updating fog on centos 7

[robertkwild]

hi all,

yes i know i want to update on centos 7, i know its dead but how do i update from 1.5.9 to the new one 1.5.10

is it just the case of installing it again and it will know its already installed and will just update it

thanks,
rob

[Tom Elliott]

@robertkwild Well, technically you’re not wrong (CentOS 7 being dead or just reinstalling)

But first:

Download the latest fog by your preferred means

It’s simplest if you have git:

cd /your/path/to/fogproject/base
git checkout master
git pull
cd bin
./installfog.sh -y # only do -y if you don't mind it automatically installing without your interaction

[Goll420]

@Tom-Elliott Hi Tom, sorry to hi-jack the thread, but what if you DON’T have the git installed? Our FOG server is on an isolated network without internet access so it’s not an option for me really.

Just run the installfog.sh script?

[Sebastian Roth]

@Goll420 said in updating fog on centos 7:

Hi Tom, sorry to hi-jack the thread, but …

Why not open your own one?

what if you DON’T have the git installed?

Either install git or grab the tar.gz / zip archive version found on the website to download: https://fogproject.org/download

sudo -i
# or
su -
tar xzf fogproject-1.5.10.tar.gz
cd fogproject/bin
./installfog.sh

Our FOG server is on an isolated network without internet access so it’s not an option for me really.

Well, how did you install FOG in the first place then? Internet access is needed. Maybe you can install a NIC (wireless LAN or cable) to get internet access temporarily?

[robertkwild]

@Tom-Elliott when i do the git method, do i need to first cd to my fog base installation dir

rather than the tar i just can install it and it will persume see ive already got a fog installation and just update it

[robertkwild]

@robertkwild lovely i wget the new file and it found my fog install and its now upgrading it

[robertkwild]

@Sebastian-Roth @Tom-Elliott got a problem

Downloading kernel, init and fog-client binaries… * Could not download init_32.xz properly
[root@lon-c-fog10 bin]#

[robertkwild]

@Sebastian-Roth @Tom-Elliott ok i re ran the installer multiple times and its got past that stage now, its getting stuck at this stage now

Compiling iPXE binaries trusting your SSL certificate…

[robertkwild]

case closed, all good in da hood

it took ages compiling the ipxe binarys but now its been succesfully updated

thanks @Tom-Elliott @Sebastian-Roth

[Sebastian Roth]

@robertkwild said in updating fog on centos 7:

it took ages compiling the ipxe binarys but now its been succesfully updated

THat’s right. Usually takes a few minutes depending on the CPU you have.