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      kratkale @Tom Elliott
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      @Tom-Elliott said in Task 0:
      Running the installer with --public-web-cert declares the same thing up front.

      Feature does not work:
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        kratkale @Tom Elliott
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        @Tom-Elliott
        Scheduled Power Management Task is not working
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        Maybe it’s a Windows bug; I’ve often had to shut down not just once, but two or three times with 24H2 LTS.

        But none of the 36 + 25 student computers are shutting down.

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          kratkale @Tom Elliott
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          @Tom-Elliott Manually deploying a Snapin after cloning does not work—you must first manually restart the system. There is no Fog log even before the restart. The Fog Client was run using C:\Windows\Setup\Scripts\SetupComplete.cmd

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            kratkale @Tom Elliott
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            @Tom-Elliott
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            Here, too, I’m just launching a simple snap-in—it would be cool if it also showed which snap-in it is. As I mentioned before, due to timing issues, I stopped automatically deploying snap-ins—they often didn’t work properly, even though they worked in the Command Prompt. From this, I concluded that there’s a timing issue between Windows Update… and the snap-ins. That’s why I’ve always preferred to do this manually.

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              Tom Elliott @kratkale
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              @kratkale

              Multicast. The version number does not show what fails. Queue a multicast task, start the clients, then post:

              • the output of tail -n 40 /opt/fog/log/multicast.log
              • a photo of one client screen

              –public-web-cert. Correction to my last reply: this flag helps only when your web server sends a complete, publicly trusted chain. The flag removes FOG’s own CA from the check, and curl then uses the system trust store. That check also failed. So the system store cannot verify the chain your web server sends. Run this on the FOG server and post the output:

              openssl s_client -connect fog.mm.htlwien10.at:443 -servername fog.mm.htlwien10.at </dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^ *[0-9]+ s:|^ +i:'
              

              It shows who issued the certificate and which certificates the server sends.

              Power management. The server sends the schedule in the same format as 1.5. The FOG Client runs it on the PC, at 18:55 PC time. Check that Power Management is enabled in FOG Configuration > Service Configuration and on the host. Then post C:\fog.log from one PC. The lines that start with PowerManagement show whether the client got the schedule.

              Snapin after cloning. No C:\fog.log means the FOG Client service has not run yet. The server only queues the snapin. The client starts it. Add net start FOGService after the client install line in SetupComplete.cmd.

              All Snapins. FOG shows All Snapins when a host has more than one snapin queued. The Active Snapin Tasks tab lists each snapin by name. The “/ of (/min)” text in the Progress column is a display bug. It is fixed in 1.6.0-beta.5346.

              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)

              Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                @Tom-Elliot
                Unfortunately, I had to get the PCs up and running right away, so I wasn’t able to work through everything on the list. For now, I’ve cloned them without multicast. Next week, I’ll get back to you—I’ll test the rest then.
                –public-web-cert.
                root@fog:~# openssl s_client -connect fog.mm.htlwien10.at:443 -servername fog.mm .htlwien10.at </dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep -E ‘^ *[0-9]+ s:|^ +i:’

                0 s:CN=fog.mm.htlwien10.at, O=FOG Project, OU=FOG Web UI
                i:CN=FOG Web CA, O=FOG Project, OU=FOG Web UI
                root@fog:~#

                Power management.
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                SERIAL Number from SSD
                I had another PC that wouldn’t clone because of an error when entering the SSD’s serial number…
                The number BNE7N774610407R8O ends with an “O” and contains a “0” in the number. Unfortunately, the second SSD was listed in Inventory Static, and I had determined the number of the relevant ssd using lsblk -o SERIAL. There my mistake happend
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                  kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                  @Tom-Elliott
                  Hi
                  I don’t know enough about certificates. I tried to use ChatGPT to implement your answer—and this is what came out:

                  This is important
                  
                  The original instructions you received essentially say:
                  
                      “Your server is using a certificate that was not issued by FOG.”
                  
                  That doesn’t match your current configuration.
                  
                  Your current web certificate was clearly issued by the FOG Web CA.
                  
