Fog Update Issue - Certificate for smartInstaller.exe will not download and install with mono

[skyborne98]

I recently upgraded from 1.5.9 to 1.5.10 as the FOG Client wasn’t working on some of my hardware…

After downloading the FOG Server installer, I performed an in-place update, which worked fine for reimaging. after a small issue with NFS.

Now I am battling an issue with the cert during the smartinstaller.exe install on a Ubuntu 22 client.

sudo mono SmartInstaller.exe -h -r -s --server <FOGSERVER_URL> -l /tmp/fog.log

I get error of:

Pinning Server..........................................................[Fail] 

• l can confirm the cert is available for download via curl
• I can install the downloaded cert after renaming it as ca.crt

sudo certmgr -add -c -m Trust ca.crt

So what is the issue at this point?

fog.log

[Sebastian Roth]

@skyborne98 Sorry for the long delay. Not too many people know the ins and outs of the fog-client, especially when it comes to the Linux part of it.

In the log we see ProtocolError which I have not seen before I think. Do you have a customized httpd/apache configuration or default created by the FOG server installer?

[skyborne98]

@Sebastian-Roth So I did some extensive work and was able to get it resolved.

I suggest a document change in regards to installing on Ubuntu 22.04. FOG client Wiki

In my situation, I did a minimal install and add just a few packages. For the SmartIstaller instructions regarding to Ubuntu 22 they can be minimized to:

  sudo apt-get install nuget
  sudo apt-get install mono-complete
  sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

I also have a proxy in my environment and had to set the current environment, with an export command, Example

export http_proxy="http://proxyserver:port/"

[Sebastian Roth]

@skyborne98 Thanks for testing and sharing you insights here!

I just added this info to the wiki: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=FOG_Client#Installing_-_Linux