pilipp_edv

pilipp_edv

trying to update fog from 1.5.10 on ubuntu 22.04 to 1.5.10.1639 after upgrading ubuntu to 24.04.
The fog update fails when compiling the ipxe binaries:

* Press [Enter] key when database is updated/installed.

* Update fogstorage database password.........................OK
* Granting access to fogstorage database user.................Skipped
* Setting up storage..........................................OK
* Setting up and starting DHCP Server.........................Skipped
* Compiling iPXE binaries trusting your SSL certificate.......Failed!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!! The installer was not able to run all the way to the end as   !!
!! something has caused it to fail. The following few lines are  !!
!! from the error log file which might help us figure out what's !!
!! wrong. Please add this information when reporting an error.   !!
!! As well you might want to take a look at the full error log   !!
!! in /root/fogproject/bin/error_logs/fog_error_1.5.10.1639.log !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 1100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 9.28M
 1150K .....                                                  5.02M=0.3s

2025-03-06 10:49:36 (3.82 MB/s) - ‘/home//fogDBbackups/fog_sql_1.5.10.1639_20250306_104936.sql’ saved [1182811]

this is the error log:

/usr/bin/lsb_release
/usr/bin/systemctl
systemd
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service': File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service': File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/etc/systemd/system/mysql.service': File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service': File exists
/usr/sbin/iptables
/opt/fog/.fogsettings
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
curl is already the newest version (8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Testing DNS name resolution (neverssl.com)... OK
Testing HTTP connection (http://neverssl.com)... OK
Testing HTTPS connection (https://github.com)... OK
Hit:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Get:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease [126 kB]
Hit:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Fetched 126 kB in 0s (309 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
Adding component(s) 'universe' to all repositories.
Hit:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Reading package lists...
ii  apache2        2.4.58-1ubuntu8.5 amd64        Apache HTTP Server
ii  bc             1.07.1-3ubuntu4 amd64        GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
ii  build-essential 12.10ubuntu1 amd64        Informational list of build-essential packages
ii  cpp            4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1 amd64        GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  curl           8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6 amd64        command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
ii  g++            4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1 amd64        GNU C++ compiler
ii  gawk           1:5.2.1-2build3 amd64        GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
ii  gcc            4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1 amd64        GNU C compiler
ii  genisoimage    9:1.1.11-3.5 amd64        Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
ii  git            1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.2 amd64        fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
ii  gzip           1.12-1ubuntu3 amd64        GNU compression utilities
ii  htmldoc        1.9.17-1build3 amd64        HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF
ii  isolinux       3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu3 all          collection of bootloaders (ISO 9660 bootloader)
ii  lftp           4.9.2-2ubuntu1 amd64        Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP/BitTorrent client programs
ii  libapache2-mod-php 2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) (default)
ii  libc6:amd64    2.39-0ubuntu8.4 amd64        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcurl4t64:amd64 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6 amd64        easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
ii  liblzma-dev:amd64 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1build0.1 amd64        XZ-format compression library - development files
ii  m4             1.4.19-4build1 amd64        macro processing language
mariadb-client-core
mariadb-client-10.6
mariadb-client
ii  mariadb-client 1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64        MariaDB database client binaries
ii  mariadb-client 1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64        MariaDB database client binaries
mariadb-server
mariadb-server-core
mariadb-server-10.5
mariadb-server-10.6
ii  mariadb-server 1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64        MariaDB database server binaries
ii  mariadb-server 1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64        MariaDB database server binaries
ii  net-tools      2.10-0.1ubuntu4 amd64        NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  nfs-kernel-server 1:2.6.4-3ubuntu5.1 amd64        support for NFS kernel server
ii  openssh-server 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.8 amd64        secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
ii  php            2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (default)
ii  php-bcmath     2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          Bcmath module for PHP [default]
ii  php-cli        2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language (default)
ii  php-curl       2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          CURL module for PHP [default]
ii  php-fpm        2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary) (default)
ii  php-gd         2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          GD module for PHP [default]
php-json-schema
php-json
ii  php-json       2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          JSON module for PHP [default]
ii  php-ldap       2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          LDAP module for PHP [default]
ii  php-mbstring   2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          MBSTRING module for PHP [default]
php-mysql
ii  php-mysql      2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          MySQL module for PHP [default]
ii  tar            1.35+dfsg-3build1 amd64        GNU version of the tar archiving utility
ii  tftpd-hpa      5.2+20150808-1.4build1 amd64        HPA's tftp server
ii  tftp-hpa       5.2+20150808-1.4build1 amd64        HPA's tftp client
ii  unzip          6.0-28ubuntu4.1 amd64        De-archiver for .zip files
ii  vsftpd         3.0.5-0ubuntu3.1 amd64        lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security
ii  wget           1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 amd64        retrieves files from the web
ii  zlib1g:amd64   1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1 amd64        compression library - runtime
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
apache2 is already the newest version (2.4.58-1ubuntu8.5).
bc is already the newest version (1.07.1-3ubuntu4).
build-essential is already the newest version (12.10ubuntu1).
cpp is already the newest version (4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1).
curl is already the newest version (8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6).
g++ is already the newest version (4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1).
gawk is already the newest version (1:5.2.1-2build3).
gcc is already the newest version (4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1).
genisoimage is already the newest version (9:1.1.11-3.5).
git is already the newest version (1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.2).
gzip is already the newest version (1.12-1ubuntu3).
htmldoc is already the newest version (1.9.17-1build3).
isolinux is already the newest version (3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu3).
lftp is already the newest version (4.9.2-2ubuntu1).
libapache2-mod-php is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
libc6 is already the newest version (2.39-0ubuntu8.4).