                  Therefore, I wouldn’t create a symlink to any `fullchain.pem` file right now. We also have no indication so far that you’re using an external ACME certificate at all.
                  What’s likely happening
                  
                  I suspect that the message you’re getting during the upgrade is related to the FOG PKI or the internal trust chain, and not to the fact that you’re using a Let’s Encrypt certificate.
                  
                  It’s interesting to note that your current Apache configuration uses:
                  
                  SSLCertificateFile /opt/fog/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.pem
                  SSLCertificateKeyFile /opt/fog/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.key
                  
                  .
                  
                  The older configuration also included:
                  
                  SSLCertificateChainFile /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/.fogCA.pem
                  
                  The current configuration does not have an SSLCertificateChainFile line.
                  
                  That might be relevant.
                  

                  That’s where I stopped…

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                    kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                    @Tom-Elliott
                    Multicast
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                    root@fog:~/FOG_SERVER_Updates_durchführen# tail -n 40 /opt/fog/log/multicast.log
                    [09-08-26 9:49:42 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:49:52 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:50:02 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:50:12 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:50:22 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:50:32 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:50:42 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:50:52 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:51:02 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:51:12 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:51:22 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:51:32 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:51:42 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:51:52 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:52:02 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:52:12 pm]  * No new tasks found
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm] ===== FOG 1.5.10.2473 -- MulticastManager starting =====
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 10.10.3.196
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 127.0.0.1
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 127.0.1.1
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 192.168.0.196
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm]  * Starting MulticastManager Service
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm]  * Checking for new items every 10 seconds
                    [09-08-26 9:56:33 pm]  * Starting service loop
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm] ===== FOG 1.5.10.2473 -- MulticastManager starting =====
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 10.10.3.196
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 127.0.0.1
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 127.0.1.1
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 192.168.0.196
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm]  * Starting MulticastManager Service
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm]  * Checking for new items every 10 seconds
                    [09-08-26 10:00:14 pm]  * Starting service loop
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm] ===== FOG 1.5.10.2473 -- MulticastManager starting =====
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 10.10.3.196
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 127.0.0.1
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 127.0.1.1
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm] Interface Ready with IP Address: 192.168.0.196
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm]  * Starting MulticastManager Service
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm]  * Checking for new items every 10 seconds
                    [09-08-26 10:08:36 pm]  * Starting service loop
                    root@fog:~/FOG_SERVER_Updates_durchführen#
                    

                    I use two network cards—the “192” network is the one with the PCs, and the “10” network contains only servers and my backup servers …

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                      Tom Elliott @kratkale
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                      @kratkale 09-08-26 seems to me that the FOGMulticastManager service isn’t started or died somewhere.

                      Can you run:

                      sudo systemctl restart FOGMulticastManager
                      sleep 5
                      sudo systemctl -l status FOGMulticastManager
                      

                      On a separate window it might be helpful to see your php-fpm www-error logs (see my footer to see where to find that information)

                      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)

                      Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                        kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                        @Tom-Elliott said in Task 0:

                        systemctl -l status FOGMulticastManager

                        root@fog:~# systemctl -l status FOGMulticastManager
                        ● FOGMulticastManager.service - FOGMulticastManager
                             Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/FOGMulticastManager.service; enabl>
                             Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2026-09-24>
                         Invocation: 492c9b19a1cf4b3aa088147dbfb9573d
                            Process: 3399372 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env php /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastMa>
                           Main PID: 3399372 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
                           Mem peak: 11M
                                CPU: 110ms
                        
