@JJ-Fullmer So i just need to add the Fogserver to our domain then? Sorry if these sound like stupid questions. All of my networking experience was from the military. Basically all i want to be able to do is access the fog server remotely to upload snapins and deploy them. Imaging remotely from the server should almost never happen.

Each pc would be set up with a router that has a split horizon VPN on it. Once thats done could i just add the PCs to groups to deploy snapins? I do want to set up a storage node at our warehouse if necessary since right now the fog server is a thinkcentre m73 with a 256 gb hard drive.

We run google as our domain and don’t have an active directory set up as of yet as we all work from home. While a true MDM would be much better for what we want to do the cost is something that is of concern as we are still a very small company relatively, less than 100 people split between several departments.

Really all I want to do is deploy new snapins to company devices when necessary. We aren’t looking to do hardcore management but the ability to silently install a new app like time doctor would be instrumental in our continued success. Not really looking to do lockdowns and the like as we are a pretty laid back company.

We could easily test. I have my first batch of computers coming in. And I do have a hotspot with 20 gb through verizon. So testing a small package would be feasible. For example i could set it up so that winbox is added to the c:\users file path. That would need to be done through a batch script im sure.

But yeah I am just wondering what the best way to set this up would be.

OK i think i totally misunderstood how snappins work. Is there a good tutorial on deploying snappins. For example say i want to have all the hosts in group A have winbox3.18.exe deployed to the c:/users file what would be the best way to set that up?

I just figured out that sending stuff out with the image doesn’t work as well as one would like. None of the fog hosts seem to be working and the like. I try to make it grab the new image off one of the clients and it doesn’t actually grab them.

Thank you very much for all your help. This is hugely helpful! I will look at taking this into consideration.

We could easily test. I have my first batch of computers coming in. And I do have a hotspot with 20 gb through verizon. So testing a small package would be feasible. For example i could set it up so that winbox is added to the c:\users file path. That would need to be done through a batch script im sure.

But yeah I am just wondering what the best way to set this up would be.

@JJ-Fullmer So i just need to add the Fogserver to our domain then? Sorry if these sound like stupid questions. All of my networking experience was from the military. Basically all i want to be able to do is access the fog server remotely to upload snapins and deploy them. Imaging remotely from the server should almost never happen.

Each pc would be set up with a router that has a split horizon VPN on it. Once thats done could i just add the PCs to groups to deploy snapins? I do want to set up a storage node at our warehouse if necessary since right now the fog server is a thinkcentre m73 with a 256 gb hard drive.

We run google as our domain and don’t have an active directory set up as of yet as we all work from home. While a true MDM would be much better for what we want to do the cost is something that is of concern as we are still a very small company relatively, less than 100 people split between several departments.

Really all I want to do is deploy new snapins to company devices when necessary. We aren’t looking to do hardcore management but the ability to silently install a new app like time doctor would be instrumental in our continued success. Not really looking to do lockdowns and the like as we are a pretty laid back company.

Right on FOG Projects web page. it says this.

What do i need to do in preparation for this? Its completely ok to require a vpn for this or what have you i just need to know what to do here.

@george1421 said in New Fog server set up:

@swadsworth said in New Fog server set up:

My question is what settings do I need to have on the fog server so that I can do this.

1. You will need to have the target computers registered in FOG.
2. You will need to have the FOG Client (agent) install on the target computer
3. You will need to create snapin(-packs) on the fog server. These will be applications you want to deploy.
4. You will want to create work station groups on the fog server. These will be groups that you can deploy snapins to.

That should get you started

On the main page it says you need a public server? any good tutorials to make my fog server public?

I think fog is exactly what we want. We aren’t looking to do to much mainly just make sure we can send out required programs. All of the computers would be imaged by me at my house then if we need to say install a program we would push it out. We aren’t looking to do too much on the managing side mainly just check for virus’s and add snapins.

Hi, I am brand new to fog. My employer and i both believe this would be a great way for us to remotely monitor and manage the devices that we are starting to get in.

A little background, I work for a Broadband company in the mid-western united states. All of us work from home and we are just starting to get set up with company owned devices so we can do our jobs. We want to be able to add programs and make sure that no virus’s hit our vpn’s into our main network. We are situated all over the country and after a lot of research we came across this remarkable product.

My question is what settings do I need to have on the fog server so that I can do this. All the devices will be imaged initially here on site. I am still very new to server management and would greatly appreciate any insight you can give. Even if its a point at a tutorial that I missed.