Snapin Pack Arguments don't work

jlm

Hi

My server’s config

Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
You're running the latest stable version: 1.5.10

I’m trying to deploy snapin pack. These are third party zip file. They all have the same packaging format

unzip 7-Zip_25.01-1_x64.zip 
Archive:  7-Zip_25.01-1_x64.zip
  inflating: pre-install.ps1         
  inflating: post-install.ps1        
  inflating: install.bat             
  inflating: winsoft-config.ini      
  inflating: 7z2501-x64.msi          
  inflating: 7z2501-x64.exe

The deployment entry point is always the install.bat script.

What I’m trying to achieve

I want to use either PowerShell (preferred) or batch, in order to launch the install.bat script from the "[FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\7zip\" directory.
This is very important because if the path is incorrect, the pre-install.ps1 and post-install.ps1 scripts will not run correctly.

My snapin config for 7-zip as an example

Snapin Name: 7zip
Snapin Description: Installation de 7zip
Snapin Type: 	Snapin Pack Template	
Snapin Pack File: cmd.exe
Snapin Pack Arguments: %~dp0 /c "[FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\7zip\install.bat"
Snapin File (exists): 7-Zip_25.01-1_x64.zip
Snapin Enabled : x
Snapin Arguments Hidden:	
Snapin Timeout (seconds): 0
Replicate?: x
Reboot after install:	
Shutdown after install:	
Snapin Command read-only: cmd.exe %~dp0 /c "[FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\7zip\install.bat"

What I got

In fact, as fog snapin has no debug mode, I have almost no clue to understand the failure. The Fog documentation is quite poor on this subject and is lacking examples.

The logs from fog client on the computer

23/09/2025 11:45:56 Client-Info Client Version: 0.13.0
23/09/2025 11:45:56 Client-Info Client OS:      Windows
23/09/2025 11:45:56 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.10
23/09/2025 11:45:56 Middleware::Response Success
23/09/2025 11:45:56 SnapinClient Running snapin 7zip
23/09/2025 11:45:56 Middleware::Communication Download: http://fog.example.com/fog/service/snapins.file.php?mac=8C:EC:4B:87:8A:4E&taskid=19
23/09/2025 11:45:57 SnapinClient C:\Program Files (x86)\FOG\tmp\7-Zip_25.01-1_x64.zip
23/09/2025 11:45:57 SnapinClient Processing SnapinPack 7-Zip_25.01-1_x64.zip
23/09/2025 11:45:57 SnapinClient Extracting SnapinPack
23/09/2025 11:45:57 Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
23/09/2025 11:45:57 SnapinClient Starting snapin
23/09/2025 11:45:57 SnapinClient Snapin finished
23/09/2025 11:45:57 SnapinClient Return Code: 1
23/09/2025 11:45:57 Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
23/09/2025 11:45:57 Middleware::Communication URL: http://fog.example.com/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?taskid=19&exitcode=1&mac=8C:EC:4B:87:8A:4E&newService&json

I’ve tried a lot of Snapin Pack Arguments, either using PowerShell or cmd.exe, none of those installed the package.

Doe anybody have clear examples of Snapin Pack Arguments ?

Thanks

jlm

Hi

In fact, I really want to use those third party package because they do things very well
My snapin configuration are not tied to a specific version of a package, it’s the upstream repo who take care of that

But I have found how to install my install.bat file

Here is the solution

Snapin Name: 7zip
Snapin Description: Installation de 7zip
Snapin Type: 	Snapin Pack Template
Snapin Pack Template : PowerShell x64 script
Snapin Pack File: "%SYSTEMROOT%\sysnative\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe" # autofilled
Snapin Pack Arguments: -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Set-Location "$env:ProgramFiles\FOG\tmp\7zip"; & ".\install.bat"
Snapin File (exists): 7-Zip_25.01-1_x64.zip
Snapin Enabled : x
Snapin Arguments Hidden:	
Snapin Timeout (seconds): 0
Replicate?: x
Reboot after install:	
Shutdown after install:	
Snapin Command read-only: "%SYSTEMROOT%\sysnative\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Set-Location "$env:ProgramFiles\FOG\tmp\7zip"; & ".\install.bat"  # autofilled

It works like a charm

Maybe it should go in FOG documentation as an example

The third party repo I mentioned is there https://gricad-gitlab.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/legi/soft/trokata/winsoft-main/

LEGI is a French research lab, and the repo is under MIT Licence. I am not the owner, but it’s a great work. I will explain more about that later.

Clebboii

Hi there,

Unsure if this helps, but here is my setup for 7zip. I usually just go straight from the .exe or .msi files.

Another example of snapin arguments:

I would suggest adding in a loging function in the .bat or .ps1 file, this way you can see exactly what commands fail.

Hope this helps!!

jlm

Hi