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    Wayne Workman @csa
    last edited by May 17, 2016, 8:00 PM

    @csa Looking at what you’re putting in the task type, I think what you need instead is a new boot menu entry… fog configuration -> iPXE new menu entry.

    Parameters is your iPXE code, boot options are kernel arguments.

    Maybe those two labels can be better labeled @Tom-Elliott ?

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      csa
      last edited by May 17, 2016, 8:10 PM

      Wayne Workman
      I already had the new “boot menu entry”. Which works like a champ but I have to manually go to the console and select the option. Instead I want to add this to the task and get it assigned to host like other tasks.

      0_1463515545624_Screen Shot 2016-05-17 at 1.43.56 PM.png

      When booting a server/pc I have to manually go to the console and scroll down to my “trusty” menu. Which is not idle for a remote management environment.

      0_1463515770258_Screen Shot 2016-05-17 at 3.09.15 PM.png

      Thank you
      Chakri

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        Wayne Workman @csa
        last edited by May 17, 2016, 8:16 PM

        @csa Ah, that makes sense. We just need to wait to hear back from Tom.

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          csa
          last edited by May 17, 2016, 8:48 PM

          Wayne,

          Again thank you for leading us to the correct path.

          Thank you
          Chakri

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            Tom Elliott @csa
            last edited by May 17, 2016, 9:34 PM

            @csa Can you paste the code of your menu entry as text?

            The parameters should not need the :fog.trusty as you have as it automatically creates the function caller for you.

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              csa @Tom Elliott
              last edited by May 18, 2016, 2:57 PM

              @Tom-Elliott
              First of all thank you for your time. I added “:fog.trusty” just like you suggested both in Kernel or Kernel Arguments field one at a time. Snap shot as shown

              0_1463583252521_Screen Shot 2016-05-18 at 9.53.54 AM.png

              Neither of the settings worked. It says “Fatal Error Unknown request type : Null”

              0_1463583419767_Screen Shot 2016-05-18 at 9.56.48 AM.png

              Any ideas?

              Thank you
              Chakri

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                Tom Elliott @csa
                last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:11 PM

                @csa I stated the :fog.trusty does NOT need to be apart of the arguments OR parameters.

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                  csa @Tom Elliott
                  last edited by Tom Elliott May 18, 2016, 9:20 AM May 18, 2016, 3:18 PM

                  @Tom-Elliott

                  Sorry I misread your response. So if I understand correct

                  Q. Can you paste the code of your menu entry as text?

                  Here is the text from parameters section in the menu entry. I removed “:fog.trusty” in the beginning like you suggested.

                  set path /fog/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-14.04.3-DVD
                  set nfs_path /images/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-14.04.3-DVD
                  kernel http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-14.04.3-DVD/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux || read void
                  initrd http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-14.04.3-DVD/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz || read void
                  imgargs linux root=/dev/nfs boot=casper live-installer/net-image=http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-14.04.3-DVD/install/filesystem.squashfs ks=http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/kickstarts/precise_ks.cfg ip=dhcp splash quiet – || read void 
                  boot || read void
                  goto start
                  

                  Q. The parameters should not need the :fog.trusty as you have as it automatically creates the function caller for you.

                  Removed “fog.trusty” from the menu entry

                  Q. In the "New Task " how do I call this menu or should directly past the code in the Kernel or kernel parameters. If so can use the same from the “menu entry”

                  Thank you
                  Chakri

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                    Tom Elliott
                    last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:21 PM

                    I need a full layout of what it is you’re trying to do.

                    is the “trusty” supposed to load into the FOS System, or is trusty it’s own environment?

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                      csa @Tom Elliott
                      last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:35 PM

                      @Tom-Elliott

                      Here is what I am trying to do.

