Upgrade to debian 9

[Wayne Workman]

@plegrand Debian 9 would have to use the php 7 packages. I can assure you that the installer works on a clean installation of Debian 9, but I’ve not tested an upgrade from older Debian 8. If you look in my signature, you’ll see some automated tests centered around the fog installer. All those tests are with 100% clean OSs/installs.

In the past, people who have upgraded their OSs on FOG servers have had mixed success. When it goes right, everything is just peachy. When it goes wrong we spend days - sometimes weeks - helping these people figure out the problems. I’d say it’s been about a 60/40 split, 40 being failure.

If you want to avoid the risks of upgrading, this is an article outlining step-by-step how to migrate: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Migrate_FOG

[plegrand]

@wayne-workman may be could you give me a copy of the .fogsettings file from a fresh install on Debian 9 ?
Thanks

[Wayne Workman]

@plegrand yeah one second.

[plegrand]

@wayne-workman and could you tell me what version of Fog you use ?

[Wayne Workman]

@plegrand said in Upgrade to debian 9:

@wayne-workman and could you tell me what version of Fog you use ?

I use all of them (see my signature).

Here’s a copy of the /opt/fog/.fogsettings file from a Debian9 box that had a clean install of 1.4.4 last night.

## Start of FOG Settings
## Created by the FOG Installer
## Find more information about this file in the FOG Project wiki:
##     https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=.fogsettings
## Version: 1.4.4
## Install time: Sat 26 Aug 2017 04:08:09 AM CDT
ipaddress='10.0.0.39'
copybackold='0'
interface='ens3'
submask='255.255.255.0'
routeraddress='10.0.0.1'
plainrouter='10.0.0.1'
dnsaddress='208.67.222.222'
username='fog'
password='qAW1Q5ednQ3LS0ywmMMn9woirwwcMHu/7S9ZbJE7lvY='
osid='2'
osname='Debian'
dodhcp='N'
bldhcp='0'
dhcpd=''
blexports='1'
installtype='N'
snmysqluser='root'
snmysqlpass=''
snmysqlhost='localhost'
installlang='0'
storageLocation='/images'
fogupdateloaded=1
docroot='/var/www/'
webroot='/fog/'
caCreated='yes'
startrange=''
endrange=''
bootfilename='undionly.kpxe'
packages='apache2 bc build-essential cpp curl g++ gawk gcc gzip htmldoc lftp libapache2-mod-php7.0 libc6 libcurl3 m4 mysql-client mysql-server net-tools nfs-kernel-server openssh-server php7.0 php7.0-bcmath php7.0-cli php7.0-curl php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php-gettext sysv-rc-conf tar tftpd-hpa tftp-hpa unzip vsftpd wget xinetd zlib1g '
noTftpBuild=''
notpxedefaultfile=''
sslpath='/opt/fog/snapins/ssl/'
backupPath='/home/'
php_ver='7.0'
php_verAdds='-7.0'
sslprivkey='/opt/fog/snapins/ssl//.srvprivate.key'
## End of FOG Settings

[plegrand]

@wayne-workman Hmm strange. Why my file (from 1.4.4 version) keep php5 packages instead of php7
Anyway i will try with this file monday.
Thanks for your help

[Wayne Workman]

@plegrand said in Upgrade to debian 9:

Why my file (from 1.4.4 version) keep php5 packages instead of php7

You can just change it from 5 to 7 and the installer will install the new stuff I think.

[plegrand]

@wayne-workman i will do that

[Wayne Workman]

@plegrand You’ll also need to empty out the packages line - since that stuff has php5 in it.

[plegrand]

@wayne-workman sure. i will use your line

[plegrand]

@wayne-workman i used " your packages line" and it seems to work.
Then now i have to test pxe boot, capture and deploy !!

THanks for your help

[plegrand]

Boot PXE OK
Capture OK
Deploy OK

[Sebastian Roth]

@plegrand Thanks for reporting back on this. Marked as solved.