Hi guys,

Here’s a quick guide I followed through after several initial attempts to get Fog working on Fedora

Install Fedora 25 (Use partition video below)
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=CentOS_7
Install Updates
Create Network Profile for Local DHCP
Troubleshooting after install *Mostly firewall issues
*Disable Firewall it won’t boot to tftpd
Fedora 20/21/22/23
Disable/stop Firewall
systemctl disable firewalld.service
systemctl stop firewalld.service
reboot
Can be undone with “start” and “enable”.
Check Firewall in Fedora 20/21/22/23
systemctl status firewalld.service
*Disable SElinux very important or you’ll get PXE - T00 Permission Denied msg
su -
sudo gedit /etc/selinux/config
There’s a field saying SELinux=Enforcing
change it to disabled
reboot
launch terminal and run getenforce, it should say disabled
Prep up Install
Download from Github, unpack folder and drop into Downloads folder
cd to Downloads
cd to fogproject-1.3.5
cd to bin
sudo /installfog.sh
It will check install and ask questions
(Isolated Setup)
Choice - 1 (Fedora)
What type of Setup?
Normal
IP Address - 192.168.1.1
Would you like to use a default network adapter?Yes
I typed in - eno1
Would you like to setup router address for the DHCP server - No
Would you like DHCP to handle DNS? - No
Would you like to use Fog server for DHCP Service - Yes
Other languages - No
Are you sure you wish to continue? - Yes
Is the MySQL password blank - Yes
It will ask to goto http://192.168.1.1/fog/management
Make sure to change network profile to the 192.168.1.1
Open browser and type in web address, hit update
Once it finishes go back to terminal hit Enter
It will apply final changes, and your set
Your Set
Notes -
Do not export or import database, messed up a really good image doing this, everything showed up except when you click on hosts tab icon it won’t launch
Do not name your username fog, instead call it something else had to reinstall as I couldn’t login after install
Works flawlessly with Fedora over Ubuntu, used Ubuntu on 14.04 with older Fog build, this new version is way quicker and better thanks Tom and Fog team

Thanks Wayne,

I had to do a new fog setup this morning, I did it with the new version with the recommended steps you provided and everything worked out well.

I’ll submit a new post with the new title, thanks again

• Install Fedora 25 (Use partition video below)
  https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=CentOS_7
  Install Updates
  Create and add a Network Profile for isolated setup - Name it Fog
  Manual no DHCP
  IP - 192.168.1.1
  Subnet - 255.255.255.0
  Gateway - 192.168.1.1
  Troubleshooting after install *Mostly firewall issues
  Change Firewall Settings
  Disable/stop Firewall
  systemctl disable firewalld.service
  systemctl stop firewalld.service
  Change SElinux Settings
  su -
  sudo vi /etc/selinux/config
  There’s a field saying SELinux=Enforcing
  change it to permissive
  to do this lookup using vi for editing (getting into edit mode and command mode, then save and quit)
  Save changes and quit
  reboot
  launch terminal and run getenforce, it should say permissive
  Prep up Install
  Download from Github, unpack folder
  Open Terminal
  cd to Downloads
  cd to fogproject_1.4.0
  cd to bin
  sudo ./installfog.sh
  It will check install and ask questions
  (Isolated Setup)
  Choice - 1 (Fedora)
  What type of Setup?
  Normal
  IP Address - 192.168.1.1
  Would you like to use a default network adapter?Yes
  I typed in - eno1
  Would you like to setup router address for the DHCP server - No
  Would you like DHCP to handle DNS? - No
  Would you like to use Fog server for DHCP Service - Yes
  Other languages - No
  Are you sure you wish to continue? - Yes
  Is the MySQL password blank - Yes
  It will ask to goto http://192.168.1.1/fog/management
  Unplug Ethernet cable that is giving internet from switch
  Make sure to change network profile to the 192.168.1.1
  Open browser and type in web address, hit update
  Once it finishes go back to terminal hit Enter
  It will apply final changes
  Your Set

Thanks guys again for fog
Wayne your input worked for the selinux, still getting prompts up top but will disable the prompts on the selinux gui, had tftp issues again with the firewall disabled it and it started to work again.

Hi Wayne,

Just tried it but still getting TFTP… then it times out,

thanks a lot though for jumping in and helping out Wayne

it’s ok, this thing will never touch the internet, but I might jump into the issue if I make another fog server on a vm at home

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for helping out man, so far I used the two commands listed but I can turn it back on again, this is on an isolated setup so it won’t touch the internet but the two commands that worked are these

systemctl disable firewalld.service
systemctl stop firewalld.service

I did however find this post and followed through with the commands listed

https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6162/firewall-configuration

Both commands listed on Joe Schmitt under firewalld worked but not the iptables commands, it gave an error message I can’t remember specifically what it said but I think it was like the iptables did not exist or couldn’t make changes.