libcurl4t64 is already the newest version (8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6).
liblzma-dev is already the newest version (5.6.1+really5.4.5-1build0.1).
m4 is already the newest version (1.4.19-4build1).
mariadb-client is already the newest version (1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1).
mariadb-server is already the newest version (1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1).
net-tools is already the newest version (2.10-0.1ubuntu4).
nfs-kernel-server is already the newest version (1:2.6.4-3ubuntu5.1).
openssh-server is already the newest version (1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.8).
php is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-bcmath is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-cli is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-curl is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-fpm is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-gd is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-json is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-ldap is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-mbstring is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
php-mysql is already the newest version (2:8.3+93ubuntu2).
tar is already the newest version (1.35+dfsg-3build1).
tftpd-hpa is already the newest version (5.2+20150808-1.4build1).
tftp-hpa is already the newest version (5.2+20150808-1.4build1).
unzip is already the newest version (6.0-28ubuntu4.1).
vsftpd is already the newest version (3.0.5-0ubuntu3.1).
wget is already the newest version (1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1).
zlib1g is already the newest version (1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1).
Calculating upgrade...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ii  apache2        2.4.58-1ubuntu8.5 amd64        Apache HTTP Server
ii  bc             1.07.1-3ubuntu4 amd64        GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
ii  build-essential 12.10ubuntu1 amd64        Informational list of build-essential packages
ii  cpp            4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1 amd64        GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  curl           8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6 amd64        command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
ii  g++            4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1 amd64        GNU C++ compiler
ii  gawk           1:5.2.1-2build3 amd64        GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
ii  gcc            4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1 amd64        GNU C compiler
ii  genisoimage    9:1.1.11-3.5 amd64        Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
ii  git            1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.2 amd64        fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
ii  gzip           1.12-1ubuntu3 amd64        GNU compression utilities
ii  htmldoc        1.9.17-1build3 amd64        HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF
ii  isolinux       3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu3 all          collection of bootloaders (ISO 9660 bootloader)
ii  lftp           4.9.2-2ubuntu1 amd64        Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP/BitTorrent client programs
ii  libapache2-mod-php 2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) (default)
ii  libc6:amd64    2.39-0ubuntu8.4 amd64        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcurl4t64:amd64 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.6 amd64        easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (OpenSSL flavour)
ii  liblzma-dev:amd64 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1build0.1 amd64        XZ-format compression library - development files
ii  m4             1.4.19-4build1 amd64        macro processing language
ii  mariadb-client 1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64        MariaDB database client binaries
ii  mariadb-server 1:10.11.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64        MariaDB database server binaries
ii  net-tools      2.10-0.1ubuntu4 amd64        NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  nfs-kernel-server 1:2.6.4-3ubuntu5.1 amd64        support for NFS kernel server
ii  openssh-server 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.8 amd64        secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
ii  php            2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (default)
ii  php-bcmath     2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          Bcmath module for PHP [default]
ii  php-cli        2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language (default)
ii  php-curl       2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          CURL module for PHP [default]
ii  php-fpm        2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary) (default)
ii  php-gd         2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          GD module for PHP [default]
ii  php-json       2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          JSON module for PHP [default]
ii  php-ldap       2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          LDAP module for PHP [default]
ii  php-mbstring   2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          MBSTRING module for PHP [default]
ii  php-mysql      2:8.3+93ubuntu2 all          MySQL module for PHP [default]
ii  tar            1.35+dfsg-3build1 amd64        GNU version of the tar archiving utility
ii  tftpd-hpa      5.2+20150808-1.4build1 amd64        HPA's tftp server
ii  tftp-hpa       5.2+20150808-1.4build1 amd64        HPA's tftp client
ii  unzip          6.0-28ubuntu4.1 amd64        De-archiver for .zip files
ii  vsftpd         3.0.5-0ubuntu3.1 amd64        lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security
ii  wget           1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1 amd64        retrieves files from the web
ii  zlib1g:amd64   1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1 amd64        compression library - runtime
New password: Retype new password: passwd: password updated successfully
init.xz: OK
init_32.xz: OK
bzImage: OK
bzImage32: OK
arm_init.cpio.gz: OK
arm_Image: OK
FOGService.msi: OK
SmartInstaller.exe: OK
'bzImage' -> '/var/www/fog//service/ipxe/bzImage'
'bzImage32' -> '/var/www/fog//service/ipxe/bzImage32'
'init.xz' -> '/var/www/fog//service/ipxe/init.xz'
'init_32.xz' -> '/var/www/fog//service/ipxe/init_32.xz'
'arm_Image' -> '/var/www/fog//service/ipxe/arm_Image'
'arm_init.cpio.gz' -> '/var/www/fog//service/ipxe/arm_init.cpio.gz'
'FOGService.msi' -> '/var/www/fog//client/FOGService.msi'
'SmartInstaller.exe' -> '/var/www/fog//client/SmartInstaller.exe'
mysqlnd
Certificate request self-signature ok
subject=CN = <fog server IP>
Site 001-fog disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2
Enabling site 000-default.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2
renamed '/etc/apache2/sites-available/001-fog.conf' -> '/etc/apache2/sites-available/001-fog.conf.1741254552'
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/var/www/fog/fog': File exists
ERROR: Module php does not exist!
Considering dependency proxy for proxy_fcgi:
Module proxy already enabled
Module proxy_fcgi already enabled
Module setenvif already enabled
Module rewrite already enabled
Considering dependency mime for ssl:
Module mime already enabled
Considering dependency socache_shmcb for ssl:
Module socache_shmcb already enabled
Module ssl already enabled
Enabling site 001-fog.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-03-06 10:49:36 CET; 47ms ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
    Process: 42948 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 42952 (apache2)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 9440)
     Memory: 5.2M (peak: 5.7M)
        CPU: 41ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
             ├─42952 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             ├─42954 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             ├─42955 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             ├─42956 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             ├─42957 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             └─42958 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

