’t want to lose my 16 hosts definition and my image definition.
Maybe i can tried to go to stable branch ?
(tips : https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9370/how-to-download-the-different-branches/3)

[Sebastian Roth]

@Jonathan-Cool Switching back and forth from working-1.6 to latest stable (1.5.6) or dev-branch is not a good idea. It needs manual correction of values in the DB and is not officially supported.

@Tom-Elliott Can you confirm this being an issue in the latest working-1.6 version?

[Jonathan Cool]

Hi !

What is the best option for me ?

Maybe is to create a new fog installation (on new disk) with a stable version ?

I really need the snapins feature quickly.

Thank you for your answer

[Sebastian Roth]

@Jonathan-Cool If I’d be in your situation I’d probably go for setting up a new server with current stable version. But you are still in the situation that you’d need to move/copy all your settings and images from this server to the new one. Ex/import of hosts and images should work between those I’d say. But I have not tested this yet as I have not used working-1.6 much.

Setting up a fresh 1.5.6 server in a VM and testing the ex/import shouldn’t cost more than an hour so I’d definitely give it a try.

[Jonathan Cool]

This old topic is solved !
I was setup a new FOG stable server on a debian (on a new disk) and snapins works flawlessly.

Solved !