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: FOG autoloader: "FOGCore" is a core class and>
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "FOGC>
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: Stack trace:
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: #0 /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMu>
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: #1 {main}
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]:   thrown in /opt/fog/service/lib/service_lib.>
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog systemd[1]: FOGMulticastManager.service: Main process exite>
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog systemd[1]: FOGMulticastManager.service: Failed with result>
                        Sep 24 13:27:29 fog systemd[1]: FOGMulticastManager.service: Scheduled restart >
                        Sep 24 13:27:29 fog systemd[1]: Started FOGMulticastManager.service - FOGMultic>
                        lines 1-19/19 (END)...skipping...
                        ● FOGMulticastManager.service - FOGMulticastManager
                             Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/FOGMulticastManager.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
                             Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2026-09-24 13:27:26 CEST; 279ms ago
                         Invocation: 492c9b19a1cf4b3aa088147dbfb9573d
                            Process: 3399372 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env php /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMulticastManager (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
                           Main PID: 3399372 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
                           Mem peak: 11M
                                CPU: 110ms
                        
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: FOG autoloader: "FOGCore" is a core class and core is no longer aliased into the global namespace. Use FOG\Base\FOGCore -- either as a `use` import or fully qualified. See ADR 0013.
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "FOGCore" not found in /opt/fog/service/lib/service_lib.php:62
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: Stack trace:
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: #0 /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMulticastManager(24): require()
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]: #1 {main}
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog env[3399406]:   thrown in /opt/fog/service/lib/service_lib.php on line 62
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog systemd[1]: FOGMulticastManager.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
                        Sep 24 13:27:28 fog systemd[1]: FOGMulticastManager.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
                        Sep 24 13:27:29 fog systemd[1]: FOGMulticastManager.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 11.
                        Sep 24 13:27:29 fog systemd[1]: Started FOGMulticastManager.service - FOGMulticastManager.
                        
                        root@fog:~# tail /var/log/php*-fpm.log
                        [24-Sep-2026 12:14:14] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3259939 exited with code 0 after 8438.624140 seconds from start
                        [24-Sep-2026 12:14:14] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3351823 started
                        [24-Sep-2026 12:14:18] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3260061 exited with code 0 after 8432.972562 seconds from start
                        [24-Sep-2026 12:14:18] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3351887 started
                        [24-Sep-2026 12:14:29] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3260439 exited with code 0 after 8408.483139 seconds from start
                        [24-Sep-2026 12:14:29] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3352010 started
                        [24-Sep-2026 13:17:35] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3300912 exited with code 0 after 8461.325294 seconds from start
                        [24-Sep-2026 13:17:35] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3392980 started
                        [24-Sep-2026 13:19:31] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3302049 exited with code 0 after 8470.012033 seconds from start
                        [24-Sep-2026 13:19:31] NOTICE: [pool www] child 3394228 started
                        root@fog:~#
                        
                        
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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott @kratkale
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                          @kratkale Thank you, that log shows the cause.

                          Your web files are new, but the service files in /opt/fog/service are old. The new web code does not provide the name “FOGCore” that the old service code uses. So every FOG service stops at start, not only the multicast manager.

                          Why: on each upgrade, the installer stopped at the certificate error before the schema step. It had already copied the web files, but it had not yet copied the service files.

                          Both problems are now fixed in 1.6.0-beta.5396. The installer now accepts your FOG Web CA certificate. It also copies the service files immediately after the web files, so a failed step cannot leave them behind again.

                          Please update to 1.6.0-beta.5396 or newer and run the installer again. It must finish without the “TLS verification failed” message. Then run:

                          sudo systemctl restart FOGMulticastManager
                          sleep 5
                          sudo systemctl -l status FOGMulticastManager
                          

                          It must show “active (running)”. Then queue the multicast task, and post the output of tail -n 40 /opt/fog/log/multicast.log if it does not start.

                          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)

                          Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                            kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                            @Tom-Elliott

