dhcp not running on fog

[mpatel]

How can we use fog as dhcp server ? do we need to install program ? when we first setup we said NO to use fog as dhcp server. please help.

I found this guide online tried editing .conf file but it didn’t exist in my fog server.

https://schoolitexpert.com/network-tools/fog/461-configure-dhcp-services

[Sebastian Roth]

@mpatel What kind of DHCP do you use right now?

If you want to enable dhcp after an initial install you’d need to modify /opt/fog/.fogsettings file. Definitely make sure the following two options are set correctly:

dodhcp='Y'
bldhcp='1'

But then there are two more that are specific to the Linux OS you have installed. As I couldn’t find any hint on what you use in your posts I have to guess. Maybe Ubuntu?

dhcpd='isc-dhcp-server'

As well you need to add isc-dhcp-server (again Ubuntu) to the packages line:

packages='bc curl ... isc-dhcp-server ...'

Then simply re-run the installer and it should setup the DHCP service for you correctly.

If you don’t want to re-run the installer you can still go ahead and install the DHCP server package manually and use the config example you find here: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence#Example_1

[mpatel]

we use centos 7. I would like fog to provide dhcp service to target computers. This will be isolated network. i did set dodhcp & bldhcp to correct options

[Sebastian Roth]

@mpatel For CentOS use the following:

dodhcp='Y'
bldhcp='1'
dhcpd='dhcpd'
packages='bc curl dhcp ...'

Then re-run the installer and see it do the work.