Isolated FOG Server 1.2.0 setup question
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@BrainDeadJedi524 Before I will answer that question, I think you need to explain exactly how you are planning to use the FOG server if you are not connected to a network?
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Sorry, should’ve probably explained this better. We don’t want to image our machines over our network, we want this server to be totally isolated from the network. Having it be connected on one of the NICs is fine, but we want to have the second connected to a network switch so the imaging is done over that and not the internet. Hopefully this explains the situation a little better.
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@BrainDeadJedi524 Ok that is easier to setup then.
Let me restate what I think you said.
We want to setup a FOG server with 2 network adapters (dual homed). One network adapter will be connected to our business LAN and one network adapter will be connected to a image deployment network. That image deployment network will be isolated and used only for image deployment. What do I need to setup?
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@george1421 That is exactly right. Sorry for the confusion.
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In this case what I would do is this
- Only install one network adapter in your FOG server.
- Download the FOG 1.2.0 installer to this server.
- Set the network interface for this single network adapter consistent to what you want for your image deployment LAN. The key is to have this interface setup with the proper static IP address before you install fog.
- Install FOG, if the FOG server will be supplying dhcp and dns for this isolated network make those selections during the install of FOG.
- Once FOG is installed, install the second network adapter and connect it to your business network. This interface will be you management interface into FOG. All image capture and deployment will go over the first interface installed.
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@BrainDeadJedi524 said in Isolated FOG Server 1.2.0 setup question:
@george1421 That is exactly right. Sorry for the confusion.
No problem, there are just several ways to go about this. I needed to find out your exact intent to give you a path forward.
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OK, thanks for the information!! When setting up the FOG software, do I need to follow the instructions as listed in the website below?
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FOG_on_an_Isolated_Network
Thanks!
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@BrainDeadJedi524 basically but you do need to enable fog to be your dhcp server unless you have something else on the imaging LAN that will provide that service.
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OK, I have followed the instructions you posted and FOG is installed and I can get to the FOG Management webpage and login with no issues. I was also able to install the latest Kernel on it. Now when I plug my switch in and connect a computer into it to capture an image, I can’t get it to load up any sort of menu that I can capture the image on. It comes up and says, “PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received. PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE Rom.”
Thanks!
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@BrainDeadJedi524 As I mentioned if you don’t have an existing dhcp server on the deployment lan you will need FOG to act as your dhcp server. Didn’t the installer ask if you wanted FOG to run as your dhcp server? The process I outlined a few posts ago was the proper order to get the right interface defined for image deployment.
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Yes, when I installed FOG, I clicked Y for the, “Would you like to use the FOG server for dhcp service? [Y/n]” option.