                            * Setting up fogproject user..................................Skipped
                             * Setting up MySQL user and database..........................Skipped
                             * Creating redirection index file.............................Skipped
                             * Installing Secure Boot signing helper........................./lib/common/functions.sh: Zeile 14181: /etc/sudoers.d/fog-secureboot.tmp: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
                             Refusing to install an invalid sudoers rule; the web Kernel
                               Update page will download unsigned kernels. See /srv/daten/setup/20260602_wechsel_auf_fog_dev/fogproject/bin/error_logs/fog_error_1.6.0-beta.5396.log.
                             * Detected a web certificate managed outside FOG:
                                 /opt/fog/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.pem does not chain to this server's own CA
                             * FOG will keep managing this vhost, but will not re-issue or
                               re-key that certificate. Undo by pointing
                               /opt/fog/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.pem back inside /etc/fog/pki/web.
                             * Web certificate is externally managed (PKI_web_cert_publicly_trusted=yes) -- leaving it in place.
                               Re-issue it yourself if you changed --hostname/--extra-server-name,
                               or the certificate will not cover the new name.
                             * Granting access to fogstorage database user.................Skipped
                             * Setting up and starting DHCP Server.........................Skipped
                            * A sample Kea DHCP config for a dedicated/external DHCP server was
                             | written to: /var/www/fog/kea-dhcp4.conf.fog-sample
                             | Copy it to your DHCP server as /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf and adjust the
                             | subnet/pool/routers/domain-name-servers to match that network.
                             | next-server is already set to this FOG server (192.168.0.196).
                            * autoexec/ is gone: every EFI binary in the TFTP root reads
                               autoexec.ipxe now, so the duplicate tree served no purpose.
                             * 10secdelay/ keeps its BIOS builds and has lost its EFI ones. On
                               EFI the delay is installfog.sh --boot-delay, which writes a sleep
                               into autoexec.ipxe; an EMBED-marked .efi sitting next to a root
                               autoexec.ipxe panics the client it boots.
                             * If any DHCP server hands out a boot filename starting "autoexec/",
                               drop that prefix -- autoexec/snponly.efi becomes snponly.efi. If one
                               names 10secdelay/<something>.efi, point it at the same file without
                               the 10secdelay/ prefix and set --boot-delay instead.
                             * Installing node certificate signing helper..................../lib/common/functions.sh: Zeile 5952: /etc/sudoers.d/fog-pki.tmp: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
                            Failed
                             * Refusing to install an invalid sudoers rule; storage nodes will
                               keep generating their own self-signed certificates.
                             * Installing the certificate management helper................../lib/common/functions.sh: Zeile 6104: /etc/sudoers.d/fog-pki-admin.tmp: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
                            Failed
                             * Refusing to install an invalid sudoers rule; the Certificates
                               page will show the chain but will not be able to change it.
                            
                            

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                            root@fog:~# systemctl restart FOGMulticastManager
                            root@fog:~# systemctl -l status FOGMulticastManager
                            ● FOGMulticastManager.service - FOGMulticastManager
                                 Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/FOGMulticastManager.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
                                 Active: active (running) since Thu 2026-09-24 23:35:57 CEST; 29s ago
                             Invocation: 0552def147314d8f8ec439d6e6eeb128
                               Main PID: 3797027 (php)
                                  Tasks: 2 (limit: 4594)
                                 Memory: 17.1M (peak: 18.7M)
                                    CPU: 247ms
                                 CGroup: /system.slice/FOGMulticastManager.service
                                         ├─3797027 php /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMulticastManager
                                         └─3797028 php /opt/fog/service/FOGMulticastManager/FOGMulticastManager
                            
                            Sep 24 23:35:57 fog systemd[1]: Started FOGMulticastManager.service - FOGMulticastManager.
                            root@fog:~#
                            

                            Multicast test tomorrow

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                              kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                              @Tom-Elliott
                              The PCs won’t boot anymore—I had to switch them all back from PXE boot to booting from the hard drive 😞
                              Thank goodness I got to school early enough…
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                                Tom Elliott @kratkale
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                                @kratkale The PXE failure has one cause, and a re-run of the installer fixes it.

                                On 2026-09-09 you ran the installer with --public-web-cert. The installer saved that setting. It is wrong for your server: your web certificate comes from FOG’s own CA, not from a public CA. Until yesterday, every upgrade stopped before the boot files. Yesterday the upgrade finished, and it applied the saved setting: iPXE now loads boot.php over HTTPS. iPXE cannot verify FOG’s own CA, so it stops with “Permission denied”.

                                The sudoers errors have a second cause: the sudo package is not installed on your server. Those errors do not stop PXE boot.

