Image capture issue from VM

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Hi,
Fog newbie here.
My goal is to be able to image 20+ Dell desktops for a lab with Ubuntu 24 desktop version with our configs and software stack.

1. Minor clarification:
   I installed the fog server on an Ubuntu 24 VM successfully, but need to understand one thing:
   I cloned the git repo in /root and then ran the installer script from /root/fogproject/bin/installfog.sh. Everything finished successfully and I got the " * Setup complete" message at the end. I’m able to browse to the url and see the dashboard. But I also see that fog server also installed/populated stuff under /opt. I see ipxe stuff under /root/fogproject/utils and src directories but not under /opt.
   Q: Is this expected or did I mess something up?

2. Image capture issue:
   I created another VM for the ‘master’ image (on the same network as fog server) to use for capture, but didnt realize that the master image VM also needs to pxe boot. That’s a problem since we have a separate network for the desktops lab (with dhcp options 66, 67 added for fog), and this network is not present in our VMware environment hence I cannot put the master image on the target network that has been configured with the dhcp options. There is already another pxe server for the VM network so I cannot put the dhcp options on the VM network also.
   I read a bit about booting a usb, and understood some of it but not quite clearly. Plus in my case I can’t use a usb as the master image host is a VM. Then I read a bit about capturing an image with a fog client and was able to install the fog client on the master VM and tried to start a capture from the fog server ui, but it did not do anything. I also didn’t see any connections between the fog server and this master VM using netstat.
   Q: Is there any way I can capture the image of the master VM to use for the desktop deployments?

Thanks very much