Documentation or Support for Fog Service MST
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That’s a nope. Nope nope nope. The install failed to process properly on the workstation and I had to clean up after the failed install. The .ini file copy worked fine, but running the MSI via GPO did not go well. Turns out it wasn’t my MST that fried the previous install.
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Alright, I think I’ve made headway on this. I have the service installing and the .ini file being replaced as needed. The service doesn’t appear to be registering unknown hosts though. As soon as I see things work I’ll document my process.
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Fog Service does not register unknown hosts you must do this through network boot. This has occurred since v0.30. I was hoping for this to get worked on but oh well.
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What? I could have sworn a host that I manually installed the service on registered its self. I mean, its a Windows 8.1 machine with SecureBoot UEFI, so idk how else it would have registered…
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Wolf is correct in the register service does not register unknown post it just simply registers unknown Mac addresses to the relevant post
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…oh. Well then. I guess I’ll have to manually register each host unless that feature can be put back in. Oh well, this will still be useful for machines that will be using their own OS install until we finalize our Unified System Image.
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I’ve never been aware of the register actually registering unknown post automatically part of the reason being is compatibility with fog you could register the host but it may not actually be imageable
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This was a feature in 0.30/0.31 and below if memory serves me well… the FOG Client used to check if host exists in fog (registered) if not then it would add the host, using minimum need info - mac & hostname nothing else was populated.
meaning you could roll out the fog client across your network and all your hosts would get registered with fog. Chuck/Blackout removed it going forward but can’t remember the reason behind it now but there was one (memory is awful!) i think it was because of compatibility as you said.
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[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#615f5f][COLOR=#000000]below is how i used to deal with the fog client rollout - there used to be a thread on the old forum explaining how to edit msi (freely) and get it rolled out and someone else has also posted the instructions externally:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#615f5f][COLOR=#000000]thanks paul![/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#615f5f]In order to do this correctly, you will need to re-package the MSI file for the Fog Client Service[COLOR=#1b8ede]installation[/COLOR]. You can do that with a free tool called [URL=‘http://download.cnet.com/WinINSTALL-LE/3000-2094_4-10973399.html’][COLOR=#102741]Winstall LE[/COLOR][/URL].[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Open Winstall LE, right click on [B]Windows [COLOR=#1b8ede]Installer[/COLOR] Packages[/B] and select[B] Import Package[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Browse to the Fog Client MSI, and give it a description of [B]Fog Silent[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Right click [B]Fog Slient[/B] and Select [B]Decompress…[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]At the [B]Expand[/B] dialog, click [B]Expand[/B][/COLOR][/I]
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[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Expand the [B]Fog Silent[/B] tree, and delete the following components because you don’t need them:[/COLOR][/I]
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[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Now browse to [B]\localhost\WinINSTALL\Packages\fog silent\etc[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Edit the [B]config.ini[/B] file so it has the [COLOR=#1b8ede]IP address[/COLOR] or FQDN of your fog server under[B]ipaddress=[/B] then save it[/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Go back to Winstall LE, right click on [B]Fog Silent[/B] and select [B]Compress[/B], then press the[B]Compress[/B] button[/COLOR][/I]
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[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Now browse to [B]\localhost\WinINSTALL\Packages\fog silent\ [/B]and your [B]FOG ServiceInstaller.msi[/B] file is ready to deploy![/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Place the new [B]FOG Service Installer.msi[/B] and the original [B]setup.exe[/B] in a fileshare that is accessible by everyone. I created a [B]deploy [/B][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba(software)'][COLOR=#102741]Samba[/COLOR][/URL] share on my Fog server.[/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Now open [B]Group Policy Management[/B] on your domain controller and create a new Group Policy Object called something clever like [B]Fog Deploy[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Right click on [B]Fog Deploy[/B] and select [B]Edit[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Navigate to [B]Computer Configuration > Policies > Software Settings > SoftwareInstallation[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Right click on [B]Software Installation[/B] and select [B]New > Package[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Browse to your file share, and select your custom [B]Fog Service Installer.msi[/B] file and select[B]Open[/B][/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Leave the [B]Assigned[/B] radio button checked and click [B]OK[/B][/COLOR][/I]
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[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Now link your new GPO to the OU where you keep the workstations you want to manage with Fog, and you’re good to go![/COLOR][/I]
[][I][COLOR=#0000ff]Users will get [COLOR=#1b8ede]the install[/COLOR] the next time they reboot, and even better it will be automatically configured![/COLOR][/I]
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That’s cleaner than what I had done, so I will take a gander at that later this week. Thanks for the info.
