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    • Tom ElliottT
      Tom Elliott
      last edited by

      See,

      Jaymes et al.,

      While I agree with the security aspect of it, with this being open as it is and the possibility of chainloading for gpxe and ipxe, I think having an openly (internet) accessible fog server is kind of a good idea. It would allow, potentially, a cloud based site for known working images for upload/download points, and relieve the strain of some sites requiring multiple fog servers for their setups. Point thru http/ftp dns names and have them image.

      Just my two cents I guess.

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        VincentJ Moderator
        last edited by

        Being able to walk around your site, and have your ‘device of choice’ available to quickly perform tasks could be useful.

        I wouldn’t want an openly accessible fog server as we would then have to deal with licensing for Microsoft… Someone uploading the image could be putting their volume license keys or their retail keys out there… additionally, would Microsoft let us store a windows image on a public server?

        Also, since an image can easily be 30gb or even hundreds of GB, having fog on the internet would mean that people would be using more than their ISP’s bandwidth cap or ‘fair use policy’.

        An internal app would be nice, just like I have an app that does simple things in active directory, doing common things in FOG could be useful.

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        • Jaymes DriverJ
          Jaymes Driver Developer
          last edited by

          [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 17976, member: 7271”]See,

          Jaymes et al.,

          While I agree with the security aspect of it, with this being open as it is and the possibility of chainloading for gpxe and ipxe, I think having an openly (internet) accessible fog server is kind of a good idea. It would allow, potentially, a cloud based site for known working images for upload/download points, and relieve the strain of some sites requiring multiple fog servers for their setups. Point thru http/ftp dns names and have them image.

          Just my two cents I guess.[/quote]

          See this sounds to me more like the work of two servers, one that is public and communicates to the other non public server in your corporation.

          Like I said I need detailed information on how this is going to be achieved before I’m jumping on this wagon.

          [quote=“drjam, post: 17974, member: 16842”]dang, some good points.
          with that in mind then:

          internal use app
          has large buttons
          simple use only
          View all hosts
          view all images
          Upload Image
          Deploy Image

          my app would have maybe 4 buttons as above.
          So i could be working on a new machine and image it there, and not have to runover to a workstation or my main pc to do this.[/quote]

          This sounds to me like a simple page linking back to FOG, this could be achieved by making a page on your public site accessible to the FOG internal site, of course authentication should ALWAYS be used.

          When it comes down to it, the IP address of every machine is different, the app is going to need a way to input the server ip address, and it should be able to be changed easily. I manage multiple sites, while I can have storage nodes etc, I choose the option of full fledged servers per site. Everything installed in each building is a derivative of my “golden image” with the specifics of the building sown in. So if the ip address is an ip address to your building(s) how are you going to get it outside so that the app can talk to it?

          I usually have a small tablet of some sort in my hands and I can always just hop on the wifi and hit the server ip and do what I need to, I’m still failing to see the benefits of having an app installed on my phone. Maybe I just don’t understand this completely.

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          • Jaymes DriverJ
            Jaymes Driver Developer
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              drjam
              last edited by

              so maybe less of an app, more of a /mobile.html site page that we could each customise? or just have those four buttons on it:
              [I][SIZE=12px]View all hosts[/SIZE][/I]
              [I][SIZE=12px]view all images[/SIZE][/I]
              [I][SIZE=12px]Upload Image[/SIZE][/I]
              [I][SIZE=12px]Deploy Image

              Edit: maybe needs “add new host” as well lol [/SIZE][/I]

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              • Tom ElliottT
                Tom Elliott
                last edited by

                I think that already exists. Under, the directory mobile. Instead of going to /fog, try /fog/mobile

                Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                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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                • Jaymes DriverJ
                  Jaymes Driver Developer
                  last edited by

                  My point exactly Tom.

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                  • Tom ElliottT
                    Tom Elliott
                    last edited by

                    Well,

                    I’ve been spending a lot of my weekend working on the whole scheduled tasks thing you were probably already aware of. Then I started working on the mobile side. I am glad to say that it seems to be working. You can now login, create image tasks (download), and remove tasks using the mobile version of the program.

                    I’ve also, so far, got it where it can actually perform scheduled tasks, now I’m looking into getting it to remove the scheduled tasks properly. It does remove them, but maintains the DB records for some reason. You know that’s simple. My next feat will be to tackle getting the delayed/single deployment working from the pages themselves. Also the same with some quirkiness on the scheduled task stuff.

                    Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                    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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                      FlorphLawrence
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                      Ok, Well i have been working on this app, and have made a part of it. {Screenshot Attached}.

                      I can understand all the points raised here, but with our school being nearly a mile in diameter i find that this is good for when out and you then need to re-image / add etc a computer but logging onto a computer and going to the Fog WebGUI takes too long and the mobile version is not that good (Only My Opinion).

                      At the end of the day i am mainly developing this app for my company and the schools that we look after, its up to you if you use it, i just thought that it some people would find it useful.

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                      [url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/0/411_iOS Simulator Screen shot 13 Oct 2013 21.35.30.png?:”]iOS Simulator Screen shot 13 Oct 2013 21.35.30.png[/url]

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                        drjam
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                        [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 17996, member: 7271”]I think that already exists. Under, the directory mobile. Instead of going to /fog, try /fog/mobile[/quote]

                        Cool, I shoulda thought of just trying that…it makes too much sense now! lol

                        [quote=“Florph : Lawrence, post: 17999, member: 17035”]Ok, Well i have been working on this app, and have made a part of it. …, its up to you if you use it, i just thought that it some people would find it useful.

                        [ATTACH=full]411[/ATTACH][/quote]

                        looks cool guv. feel free to port it to android for when you upgrade to a smartphone 😉 hehehe
                        srsly, youve done good work too!

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                        • Jaymes DriverJ
                          Jaymes Driver Developer
                          last edited by

                          Don’t get me wrong, I am proud of your accomplishments, I just want to fully understand the concept, with so many conspiring minds here that ultimately want to best operating safest server, I want to understand the process so we can make it more secure.

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                            Imperilled
                            last edited by

                            sounds great ! It would be nice !!

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                            • V
                              VincentJ Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Does your wake button work for groups as well as hosts 🙂

                              Being able to boot up an entire lab for imaging all at once would save you even more time.

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