No Username and Password Populated After Storage Node Install

[cassie_280]

When I install my storage node I go through all of the questions, and its runs through the installation fine, but at the final screen it doesn’t populate credentials. Does anyone have any insight to why this is?

[Tom Elliott]

It only shows this information on the first install of a node. The reasoning is security related, partially. I can fix it but it’s not high on my list right now.

[cassie_280]

This is my first install on this machine. Is there a config file that I can pull these credentials from?

[george1421]

While Tom may have to confirm, as far as I know you don’t log into a storage only. Only the main node has the ability to login. I think the last time I tried I to connect to a storage node /fog folder there was a basic message saying you can’t login here.

[cassie_280]

I’m not trying to log into my storage node. I’m trying to find the credentials so I can add the node to my main FOG server. I have attempted this on 2 virtual machines, and I even reinstalled Ubuntu and attempted these installations again, and it still won’t populate.

[Tom Elliott]

I’m not sure why it’s not populating the info properly, but i can look into it.

For now, run:

cat /opt/fog/.fogsettings

It should have the populated password for the storage node user/password information you need.

[cassie_280]

The only password I see here is the one for mysql. Is something wrong here?

[Wayne Workman]

@cassie_280 What version of FOG? What version of Ubuntu?

[cassie_280]

@Wayne-Workman FOG 1.2.0 Ubuntu 14

[Wayne Workman]

@cassie_280 I know you have another thread open. Is this still an issue? Have you tried to manually set the settings and re-run the installer?

[Tom Elliott]

@Wayne-Workman I believe the problem is the use of 1.2.0. Fog did not have the variables that is being expected. I did test the installer for current and all is working properly from what I could test.

While not an optimal answer I think it’s really the only one I can give.

[cassie_280]

@Tom-Elliott What version of FOG and OS would you recommend?

[cassie_280]

@Wayne-Workman I have re-run the installer several times on my storage node, I have not on my main FOG server.

[Wayne Workman]

@cassie_280 Delete the /opt/fog/.fogsettings file and then try to re-run the installer.

[cassie_280]

@Wayne-Workman I have reinstalled Ubuntu from scratch (we used a snapshot before) and reinstalled FOG. I have noticed that I have issues where the images I am uploading are being saved as /image/dev/MAC Address] Which probably explains the other forum I have open where my images won’t deploy. I remember seeing the same issue in my previous install, I just didn’t understand what was happening. I can fix this issue by moving the file and renaming it, but I need a permanent fix, so I don’t have to do this for every image.

I have tried running chown and chmod commands for the /images folder and I still haven’t had any luck. Do you think these problems may all be related? Possibly something being messed up with my FTP credentials or something?

[Wayne Workman]

@cassie_280 said:

Possibly something being messed up with my FTP credentials or something?

The problem you’ve just described is typically caused by FTP Credentials being mismatched. There is a wiki article on just that, and the article has a section about credentials. Here’s the link: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_FTP

[cassie_280]

Turns out that my issue was as FTP based. I had mismatched credentials in my Main Server that was also causing my images to get stuck in the /images/dev folder. Once I solved this issue, the nodes worked perfectly.

Thanks so much!