fog client no longer rebooting system to deploy, where to start?
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So,
I have about 30 PC’s linked to my fog server, all windows 10. I have the fog client installed (v.0.11.16).Up to a a while ago, I could create a deploy task and the client would automatically reboot to receive the new image. Imaging still works fine, but the client needs to be manually rebooted.
Somehow, the fogclient does not seem to receive or execute the reboot command.
Where do I start with debugging this?
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@palloquin Take a look at the log file in the Windows PCs. It’s usually in
C:\fog.log. Post the last 100 lines of the log here in the forum. -
Ok, thanks!
that seems to prompt some issues:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------ClientUpdater-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response Success ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------TaskReboot---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------HostnameChanger------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------SnapinClient--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------PrinterManager-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------PowerManagement------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------UserTracker--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:25 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 21/01/2021 11:25 Service Sleeping for 32 seconds 21/01/2021 11:25 Middleware::Communication URL: http://172.16.1.2/fog/management/index.php?sub=requestClientInfo&configure&newService&json 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response Success 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication URL: http://172.16.1.2/fog/management/index.php?sub=requestClientInfo&mac=00:FF:3E:84:3E:C1|40:A8:F0:61:47:B3&newService&json 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication ERROR: Could not contact FOG server 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication ERROR: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error. 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response Success 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication URL: http://172.16.1.2/fog/service/getversion.php?clientver&newService&json 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication URL: http://172.16.1.2/fog/service/getversion.php?newService&json 21/01/2021 11:26 Service Creating user agent cache 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------ClientUpdater-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response Success ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------TaskReboot---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------HostnameChanger------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------SnapinClient--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------PrinterManager-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------PowerManagement------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------UserTracker--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Client OS: Windows 21/01/2021 11:26 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.7 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Unable to get subsection 21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Response ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 21/01/2021 11:26 Service Sleeping for 79 seconds -
@palloquin said in fog client no longer rebooting system to deploy, where to start?:
21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication URL: http://172.16.1.2/fog/management/index.php?sub=requestClientInfo&mac=00:FF:3E:84:3E:C1|40:A8:F0:61:47:B3&newService&json
21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication ERROR: Could not contact FOG server
21/01/2021 11:26 Middleware::Communication ERROR: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.Those are the relevant lines frm the log. Please check the apache and PHP-FPM error logs (see my signature) to find out what is causing the HTTP 500 internal server error.
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@sebastian-roth Thanks for your help! that solved it:
in www-error.log I have and endless list of these errors:
[28-Jan-2021 11:23:41 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Error multiple hosts returned for list of mac addresses in /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/hostmanager.class.php:209 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/fogbase.class.php(571): HostManager->getHostByMacAddresses(Array) #1 /var/www/html/fog/lib/client/registerclient.class.php(46): FOGBase::getHostItem(true, false, false, true) #2 /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/fogpage.class.php(3013): RegisterClient->json() #3 /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/fogpage.class.php(249): FOGPage->requestClientInfo() #4 /var/www/html/fog/lib/pages/dashboardpage.class.php(76): FOGPage->__construct('Dashboard') #5 /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/loadglobals.class.php(67): DashboardPage->__construct() #6 /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/loadglobals.class.php(81): LoadGlobals::_init() #7 /var/www/html/fog/commons/base.inc.php(49): LoadGlobals->__construct() #8 /var/www/html/fog/management/index.php(22): require('/var/www/html/f...') #9 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/fog/lib/fog/hostmanager.class.php on line 209looking at the date in c:\fog.log (or access_log on the server)
http://172.16.1.2/fog/management/index.php?sub=requestClientInfo&mac=00:FF:3E:84:3E:C1|40:A8:F0:61:47:B3&newService&jsonWe see two macs being posted. One this the mac of acual NIC in the machine, the other is for a VPN client.
The MAC for the VPN client is identical on all machines, and, by mistake, that mac got linked to a host in FOG. I removed the incorrect MAC from the host config and things started working again!thanks again!
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@palloquin said in fog client no longer rebooting system to deploy, where to start?:
We see two macs being posted. One this the mac of acual NIC in the machine, the other is for a VPN client.
Yeah, we have seen this a couple of times. There is an option in the FOG web UI to prevent from certain MAC addresses to be auto-registered by the fog-client: FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> FOG Client - Host Register -> QUICKREG PENDING MAC FILTER (Though I do remember there was an issue with exactly this option that we fixed not too long ago. Just found it. The issue makes it impossible to use wildcard MACs but a full MAC should still work with FOG 1.5.7. With FOG 1.5.9 wildcards can be used again.)
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@sebastian-roth
Nice one! thanks. I added the VPN MAC address!