                                Update to 1.6.0-beta.5398 or newer. Then run this on the FOG server, from your fogproject/bin directory:

                                ./installfog.sh -y --no-public-web-cert
                                

                                5398 installs sudo itself.

                                Then check the boot file:

                                grep chain /tftpboot/default.ipxe
                                

                                The line must start with chain http://192.168.0.196/. If it shows https://, post the output. Boot one PC before you switch the others back to PXE.

                                The “Detected a web certificate managed outside FOG” message was wrong. 5398 fixes it. It does not affect PXE boot.

                                5398 also warns if --public-web-cert is set on a certificate from FOG’s own CA.

                                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)

                                Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                  kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                                  @Tom-Elliott

                                  
                                    This run will mint a new FOG PKI CA. A CA's name constraints are
                                    fixed at the moment it's issued -- widening them later means
                                    re-issuing it (rm -rf the CA directory, then re-run).
                                    Extra hostnames for this server, space-separated (3 min, blank = none):
                                    >
                                    Internal domain, e.g. example.local (3 min, blank = none):
                                    >
                                   * Creating FOG Secure Boot CA.................................Failed
                                   * Cannot issue 'FOG Secure Boot CA': the Root CA private key is not on this
                                     server (only /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/.fogCA.pem is present).
                                   * That is the correct state for an offline root, but issuing a new
                                     intermediate needs it. Restore it to:
                                       /etc/fog/pki/root/ca/.fogCA.key
                                     re-run the installer, then move it back to your vault.
                                  Failed!
                                  
                                  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                  !! The installer was not able to run all the way to the end as   !!
                                  !! something has caused it to fail. The following few lines are  !!
                                  !! from the error log file which might help us figure out what's !!
                                  !! wrong. Please add this information when reporting an error.   !!
                                  !! As well you might want to take a look at the full error log   !!
                                  !! in /srv/daten/setup/20260602_wechsel_auf_fog_dev/fogproject/bin/error_logs/fog_error_1.6.0-beta.5401.log !!
                                  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                  
                                  "EXP_20260918-165800"
                                  Attribut "fogsum" von /var/www/fog//service/ipxe/arm_init.cpio.gz auf einen 64-Byte-Wert gesetzt:
                                  e7ea9e7d10cc8e0adcf0b000f30db26ef9fb332e100766a5d65b904a03e38f27
                                  '/srv/daten/setup/20260602_wechsel_auf_fog_dev/fogproject/tmp/FOGService.msi' -> '/var/www/fog//client/FOGService.msi'
                                  '/srv/daten/setup/20260602_wechsel_auf_fog_dev/fogproject/tmp/SmartInstaller.exe' -> '/var/www/fog//client/SmartInstaller.exe'
                                  
                                   * This install did not finish, and the checkout has moved since the
                                   | last one that did. To put the code back where it was and re-run:
                                   |
                                   |     git -C /srv/daten/setup/20260602_wechsel_auf_fog_dev/fogproject checkout --detach 47067fc7d8a083049cccde47f84af691e7b38ee9
                                   |     cd /srv/daten/setup/20260602_wechsel_auf_fog_dev/fogproject/bin && ./installfog.sh
                                   |
                                   | bin/revertupdate.sh does the same checkout for you, and it can be run
                                   | later -- this message appears only now, the script reads the same record.
                                   |
                                   | Nothing has been reverted for you. Your customizations were already
                                   | restored by this run -- see docs/SUPPORTED_CUSTOMIZATIONS.md -- and
                                   | bin/restorekernel.sh --list will show the kernel sets kept for you.
                                  
                                  
                                  root@fog:~#
                                  
                                  
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                                    Tom Elliott @kratkale
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                                    @kratkale Two separate things. The first gets your PCs booting today.

                                    PXE boot, now. The installer stopped before it rewrote the boot file, so the file still says https. Change it by hand:

                                    sed -i 's#^chain https://#chain http://#' /tftpboot/default.ipxe
                                    grep chain /tftpboot/default.ipxe
                                    

                                    The line must now start with chain http://192.168.0.196/. Boot one PC to test it. The next complete installer run writes this file again, with http.

