Having issues registering a new pc with Virtualbox vm running Fedora server.

[Fannarino]

I was able to install FOG on a Virtualbox vm running Fedora. The Virtualbox host is a Windows 11 pro machine. I have two network drives one is Nat that is connected to the internet the other is a USB ethernet drive that is on its own network.

I am able to pxe boot but get a error that the pc is not registered. I manually register and it gives me a error when pxe booting. getting error https://ipxe.org/err/7f04818f

[mrowand]

Dear Fannarino,

First, what version of FOG are you using? I assume you are using this FOG server for DHCP?

with your VM is the networking set to NAT for the VM or Bridged?

First - Did the install script finish without any errors? I would check that as the script handles all the database stuff FOG needs. Check the Docs on installing FOG to ensure you did all the steps on the database.

Since you are using a different network than that one you use for the internet, then you need to ensure all IP addresses for the interface you are using match. If you set these up with a script using a network for the internet and then changed it, then you will need to ensure all IP addresses match.

Second - On your Fog Settings in the Web UI, check your various IP Address settings particularly
Fog Configuration: TFTP Server
Fog Configuration: Web Server
Storage Management > DefaultMember

Next, check in your Fedora VM, check the following.
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
/tftpboot/default.ipxe

Then check your FOS, which is the bzimage files FOG uses to load the OS your computer is pxebooting. this might effect proper booting or execution of any task in FOG. You can check this in Fog Configuration, then click on the blue button that says "DefaultMember FOG Version: ( ) it will list two files.
bzimage Version
bzimage32 Version

If this is too old you can replace these, which are located in redhat OSes (I use rocky linux myself) under /var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe. You would need to replace about 4 files which you can download from github, under fog project.

These are the points I can think of.