Multicast Deploy problem (FOG 1.2.0) #!im

[toach]

Hello,

I’m trying to deploy an image using multicast. All machines boot normaly in fog but when they should launch partclone I have lines starting with “* #!im (xx min)” instead.
I can deploy my image normaly using unicast.

Does anyone know what this message mean?

Thanks

[Tom Elliott]

@toach said:

Hello,

I’m trying to deploy an image using multicast. All machines boot normaly in fog but when they should launch partclone I have lines starting with “* #!im (xx min)” instead.
I can deploy my image normaly using unicast.

Does anyone know what this message mean?

Thanks

Have you edited the init files at all? It looks like it’s receiving an “Invalid Macaddress” which is what #!im means.

[toach]

The problem seems linked with a network problem on my clients. The ipxe boot file undionly.kpxe.INTEL was bricking my network adapters. I switched back to undionly.kpxe and everything is back to normal.

[emijoa]

@Tom-Elliott

I also get this error message, currently trying to multicast clients using HP ProBook 455, I had to change the boot file for the fog to work on these clients. I’ve tested the different files under tftpboot and found that the only ones that work are : undionly.kpxe.INTEL, ipxe.kkpxe, ipxe.kpxe

I’m trying to run an isolated fog server with a built in dhcp, currently fog 1.2.0

I’ve changed the time for booting to disk in boot menu.

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa Would you be willing to try out the developmental version of FOG? It’s the pre-1.3.0 version.

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

Okay, what steps do I follow to upgrade or do I need a fresh install?

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa You can upgrade depending on the OS you’re using. You’ll be installing what’s called FOG Trunk.

It works best on CentOS 7, Fedora 21+, and works ok on Ubuntu 14+ and Debian 8.

Here are the instructions, just pick a method:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Upgrade_to_trunk

I would advise you and everyone else to always backup their DB and Hosts via the instructions at the bottom of that article - not because I expect anything to break, but because it’s simply good practice to have backups of your data.

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

I tried updating using git earlier today, it failed when trying to start my-sql.

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa What OS are you running?

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

Ubuntu 14.04.3, installed LAMP and SSH. Also installed a Minimal Gnome Core Desktop

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa Ok. if you look inside of /var/log/ you’ll see some files called fog_error_<version>.log

The version you tried installing earlier will have an error log with a corresponding version number in the name.

If you can post the last few lines in that file, that will help figure out why the installation failed.

Basically, all error output from the installer is redirected to that log.

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

Okay:

 * Stopping FOG Computer Imaging Solution: FOGMulticastManager
start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 1189: No such process
   ...done.
 * Stopping FOG Computer Imaging Solution: FOGImageReplicator
start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 1128: No such process
   ...done.
../lib/common/functions.sh: line 658: /etc/init.d/FOGSnapinReplicator: No such file or directory
 * Stopping FOG Computer Imaging Solution: FOGScheduler
start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 1215: No such process
   ...done.
../lib/common/functions.sh: line 658: /etc/init.d/FOGPingHosts: No such file or directory
stop: Unknown job: mysql
start: Unknown job: mysql

For the whole file:
https://db.tt/8lgK4hAM

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa Try to run the installer with sudo.

sudo ./installfog.sh

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

Okay, that did the work, but now it stops at dhcp. Also, when i look in the dhcp they seem to have been changed.

 * Stopping ISC DHCP server dhcpd
   ...fail!
dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf.
The error was:
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.4
Copyright 2004-2012 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 35: expecting numeric value.
subnet 0.0.0.0 netmask  {
                         ^
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 37: range declaration not allowed here.
        range
         ^
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 42: expecting a declaration
        filename "undionly.kpxe";
                                ^
Configuration file errors encountered -- exiting

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa For some reason, the installer can’t detect your subnet mask, and there might be other issues as well.

What interface does the installer suggest?
Please post the output of ip addr
And post the output of cat /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# cat /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
DHCP Server Configuration file
see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample
 This file was created by FOG

Definition of PXE-specific options
 Code 1: Multicast IP Address of bootfile
 Code 2: UDP Port that client should monitor for MTFTP Responses
 Code 3: UDP Port that MTFTP servers are using to listen for MTFTP requests
 Code 4: Number of seconds a client must listen for activity before trying
         to start a new MTFTP transfer
 Code 5: Number of seconds a client must listen before trying to restart
         a MTFTP transfer


option space PXE;
option PXE.mtftp-ip code 1 = ip-address;
option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8;
option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8;
option arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16; # RFC4578


use-host-decl-names on;
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
next-server 192.168.1.101;


 Specify subnet of ether device you do NOT want service. for systems with
 two or more ethernet devices.
 subnet 136.165.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {}


subnet 0.0.0.0 netmask  {
	option subnet-mask ;
	range dynamic-bootp 0.0.0.10 192.168.1.254;
	default-lease-time 21600;
	max-lease-time 43200;
		option domain-name-servers      x.x.x.x; 
		option routers      x.x.x.x;
	filename "undionly.kpxe";
}

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:25:b3:11:ea:3d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.101/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::225:b3ff:fe11:ea3d/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Here’s is also the fog settings, if that is interesting.