                                    The installer failure. Your certificates were not changed. The installer stopped before it created anything. The Secure Boot signing files that your settings name are not on disk, so it tried to create new ones. That needs the private key of your FOG root CA, and the key is not at /etc/fog/pki/root/ca/.fogCA.key. Your root certificate is still there, so your FOG clients are not affected.

                                    Please do not delete anything, and do not run the installer with --recreate-CA. That replaces the CA that all your FOG clients trust.

                                    Please post the output of these commands. They show only file names and paths, no key contents:

                                    ls -la /etc/fog/pki /etc/fog/pki/root/ca /etc/fog/pki/secureboot /etc/fog/pki/secureboot/ca /etc/fog/pki/secureboot/leaf /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA
                                    ls -ld /opt/fog/pki
                                    grep -E '^PKI_(root|sb)_' /opt/fog/.fogsettings
                                    find / -xdev -name '.fogCA.key' 2>/dev/null
                                    

                                    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)

                                    Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                      kratkale @Tom Elliott
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                                      @Tom-Elliott
                                      no http page from apache …
                                      Verbindung fehlgeschlagen: Firefox kann keine Verbindung zu dem Server unter 192.168.0.196 aufbauen.
                                      reboot did not change

                                      apt-get update , apt-get upgrade 
                                      

                                      did not help

                                      root@fog:~# service apache2 status
                                      × apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
                                           Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
                                           Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2026-09-29 12:20:58 CEST; 10min ago
                                       Invocation: 5b8a59017fd34c2ea00f68422b02f286
                                             Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
                                         Mem peak: 10M
                                              CPU: 77ms
                                      
                                      Sep 29 12:20:58 fog systemd[1]: Starting apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server...
                                      Sep 29 12:20:58 fog apachectl[892]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 55 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-fog.conf:
                                      Sep 29 12:20:58 fog apachectl[892]: SSLCertificateFile: file '/opt/fog/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.pem' does not exist or is empty
                                      Sep 29 12:20:58 fog systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
                                      Sep 29 12:20:58 fog systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
                                      Sep 29 12:20:58 fog systemd[1]: Failed to start apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server.
                                      root@fog:~#
                                      

                                      Syntax error on line 55:

                                      root@fog:~# head -n 55 /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-fog.conf | tail -n 1
                                          SSLCertificateFile /opt/fog/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.pem
                                      root@fog:~#
                                      
                                      
                                      
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                                        Tom Elliott @kratkale
                                        last edited by Tom Elliott

                                        @kratkale Apache stops because its certificate file is gone. The Secure Boot error last week has the same cause: files under FOG’s PKI directory are missing.

                                        I cannot find the cause without seeing what is left on disk. I asked for this on 2026-09-25, and every new error since then comes from the same missing files. So please run this one command first, before you change anything. It only lists file names and changes nothing:

                                        { ls -la /opt/fog /etc/fog /etc/fog/pki /etc/fog/pki/root/ca /etc/fog/pki/web /etc/fog/pki/web/leaf /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA; ls -ld /opt/fog/pki; find / -xdev \( -name '.fogCA.key' -o -name '.webLeaf.pem' -o -name '.fogWebCA.pem' \) -ls; } > /root/fog-pki-state.txt 2>&1
                                        

                                        Post the contents of /root/fog-pki-state.txt here.

                                        After that, this brings Apache back with a temporary certificate. Browsers will show a certificate warning, and PXE works again over http:

                                        apt-get install -y ssl-cert
                                        sed -i.orig --follow-symlinks -E \
                                          -e 's#^([[:space:]]*SSLCertificateFile)[[:space:]].*#\1 /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem#' \
                                          -e 's#^([[:space:]]*SSLCertificateKeyFile)[[:space:]].*#\1 /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key#' \
                                          -e 's#^([[:space:]]*)(SSLCertificateChainFile|SSLCACertificateFile|SSLVerifyClient|SSLVerifyDepth)#\1\# \2#' \
                                          /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-fog.conf
                                        apachectl configtest && systemctl restart apache2
                                        grep chain /tftpboot/default.ipxe
                                        

                                        The sed keeps your original file as /etc/apache2/sites-available/001-fog.conf.orig. The last line must start with chain http://.

