2019...a step by step activating ssl and complying iPXE with it
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During my setup of new FOG server I came across other issue. I tried to activate https SSL and my ipxe doesn’t boot anymore and the web access got certification problem (not trusted). I saw a lot here in the forum about that but still can not find a place here where it is explained step by step how to activate SSL and got it to work well with iPXE https and access web trusted certificates. Maybe I missed it, but if you can guide me on how to do it I’ll be so helpful.
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@marted said:
I tried to activate https SSL
How did you try to activate SSL? Please give us the details so we know what you did.
my ipxe doesn’t boot anymore
Depending on how you tried to switch to SSL this has not been properly finished by the installer.
the web access got certification problem (not trusted).
How should it be different. We can’t provide a well formed SSL certificate for you. The only option we have is generate a self signed certificate and this is causing the cert notice in the browser.
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@Sebastian-Roth I installed fog with options -S -K -C!
And now it is like this on boot.
It’s working fine with http
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@marted Can you please post the full install error log file here? Find it in
fogproject/bin/error_logs/fog_error_1.5.7.log… -
@Sebastian-Roth the errors you see are from when I tried also to use ./buildpxe but not worked
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@Sebastian-Roth may be ./rebuildpxe made some changes . Actually I’ll reinstall the server again with the options -S -K -C and will give it a try again.
I’m at the beginning of setup a new server FOG and there is no problem to reinstall it -
@Sebastian-Roth after reinstalling the server with -S -C -K this is the output. It failed to activate iPXE sll
This is on web (yes I put my user in the place of the ip)
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@marted In the bin folder should be another folder called error_logs with the latest file you just attempted installing.
Can you provide this log so we can see what’s happening and why?
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@Tom-Elliott two fils in it
First one foginstall.log
Second one fog_error_1.5.7.log
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@Tom-Elliott but I fond something here in the forum and I was wondering if this are the steps i should do to make it works:
Install of fog with the “-S” option to activate SSL
Copy of the certificate and the private key on the machine
Edit the Vhost file with the path of the private key and the certificate (with a restart of Apache2)
Modify the CA by default in the directories /etc/apache2/ssl/CA/ and /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/ with our own CA
Execute the script buildipxe.sh from the directory /path/to/fogproject_git_repo/utils/FOGiPXE/
And finally, copy the new binaries from /path/to/fogproject_git_repo/packages/tftp to /tftpboot
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@marted If you copy and paste the contents of the logs we can read them much more simply.
That said, it appears to be failing because your machine is missing the git command.
I don’t know what OS you’re running, but you should there are numerous programs needed to be installed in order to build iPXE.
You’ll need to install these programs to successfully build iPXE to begin with.
First, start with installing git for your OS. (typically
apt-get install build-essential wget gitoryum -y groupinstall "DevelopmentTools" ; yum -y install git) -
@Tom-Elliott Now it works
it finished compiling the iPXE and after this I’ve booted a computer and everything was OK, iPXE boot. when it boots a computer It says that it boot http iPXE but I think this is not the right information right?
the web access is still non secure even with https. Is there any way to fix that? -
@marted TO get rid of the “not secure” you see, you need to download the ca.cert from the FOG Server.
https://foglabunix/fog/management/other/ca.cert.der
And put that in your machine’s trust root authority.
As to making iPXE obtain from https, you should be able to do this by reinstalling fog (assuming you didn’t reinstall when building the ipxe binaries)?
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@marted said in 2019...a step by step activating ssl and complying iPXE with it:
when it boots a computer It says that it boot http iPXE but I think this is not the right information right?
Please take a picture of that and post here.
Important: In the picture you posted earlier it looks like you run the installer with sudo (
sudo ./installfog.sh). You should not! Properly change to the root account usingsudo -iund run the installer from that. -
@Tom-Elliott said in 2019...a step by step activating ssl and complying iPXE with it:
TO get rid of the “not secure” you see, you need to download the ca.cert from the FOG Server.
https://foglabunix/fog/management/other/ca.cert.der
And put that in your machine’s trust root authority.Could you tell me where to put exactly the certificate on my server root ?
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@Tom-Elliott said in 2019...a step by step activating ssl and complying iPXE with it:
As to making iPXE obtain from https, you should be able to do this by reinstalling fog (assuming you didn’t reinstall when building the ipxe binaries)?
The iPXE was recompiled at the end of the new installation with success. Do I have to start again the installation?
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@marted Your local machine (the one you’re accessing the FOG GUI from) Trusted Root Authority.
This is either Certlm.msc or certmgr.msc (LM = Local Machine, MGR = Current User) in windows.
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When running the installer, you should only need to use the -S argument. -C forces the installer to recreate the CA certificates. -K forces regenerating the keys for the fog server. the -K won’t be overly problematic but the -C will cause issues
the -S just forces HTTPS.
As @Sebastian-Roth as requested, please provide a photo of the tftp trying to use http instead of https
Thank you,
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@Tom-Elliott got this. Thanks
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@Tom-Elliott said in 2019...a step by step activating ssl and complying iPXE with it:
@marted TO get rid of the “not secure” you see, you need to download the ca.cert from the FOG Server.
https://foglabunix/fog/management/other/ca.cert.der
And put that in your machine’s trust root authority.
As to making iPXE obtain from https, you should be able to do this by reinstalling fog (assuming you didn’t reinstall when building the ipxe binaries)?Tom I have a little bit different configuration from the standard. My FOG server is in private network 192. and I have a NAT IP 132. 1:1 only for my server for accessing it from internet. Even with certificate installed it says that the certificate is only for 192.168 and name foglabunix and not for my address 132.208, which is normal. How can i pass to the certificate my second IP 132.208?
Is there a way to add it in fogconfig file in the variable ipaddress both with the private IP or there is other way?
By the way in MAC OS when I installed the certificate, even with 132.208 it accepted it and I have a SSL connection with no error.
