Adding custom task to Fog Server

[Sebastian Roth]

@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!

[csa]

@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

[csa]

@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

[Tom Elliott]

@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.)

[csa]

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

Thank you
Chakri

[Tom Elliott]

@csa But the custom task, is it using fos environment to perform the task? What is the task actually going to do?

[csa]

@Tom-Elliott
The custom menu is doing kickstart installation ( just like the default memory test that comes with fog ). I can see the menu when I pxe boot just like any other menu. ( again same like memory test) but that is a manual process especially when I want to manage large number of hosts.
All I wanted to do now is to create a custom task ( which calls the custom menu ). So I can assign the task to a host that is registered.

Thank you
Chakri

[Tom Elliott]

Did you install the task type plugin?

[csa]

@Tom-Elliott

Yes I installed task type plugin. Like I shared the snapshots in the initial conversation. I can create a custom task but that isn’t calling the menu. That is where I needed help on how call my custom menu. If you can’t find the snapshot in the beginning of this tickets. I will re-post it.

Thank you
Chakri

[Tom Elliott]

@csa I was right. There is a hook already for this.

The hook to call is:

IPXE_EDIT

The Particular variable will be:

$arguments['Send']['task']

That’s called within the hook.

Can you post what the sequence to that tasking will be to boot it INTO the tasking?

[Tom Elliott]

https://fog.mastacontrola.com/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=00:0c:29:bd:f2:ba

Does this look right for tasking?

[csa]

@Tom-Elliott

Sorry I am little confused on following your instructions but here is a screen shot of “Task Type Management” of my custom task. So can you tell me which field gets the “IPXE_EDIT” and which the arguments?

Once again thank you so much for your time and effort.

Thank you
Chakri

[csa]

@Tom-Elliott

Yes that is correct. I use that entries in my custom menu that I call manually. It works like a champ. Now I need to do the same in my tasking or call the menu from tasking.

Thank you
Chakri

[Tom Elliott]

@csa I’m trying to chat with you.

[csa]

@Tom-Elliott
Fixed the password issues and upgrade to the latest revision. Switched the flag in “/var/www/fog/lib/hooks/boottask.hook.php to true”.

Do you have couple of min to chat.

[YYoudi]

@csa Did you had success making your own custom task type ?