                                        Do not run the installer again until we know where your CA files are. It would fail the same way.

                                        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)

                                        Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                          kratkale @Tom Elliott
                                          last edited by kratkale

                                          @Tom-Elliott said in Task 0:

                                          root@fog:~# ls -la /etc/fog/pki /etc/fog/pki/root/ca /etc/fog/pki/secureboot /etc/fog/pki/secureboot/ca /etc/fog/pki/secureboot/leaf /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA
                                          /etc/fog/pki:
                                          insgesamt 16
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 ..
                                          drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 root
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 secureboot
                                          
                                          /etc/fog/pki/root/ca:
                                          insgesamt 8
                                          drwx------ 2 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 ..
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   34 25. Sep 16:38 .fogCA.pem -> /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/.fogCA.pem
                                          
                                          /etc/fog/pki/secureboot:
                                          insgesamt 16
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 ..
                                          drwx------ 2 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 ca
                                          drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 leaf
                                          
                                          /etc/fog/pki/secureboot/ca:
                                          insgesamt 8
                                          drwx------ 2 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 ..
                                          
                                          /etc/fog/pki/secureboot/leaf:
                                          insgesamt 8
                                          drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 ..
                                          
                                          /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA:
                                          insgesamt 16
                                          drwxrwxr-x 2 fogproject www-data 4096  8. Sep 22:17 .
                                          drwxrwxr-x 3 fogproject www-data 4096  8. Sep 22:17 ..
                                          -rwxrwxr-x 1 fogproject www-data 1818  2. Mai 13:31 .fogCA.pem
                                          -rwxrwxr-x 1 fogproject www-data   41  8. Sep 22:17 .fogCA.srl
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root       root       33  8. Sep 22:17 .fogWebCA.key -> /etc/fog/pki/web/ca/.fogWebCA.key
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root       root       33  8. Sep 22:17 .fogWebCA.pem -> /etc/fog/pki/web/ca/.fogWebCA.pem
                                          root@fog:~# ls -ld /opt/fog/pki
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12  8. Sep 22:17 /opt/fog/pki -> /etc/fog/pki
                                          root@fog:~# grep -E '^PKI_(root|sb)_' /opt/fog/.fogsettings
                                          PKI_sb_enabled='yes'
                                          PKI_root_dir='/etc/fog/pki'
                                          PKI_root_ca_cert='/opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/.fogCA.pem'
                                          PKI_root_ca_key='/etc/fog/pki/root/ca/.fogCA.key'
                                          PKI_sb_ca_cert=''
                                          PKI_sb_codesign_cert=''
                                          PKI_sb_codesign_key=''
                                          root@fog:~# find / -xdev -name '.fogCA.key' 2>/dev/null
                                          /opt/fog/service/etc/pki/root/ca/.fogCA.key
                                          root@fog:~#
                                          
                                          

                                          Sorry—I had to work—here are the expenses from earlier

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                                            kratkale @Tom Elliott
                                            last edited by

                                            @Tom-Elliott said in Task 0:

                                            Post the contents of /root/fog-pki-state.txt here.

                                            root@fog:~# { ls -la /opt/fog /etc/fog /etc/fog/pki /etc/fog/pki/root/ca /etc/fog/pki/web /etc/fog/pki/web/leaf /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA; ls -ld /opt/fog/pki; find / -xdev ( -name ‘.fogCA.key’ -o -name ‘.webLeaf.pem’ -o -name ‘.fogWebCA.pem’ ) -ls; } > /root/fog-pki-state.txt 2>&1
                                            root@fog:~# cat /root/fog-pki-state.txt
                                            ls: Zugriff auf ‘/etc/fog/pki/web’ nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
                                            ls: Zugriff auf ‘/etc/fog/pki/web/leaf’ nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
                                            /etc/fog:
                                            insgesamt 20
                                            drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                            drwxr-xr-x 100 root root 4096 29. Sep 12:26 …
                                            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 24. Sep 23:27 config.php -> /opt/fog/service/etc/config.php
                                            drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 customizations
                                            -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 207 24. Sep 23:27 fog.conf
                                            drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 pki