So the firewalld commands listed with success after asking for credentials several times, so that worked but maybe something on that post is what I’m missing.

Thanks again Wayne for helping out man

• Install Fedora 25 (Use partition video below)
  https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=CentOS_7
  Install Updates
  Create and add a Network Profile for isolated setup - Name it Fog
  Manual no DHCP
  IP - 192.168.1.1
  Subnet - 255.255.255.0
  Gateway - 192.168.1.1
  Troubleshooting after install *Mostly firewall issues
  Change Firewall Settings
  Disable/stop Firewall
  systemctl disable firewalld.service
  systemctl stop firewalld.service
  Change SElinux Settings
  su -
  sudo vi /etc/selinux/config
  There’s a field saying SELinux=Enforcing
  change it to permissive
  to do this lookup using vi for editing (getting into edit mode and command mode, then save and quit)
  Save changes and quit
  reboot
  launch terminal and run getenforce, it should say permissive
  Prep up Install
  Download from Github, unpack folder
  Open Terminal
  cd to Downloads
  cd to fogproject_1.4.0
  cd to bin
  sudo ./installfog.sh
  It will check install and ask questions
  (Isolated Setup)
  Choice - 1 (Fedora)
  What type of Setup?
  Normal
  IP Address - 192.168.1.1
  Would you like to use a default network adapter?Yes
  I typed in - eno1
  Would you like to setup router address for the DHCP server - No
  Would you like DHCP to handle DNS? - No
  Would you like to use Fog server for DHCP Service - Yes
  Other languages - No
  Are you sure you wish to continue? - Yes
  Is the MySQL password blank - Yes
  It will ask to goto http://192.168.1.1/fog/management
  Unplug Ethernet cable that is giving internet from switch
  Make sure to change network profile to the 192.168.1.1
  Open browser and type in web address, hit update
  Once it finishes go back to terminal hit Enter
  It will apply final changes
  Your Set

Thanks guys again for fog
Wayne your input worked for the selinux, still getting prompts up top but will disable the prompts on the selinux gui, had tftp issues again with the firewall disabled it and it started to work again.

Thanks Wayne,

I had to do a new fog setup this morning, I did it with the new version with the recommended steps you provided and everything worked out well.

I’ll submit a new post with the new title, thanks again

Hi guys,

Here’s a quick guide I followed through after several initial attempts to get Fog working on Fedora

Install Fedora 25 (Use partition video below)
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=CentOS_7
Install Updates
Create Network Profile for Local DHCP
Troubleshooting after install *Mostly firewall issues
*Disable Firewall it won’t boot to tftpd
Fedora 20/21/22/23
Disable/stop Firewall
systemctl disable firewalld.service
systemctl stop firewalld.service
reboot
Can be undone with “start” and “enable”.
Check Firewall in Fedora 20/21/22/23
systemctl status firewalld.service
*Disable SElinux very important or you’ll get PXE - T00 Permission Denied msg
su -
sudo gedit /etc/selinux/config
There’s a field saying SELinux=Enforcing
change it to disabled
reboot
launch terminal and run getenforce, it should say disabled
Prep up Install
Download from Github, unpack folder and drop into Downloads folder
cd to Downloads
cd to fogproject-1.3.5
cd to bin
sudo /installfog.sh
It will check install and ask questions
(Isolated Setup)
Choice - 1 (Fedora)
What type of Setup?
Normal
IP Address - 192.168.1.1
Would you like to use a default network adapter?Yes
I typed in - eno1
Would you like to setup router address for the DHCP server - No
Would you like DHCP to handle DNS? - No
Would you like to use Fog server for DHCP Service - Yes
Other languages - No
Are you sure you wish to continue? - Yes
Is the MySQL password blank - Yes
It will ask to goto http://192.168.1.1/fog/management
Make sure to change network profile to the 192.168.1.1
Open browser and type in web address, hit update
Once it finishes go back to terminal hit Enter
It will apply final changes, and your set
Your Set
Notes -
Do not export or import database, messed up a really good image doing this, everything showed up except when you click on hosts tab icon it won’t launch
Do not name your username fog, instead call it something else had to reinstall as I couldn’t login after install
Works flawlessly with Fedora over Ubuntu, used Ubuntu on 14.04 with older Fog build, this new version is way quicker and better thanks Tom and Fog team

Guys thanks for assisting and thank you Tom for quickly replying and helping out, I’ve figured out that the best option is to install and have everything in one location, no mounting is recommended in my opinion. I saved myself time just by going to micro center and buying a 2TB drive and installing Ubuntu and Fog, I am using 14.04 and it works just fine I bet older versions work well also but the main thing to remember is that when you try to change where your images are stored on fog it’s not going to be easy.