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# cat /opt/fog/.fogsettings 
 Created by the FOG Installer
 Version: 1.2.0
 Install time: Tue 05 Jan 2016 11:20:32 PM CET
	
ipaddress="192.168.1.101";
interface="eth0";
routeraddress="#	option routers      x.x.x.x;";
plainrouter="";
dnsaddress="#	option domain-name-servers      x.x.x.x; ";
dnsbootimage="";
password="69f422";
osid="2";
osname="Debian";
dodhcp="y";
bldhcp="1";
installtype="N";
snmysqluser="root"
snmysqlpass="";
snmysqlhost="localhost";
installlang="0";
donate="0";
fogupdateloaded="1"

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa said:

192.168.1.101/24

With an address and subnet mask like that, I’m wondering if you don’t already have DHCP running on some device in your network already?

What is the output of route -n
What is the output of cat /etc/resolv.conf

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

No, it was at first a misspell, but i didn’t change it as it was only a test server. I’ve been reinstalling a few times already.

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# cat /etc/resolv.conf
 Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 192.168.1.1

The tutorial I followed wanted me to set static in this file.

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# cat /etc/network/interfaces
 This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
 and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

 The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

 The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.101
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

[Wayne Workman]

@emijoa Ok so inside of /opt/fog/.fogsettings change the bldhcp="1"; setting to bldhcp="0"; and save that,

and then remove everthing in the /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file and then put the below config in there and save, then try to restart dhcp with service dhcpd stop;service dhcpd start

The below config has your fog server’s address reserved, and it’s setup to handle multiple host architectures.

This doesn’t fix why the subnet and mask weren’t detected right though… and because the subnet was detected as 0.0.0.0, that’s why it set the starting rage to 0.0.0.10.

After you’ve got the below file in place and the .fogsettings modified and dhcp restarted, try to run the installer again (as sudo) and see what happens.

@Tom-Elliott the good news is it detected the broadcast address accurately and setup the ending range correctly. I’ve been working on an enhanced way of detecting the IP address, and a better method of calculating the network address (based on binary math)… so that change will eventually come.

option space PXE;
option PXE.mtftp-ip    code 1 = ip-address;
option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8;
option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8;
option arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16; # RFC4578

use-host-decl-names on;
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
next-server 192.168.1.101;
authoritative;


subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        option subnet-mask              255.255.255.0;
        range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.254;
        default-lease-time 21600;
        max-lease-time 43200;
        option domain-name-servers      192.168.1.1;
        option routers      192.168.1.1;
 
    class "UEFI-32-1" {
    match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00006";
    filename "i386-efi/ipxe.efi";
    }

    class "UEFI-32-2" {
    match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00002";
     filename "i386-efi/ipxe.efi";
    }

    class "UEFI-64-1" {
    match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00007";
     filename "ipxe.efi";
    }

    class "UEFI-64-2" {
    match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00008";
    filename "ipxe.efi";
    }

    class "UEFI-64-3" {
    match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00009";
     filename "ipxe.efi";
    }

    class "Legacy" {
    match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00000";
    filename "undionly.kkpxe";
    }

    }

host fog-server {
                        hardware ethernet 00:25:b3:11:ea:3d;
                        fixed-address 192.168.1.101;
                }

[emijoa]

@Wayne-Workman

There is no service that is called dhcpd, however there is one called isc-dhcp-server, I believe this was installed by the 1.2.0 installer?

root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# service --help
Usage: service < option > | --status-all | [ service_name [ command | --full-restart ] ]
root@ubuntu-fog:/fog_git/bin# service --status-all
 [ ? ]  FOGImageReplicator
 [ ? ]  FOGMulticastManager
 [ ? ]  FOGScheduler
 [ + ]  acpid
 [ - ]  anacron
 [ + ]  apache2
 [ + ]  apparmor
 [ ? ]  apport
 [ + ]  atd
 [ + ]  avahi-daemon
 [ + ]  bluetooth
 [ + ]  clamav-freshclam
 [ ? ]  console-setup
 [ + ]  cron
 [ + ]  cups
 [ + ]  cups-browsed
 [ - ]  dbus
 [ ? ]  dns-clean
 [ + ]  friendly-recovery
 [ - ]  gdm
 [ - ]  grub-common
 [ ? ]  irqbalance
 [ - ]  isc-dhcp-server
 [ ? ]  killprocs
 [ ? ]  kmod
 [ ? ]  mysql
 [ ? ]  networking
 [ + ]  nfs-kernel-server
 [ ? ]  ondemand
 [ - ]  php5-fpm
 [ ? ]  pppd-dns
 [ - ]  procps
 [ - ]  pulseaudio
 [ ? ]  rc.local
 [ + ]  resolvconf
 [ + ]  rpcbind
 [ - ]  rsync
 [ + ]  rsyslog
 [ + ]  saned
 [ ? ]  screen-cleanup
 [ ? ]  sendsigs
 [ - ]  ssh
 [ - ]  sudo
 [ + ]  tftpd-hpa
 [ + ]  udev
 [ ? ]  umountfs
 [ ? ]  umountnfs.sh
 [ ? ]  umountroot
 [ - ]  unattended-upgrades
 [ - ]  urandom
 [ - ]  x11-common
 [ + ]  xinetd

It came with this message

root@ubuntu-fog:/home/administrator# sudo service isc-dhcp-server stop
stop: Unknown instance: 
root@ubuntu-fog:/home/administrator# sudo service isc-dhcp-server start
isc-dhcp-server start/running, process 7787

(I’ve been restarting this service whenever I changed the bootfile for testing.)

I ran the ./installfog.sh and it went through smoothly.
Logfile:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/106805228/fog_error_5937.log

I’ll test and see if something is different on the clients tomorrow. Currently writing this from home.