FOG on Ubuntu 16.04 (php7)?

[30000MONKEYS]

Hi,

I’m trying to install FOG Git on an Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Server.

php5 seems to be no longer supported by Ubuntu, the Repo has actually been deleted - so the FOG installation ends with

Installing package: php5.....Failed!

In another thread I read that FOG is able to handle php7, so is there a way to install it without using php5?

[Tom Elliott]

Because it failed, you haven’t successfully installed yet, I think you could run the installer with:

php_ver='7.0' php_verAdds='-7.0' ./installfog.sh -y

Not 100% on the syntax, but should be pretty straight forward. In the case that doesn’t work, you can edit the trunk/lib/ubuntu/config.sh and look for php_ver= and php_verAdds= and make then read as: ‘7.0’ and ‘-7.0’ respectively.

Then rerun the installer and it should all work.

[30000MONKEYS]

@Tom-Elliott Thanks for the quick reply. I tried your first suggestion, which seems to install php7.0 just fine. However, I am facing another problem now. The installer stops at ‘Updating Database’:

 * Resetting SSL Permissions...................................OK
 * Setting up SSL FOG Server...................................OK
 * Restarting Apache2 for fog vhost............................OK
 * Changing permissions on apache log files....................OK
 * Backing up database.........................................OK
 * Updating Database...........................................Failed!

This is the Error Log:
0_1460446291738_fog_error_7142.log

UPDATE:
The ‘-y’ option was the problem, because it didn’t ask for the MySQL Password. Without the option we did the following:

• Follow the installer to the point where it asks for the MySQL-Password

• Manually set the root password via MySQL

• Enter the password in the FOG installation process

Now we’re stuck at Updating the database. When we click ‘Update’ in the web management, it leads to an Error 500.

Apache Log:

[Tue Apr 12 10:53:43.790626 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 31869] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.0.2g configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 12 10:53:43.854389 2016] [core:notice] [pid 31869] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Tue Apr 12 10:54:38.980451 2016] [:error] [pid 31875] [client 192.168.0.139:54785] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to a member function save() on null in /var/www/fog/lib/pages/schemaupdaterpage.class.php:51\nStack trace:\n#0 /var/www/fog/lib/fog/fogpagemanager.class.php(73): SchemaUpdaterPage->index_post()\n#1 /var/www/fog/management/index.php(24): FOGPageManager->render()\n#2 {main}\n  thrown in /var/www/fog/lib/pages/schemaupdaterpage.class.php on line 51, referer: http://192.168.0.60/fog/management/?node=schemaupdater

PHP Info File:
0_1460451784179_phpinfo.html

Any ideas?

[Wayne Workman]

@30000MONKEYS Unless you have set a MySQL password previously, there is no mysql password. Typing in a password when there ins’t one would only cause more complications.

[30000MONKEYS]

@Wayne-Workman Well, without setting a password it didn’t work at all, and the apache logs don’t show authentification problems as far as I can see…

[Sebastian Roth]

@30000MONKEYS We are working on it. Seems like 16.04 is a huge mess: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ubuntu_16.04

[Wayne Workman]

@Sebastian-Roth Not only that, but has major security vulnerabilities: http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-expert-matthew-garrett-ubuntu-16-04s-new-snap-format-is-a-security-risk/

[iyoung]

Not sure if this is the post we should be using to talk about testing FOG on 16.04 but anyway…

I was able to install FOG’s latest, as of today, trunk 7468 without issue. I just substituted the regular installfog.sh with Tom’s suggestion and the install ran without issue. It didn’t ask me for a password for MySQL and choose left password blank.

I get to the first time schema setup, I clicked the button on the webpage, the page loads to say the process was successful. I completed the install, however when I go to log into the web portal at host/fog/management it keeps redirecting to the Schema Installation upgrade page. After click the button and getting the complete page a few times, I restarted the server.

After restart, I ran the install/update schema button again and that time I was able to get to the login screen. I’ll spin up another vm to see if that always happens or was just a one time quirk.

P.S. I like the new menu icons

[Tom Elliott]

@iyoung You shouldn’t have to replace the installfog.sh file at all, especially now that it did install.

Once it’s installed successfully once, the php_ver and php_verAdds variables are stored in the /opt/fog/.fogsettings file. Even the packages variable is stored there.

[iyoung]

@Tom-Elliott Sorry, I phrased that wrong. I meant to say that instead of just typing “./installfog.sh”, I typed what you have in the second post.

[Quazz]

@Tom-Elliott On this note, would it be possible to add something similar for mysql or would it be wiser/simpler to simply fix the issues at hand instead?

[Tom Elliott]

@Quazz what do you mean?

[Quazz]

@Tom-Elliott It seems like mysql 5.7 broke a few things, but I’m guessing not enough to bother with this?

[Tom Elliott]

@Quazz I’ve done what I can with the schema to make the corrections as needed. The only part I haven’t done yet is set the native password to blank for 5.7 yet. As that’s only one step I don’t think it’s too much to do it by hand.

[Blacknutso]

@Tom-Elliott Hi,
Can you help me please, im on ubuntu 16.04 server lts , i run the script of FOG but i have the same error that 30000MONKEYS
and when you say edit /lib/ubuntu/config.sh i cant find the folder !
“/lib” exist but “ubuntu” not in the list

[Tom Elliott]

@Tom-Elliott said in FOG on Ubuntu 16.04 (php7)?:

Because it failed, you haven’t successfully installed yet, I think you could run the installer with:

php_ver='7.0' php_verAdds='-7.0' ./installfog.sh -y

Not 100% on the syntax, but should be pretty straight forward. In the case that doesn’t work, you can edit the trunk/lib/ubuntu/config.sh and look for php_ver= and php_verAdds= and make then read as: ‘7.0’ and ‘-7.0’ respectively.

Then rerun the installer and it should all work.

Read the forum.

[Quazz]

@Blacknutso The /lib folder is relative to the where you downloaded FOG, not in the root location.

[Blacknutso]

@Quazz Thank you i find the fold then the config.sh but can you tell me what can i change for dont have the error “php 5 failed”.

Thx again for answer me
(sorry for my english, im a french student)!

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/412779UBUNTU1604FOG.png

[Sebastian Roth]

@Blacknutso As Tom already said, you should not need to change the installer. Just run it like this: php_ver='7.0' php_verAdds='-7.0' ./installfog.sh

[Blacknutso]

@Sebastian-Roth i trying you method but it didnt work for me !
always have php5-json…Failed!