                      1. As shown in the menu path. Loaded the trusty ISO contents and created kickstart files. Verified calling via http://fogsrv/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-14.04.3-DVD/

                      2. Created a new menu entry, like below

                      0_1463585147434_Screen Shot 2016-05-17 at 1.43.56 PM.png

                      1. Registered a client host and pxe booted. From the boot menu, I was able to see the new menu fog entry that I created. Manually selected “Trusty”

                      2. My client host got successfully got kickstart trusty installed and rebooted as per my kickstart instructions.

                      Now the issue that I have is.

                      a. I don’t want to scroll down and select my custom menu on every client host. I want to make this a custom task and assign to any registered host when I want to install trusty.

                      b. With the help of plugins, I came to know that I can create custom tasks.

                      c. Now the question is how can I call my menu or direct code of my trusty install through this custom task.

                      Please let me know if you have any more questions.

                      Thank you
                      Chakri

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                        Tom Elliott @csa
                        last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:39 PM

                        @csa So this is going to take a bit more time as you’re trying to adjust the tasking elements themselves. But your tasking is intended NOT to load into the FOG system, correct? You want the tasking to load into a whole different environment?

                        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                          csa @Tom Elliott
                          last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:39 PM

                          @Tom-Elliott

                          Yes I think that is correct.

                          Thank you
                          Chakri

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                            csa @Tom Elliott
                            last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:49 PM

                            @Tom-Elliott

                            Re-thinking about the question. When I was able to call the kickstart installation via my custom entry. Which is presented by fog menu. Not sure if that is called as a separate environment. Shouldn’t this be like any other “memtest” or diskcleanup task which already there?

                            Thank you
                            Chakri

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                              Tom Elliott
                              last edited by May 18, 2016, 3:55 PM

                              I know of a way to get this working, it’s just a bit more involved initially.

                              Because you want it as a tasking, I need to see if there’s a hook available to operate against the tasking functions.

                              Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                              Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                                csa @Tom Elliott
                                last edited by May 18, 2016, 4:00 PM

                                @Tom-Elliott
                                Thank you so much for your time. Please let me know. Again loving this product so much and its a great invention.

                                Thank you
                                Chakri

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                                  Sebastian Roth Moderator
                                  last edited by May 18, 2016, 7:06 PM

                                  @csa For automated installs you might want to check out FAI as well. Does PXE boot as well. I am running FOG and FAI alongside on my dev notebook sharing all the common services (NFS, DHCP, PXE, TFTP, …). I am not saying you shouldn’t do this with FOG. It’s probably doable and you’d have it all together in one solution. Just saying that FOG is made for cloning and FAI is made for automated installs.

                                  Looking forward to see if you can make it work within FOG!

                                  Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                                    csa @Sebastian Roth
                                    last edited by May 19, 2016, 2:33 PM

                                    @Sebastian-Roth
                                    Yes kickstart works like a champ on fog. I want to use cloning and installation on one server. All I need to do is now to be able to create a task, so i can assign to a host. Tom Elliott is checking on some hooks.

                                    Thank you
                                    Chakri

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                                      csa @Tom Elliott
                                      last edited by May 26, 2016, 2:49 PM

                                      @Tom-Elliott
                                      Just wondering if you have any updates. If not can you give me some guide lines on where and how to create the hooks.

                                      Thank you
                                      Chakri

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                                        Tom Elliott @csa
                                        last edited by May 26, 2016, 2:52 PM

                                        @csa Can you provide an exact diagram of what needs to happen?

                                        Using the system you have now, it seems to try to do what you’re wanting to do via the FOS systems, but you really have your own environment.

                                        I can probably help much better if I know exactly what you’re trying to accomplish (and even attempt to replicate so I can test and give a more suitable answer.)

                                        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                                        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

                                        Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                          csa @Tom Elliott
                                          last edited by May 27, 2016, 2:52 PM

                                          @Tom-Elliott
                                          All I wanted to do is to call the custom menu that I created via custom task.

                                          Thank you
                                          Chakri

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