Using Conspy to View remote PC imaging progress

[Greg Plamondon]

Here is a Video showing an example.

I prefer Centos so my instructions are based on Centos.

# yum update && yum install conspy

Follow the instructions here to modify the Init Image:
Modifying the Init Image

Once you have the init image extracted and mounted, add your ssh key.

cd /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir
cd root
mkdir .ssh
/bin/echo "==yoursshkeystringgoesbetweenthequotes==" >> .ssh/authorized_keys

copy Conspy to the image:

cp /usr/bin/conspy /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/bin
cp /usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.5 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.5.9 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.5 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5.9 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so.5 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so.5.9 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.5 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.5.9 /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64

Folow the instruction on how to re compress the image and your done.

ssh to the PC and login as root.
run the conspy command to view the progress.