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.x /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.x.x /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so.x /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so.x.x /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.x /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.x.x /var/www/{html,}/fog/service/ipxe/initmountdir/lib64

replace x in libncurses++.so.x with the version of libcurses you have installed.
Follow the instruction on how to recompress the image and you’re done.

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