What I did to get Fog up and running
For installing Fog on Ubuntu 14.04

1. I installed 14.04 with the option to install updates checkmark, then after booting I had the updater request for install and did that. (restarted)
2. Then I downloaded Fog and installed it on a isolated network with 192.168.1.1 with 2 network options to switch from Online to Fog but this will be offline most of the time so I have the Fog option check mark set to automatically connect to this network when available. The Online is unchecked
3. I then proceeded with a base image of about 8 GB uploading and found to my surprise that the Size on Server said 3.8 and I was super excited to see that.
4. Set it to download the image and it was done in a matter of minutes.

Thank you Fog team for helping out and assisting and creating a great product this is needed in the IT world especially in schools for children.

Best Regards,

David

Thanks Tom your a genius man, I updated those fields.

Thanks Vincent your right I had it prepped up like that before if the issue persist I’ll look into what os is best to use

I just found that the fog username had standard permissions, I gave it administrative permissions. I’ll see if that works

Thanks Tom for helping out earlier,

So I found out that using ubuntu 14.04 it has a GUI where you can format all the drives and set it as a Raid (Clicking on the check mark and selecting all the disks and it will take care of the rest no need to type in several commands) after mounting setting it up on fog for it to communicate was a bit of a challenge but I’m still undergoing that process as I don’t think it’s registering it to fog that the image is there.

Here’s my notes I gathered

NFS error (permission issue)
To troubleshoot this issue its best to say to follow this guide
[url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image_Upload:_Error_Checking_Mount[/url]

Reason is that even after getting a spare hard drive from no matter where its coming from it needs the mount files in the folder and the dev folder, after searching through I found out they were hidden but I hit CTRL+H and I found them there. I kept on with the step two of the process and was not having the NFS error message anymore.

Another error message that I have encountered was Failed to mount NFS, so NFS was back again
I proceeded to follow this guide
[url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Change_NFS_location[/url]

Although on one step the config.php file was changed to index.php under this location /opt/fog/service/etc, must be the reason why fog is highly recommended to be installed on lower ubuntu versions and I’m starting to agree with that.

After following the guide it has no issue uploading an image, but I still don’t see it detecting an image size on server with 0.0, I found a link online where someone was trying to figure this out but they managed to fix it by changing the username and password on fog settings or something similar but I stopped there and thought it might be a permission issue although this could be the fix.

I followed with the sudo chmod 777 -R /image command but still nothing.

After I try to deploy the image it will give me an error saying must upload image before deploying image.

I believe I still need to edit the freespace.php file due to this image where it displays the HDD space on pie chart

The other image displays where it says Image size on client 8 gb’s but nothing on server.

I’ll keep breaking night trying to figure this out but if nothing keeps working I’ll goto version 10.04 but it crashed after installing mdadm.

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Hey guys,

Quick question if you guys had a fog server prepped up for use and wanted to store the images to a Raid array thats already on the machine what steps should I take to configure it.

4x 500 HDD Hard Drives prepped up in Raid, just need to mount as images, I tried doing the sudo touch but to no success nothing shows up in the folder or simply I’m not as tech savvy with linux to proceed with this. I’ve also followed the guidelines on one of the wiki’s but no info was provided on what to do next on the fog menu. I proceeded with Storage Management menu but no success.

History
I’ve installed fog successfully on Ubuntu 14.04 and 10.04 and the best success I had with uploading images is when I used 14.04 with a 500GB hard drive without messing with anything else in an isolated network.

Network setup - Isolated network
Storage - 4x 500 GB Hard Drives

I can pay anyone who is willing to help via paypal who can assist me I’m already 2 weeks in trying to figure this out and need it done quickly, we can chat via skype and I can put this guy on teamviewer for control I can put it back on Isolated and test from there.

I’ll keep trying until someone messages me.

Hey guys I think I found the issue,

It says /media/fog/Images/dev/ on /images no such file or directory

Maybe I have to check if where it’s trying to save to is not correct,

Inspecting again