                                            /etc/fog/pki:
                                            insgesamt 16
                                            drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                            drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 …
                                            drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 root
                                            drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 secureboot

                                            /etc/fog/pki/root/ca:
                                            insgesamt 8
                                            drwx------ 2 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                            drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 …
                                            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 25. Sep 16:38 .fogCA.pem -> /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/.fogCA.pem

                                            /opt/fog:
                                            insgesamt 5432
                                            drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 25. Sep 16:38 .
                                            drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2. Mai 13:31 …
                                            drwxr-xr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 24. Sep 23:27 agent
                                            drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 24. Sep 23:27 bin
                                            drwxrwxrwt 2 fogproject www-data 4096 29. Sep 12:21 cache
                                            drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 8. Sep 22:17 customizations
                                            -rw------- 1 root root 511 24. Sep 23:27 .fog-pki
                                            -rw------- 1 root root 1026 24. Sep 23:27 .fog-pki-admin
                                            -rw------- 1 root root 511 24. Sep 23:27 .fog-secureboot
                                            -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 2163 24. Sep 23:27 .fog-secureboot-anchor.pem
                                            -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1704 24. Sep 23:27 .fog-secureboot.pem
                                            -rw------- 1 root root 4407 25. Sep 16:38 .fogsettings
                                            -rw-r–r-- 1 root root 352 25. Sep 16:38 .fogsettings.pub
                                            drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 8. Sep 22:16 lib
                                            drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 25. Sep 09:27 log
                                            drwxr-x— 2 www-data www-data 4096 24. Sep 23:27 nodecert-staging
                                            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 8. Sep 22:17 pki -> /etc/fog/pki
                                            drwxr-x— 2 www-data www-data 4096 24. Sep 23:27 pkiadmin-staging
                                            drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 24. Sep 23:27 plugins
                                            drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 24. Sep 23:27 reporting
                                            drwxr-x— 2 www-data www-data 4096 8. Sep 21:56 secureboot-staging
                                            drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 24. Sep 23:27 service
                                            drwx------ 2 www-data www-data 5455872 25. Sep 16:06 sessions
                                            drwxrwxr-x 3 fogproject www-data 4096 22. Sep 19:18 snapins
                                            drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 8. Sep 22:16 utils

                                            /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA:
                                            insgesamt 16
                                            drwxrwxr-x 2 fogproject www-data 4096 8. Sep 22:17 .
                                            drwxrwxr-x 3 fogproject www-data 4096 8. Sep 22:17 …
                                            -rwxrwxr-x 1 fogproject www-data 1818 2. Mai 13:31 .fogCA.pem
                                            -rwxrwxr-x 1 fogproject www-data 41 8. Sep 22:17 .fogCA.srl
                                            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 8. Sep 22:17 .fogWebCA.key -> /etc/fog/pki/web/ca/.fogWebCA.key
                                            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 8. Sep 22:17 .fogWebCA.pem -> /etc/fog/pki/web/ca/.fogWebCA.pem
                                            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 8. Sep 22:17 /opt/fog/pki -> /etc/fog/pki
                                            786737 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Sep 8 22:17 /opt/fog/snapins/ssl/CA/.fogWebCA.pem -> /etc/fog/pki/web/ca/.fogWebCA.pem
                                            786719 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2009 Sep 8 21:56 /opt/fog/service/etc/pki/web/leaf/.webLeaf.pem
                                            786714 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2147 Sep 8 21:56 /opt/fog/service/etc/pki/web/ca/.fogWebCA.pem
                                            786691 4 -r-------- 1 root root 3272 Mai 2 13:31 /opt/fog/service/etc/pki/root/ca/.fogCA.key
                                            root@fog:~#

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