Ubuntu Server upgrade breaks FOG (or I did)
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Hi all,
1st post
[B]Thanks[/B] for FOG. It’s a big asset at the public school where I’m employed.[B]Current isue:[/B]
I can’t deploy or upload - Error: “Unable to start task. Unable to upload file.”
Using FOG v0.28 Been working great for 1.5 years on Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTSToday I upgraded to 10.04 LTS.
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[]I’ve checked FOG’s logs - no help there
[]Perms are correct on the server, all services are running AFAICT
[]Root owns /images and the dir is 777 (all my images are still there) Whew!
[]/opt/fog/service/etc/config.php contains no database details, but the error remains even if I add details
[*]/var/www/fog/commons/config.php does have db details. I never worked on these files prior to the upgrade.
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Any pointers please?EDIT 2 Mar, 11am SAST : The log now shows “Failed to connect to database server” but as mentioned above, even if I add the db details to /opt/fog/service/etc/config.php I still have the same errror.
Cheers,
bloodshoteye -
In the fog web Ui under Other information > Fog setting, you should see, FOG_STORAGENODE_MYSQLUSER
FOG_STORAGENODE_MYSQLPASS. try contecting to your mysql data base using these settings. -
@stark235
I tried that in in /var/www/fog/commons/config.php, but no change - thanks anyway.
When I PXE boot a client I notice it cannot connect to the tftp server with this error:
“PXE-T02 Forbidden Directory; PXE-E3C Acces Violation”
Maybe that helps? I can’t see why any directory would be denied. I’m see what Google gives on these.Cheers,
bloodshoteye -
According to, [url]http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/373[/url], you need to re-install FOG. Though i’m not sure if that’s 100% true.
“UPGRADE NOTE: If Upgrading Ubuntu from 9 to 10, you will need to re-install fog. Ubuntu 10 changed around some stuff in the init folders. I am not a linux geek so I cant explain it. But for further information see paul2019’s comments below.”
I’m assuming 8 to 10 would be the same scenario.
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This may be it! I read that page and am ging to try it. My scenario fits almost like a glove… Will get back (I know, so many never do, but I’ll try - promise).
Cheers,
bloodshoteye -
I re-installed and now I can create a Task, but a machine on boot up still gives:
“PXE-T02 Forbidden Directory; PXE-E3C Acces Violation”This sounds like a permission error, but I’ve looked at perms and they seem ok?
Cheers,
bloodshoteye. -
From what i’ve read, the PXE-T02 error means that the TFTP server doesn’t have rights to write to the requested file. Have you tried to chmod the tftpboot folder?
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I checked - the tftpboot is owned by fog, group = root, perms = 0755. I made the perms 0777 as a test, but that made no diff.
/images is on a separate partition, is mounted with owner and group = root, perms = 0777.
There is a .mntcheck file in the root of /images (can’t remember what it does though).Cheers,
PS: Sorry to be such a pain…
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You may have to change (reset) the password in the host OS for the user fog. I had to do that after an upgrade, and that did fix the issue. You’ll need to make sure that it matches what you have set in Storage Management::All Storage Nodes::DefaultMember
Management Username
Management PasswordGood luck
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SOLVED:
Hi Mark,
I had no success trying these various options, so I made good backups again and re-installed the Ubuntu server to the latest current LTS. Then I installed the same FOG version as before - create DB, import the sql, check and edit passwords, etc, etc as per forum threads.
When all was working to my stisfaction I upgraded FOG to the latest version. All is running sweetly nowCheers,
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Cool! I’m glad to hear that you got it working.