fog install ubuntu problem
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Hi! Ok i’ve just spent quite a while installing FOG POroject on Ubuntu 22.04. After i finally got the prerequisites sorted i was left with installing the installfog.sh file. that was the easy part.
I’ve looked it up but i cannot for the life of me figure out what to do next. I know there’s an image folder on my root. Should i just place the ISO file there or should i decompress it?
I can do this on a windows virtualbox machine but i’d simply prefer to use ubutunu.i’d really appreciate any help.
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@theyikes I think you’re severly misunderstanding what FOG does and is.
FOG Doesn’t install Operating systems.
You install the operating system and all software/configuration, whatever. FOG Captures the state of the machine and allows you to deploy that to a fleet of machines.
FOG does not do the installation of an operation system (in the sense it seems you think it does).
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OK i understand what you’re saying i guess my next question sis how do i reset FOG to the original installation state. By that i mean how do i clear all remnants of it so that when the install script is finished it give’s me the option of registering via the /fog/management web ui. SO far I’ve been using Virtualbox and every time i want to start fresh it means installing a new machine. It’s cumbersome but it’s all i know how to do.
I have googled this but i couldn’t find a decent suggestion.
Can i simply delete the FOGProject folder, download it and start from scratch?
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My point is how do i reset the webui so it asks me to register again and so all previous configurations are wiped from the system…
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@theyikes Why do you need to reset it to the original installation state repeatedly?
How to do that is in the wiki here https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Uninstall_FOG (that doc isn’t yet migrated to the new docs site)I’m not sure why you’re wanting to start the server side fresh though.
The general idea is
- Create Fog Server on a linux vm/machine that has enough storage for the OS images (not isos, captures of install states)
- Setup a different VM with the OS as ‘golden image’ (With windows you need to utilize sysprep)
- Register that VM as a host in FOG and capture the image.
- Deploy the image to as many other hosts as you desire
See also :
https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/capture-an-image
https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/deploy-an-image
https://docs.fogproject.org/en/latest/intro