Mar 06 10:49:35 fog-server systemd[1]: Starting apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server...
Mar 06 10:49:36 fog-server apachectl[42951]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Mar 06 10:49:36 fog-server systemd[1]: Started apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server.

● php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/php8.3-fpm.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-03-06 10:49:36 CET; 14ms ago
       Docs: man:php-fpm8.3(8)
    Process: 42964 ExecStartPost=/usr/lib/php/php-fpm-socket-helper install /run/php/php-fpm.sock /etc/php/8.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf 83 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 42949 (php-fpm8.3)
     Status: "Ready to handle connections"
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 9440)
     Memory: 11.5M (peak: 12.3M)
        CPU: 55ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/php8.3-fpm.service
             ├─42949 "php-fpm: master process (/etc/php/8.3/fpm/php-fpm.conf)"
             ├─42959 "php-fpm: pool www"
             ├─42960 "php-fpm: pool www"
             ├─42961 "php-fpm: pool www"
             ├─42962 "php-fpm: pool www"
             └─42963 "php-fpm: pool www"

Mar 06 10:49:35 fog-server systemd[1]: Starting php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager...
Mar 06 10:49:36 fog-server systemd[1]: Started php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager.
--2025-03-06 10:49:36--  https://<fog server IP>/fog//maintenance/backup_db.php
Connecting to <our proxy>:3128... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify <fog server IP>'s certificate, issued by ‘CN=FOG Server CA’:
  Self-signed certificate encountered.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Could not parse Strict-Transport-Security header
Location: ?node=schema [following]
--2025-03-06 10:49:36--  https://<fog server IP>/fog//maintenance/backup_db.php?node=schema
Connecting to <our proxy>:3128... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify <fog server IP>'s certificate, issued by ‘CN=FOG Server CA’:
  Self-signed certificate encountered.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/home//fogDBbackups/fog_sql_1.5.10.1639_20250306_104936.sql’

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2025-03-06 10:49:36 (3.82 MB/s) - ‘/home//fogDBbackups/fog_sql_1.5.10.1639_20250306_104936.sql’ saved [1182811]

fog web interface reports version 1.5.10.1639 now.
Server has 4 Cores and 8GB of RAM. Disk space is over 300GB free.

After the first attempt to update failed, I restored the database from backups and tried again with the same result.

pilipp_edv

@AUTH-IT-Center the hostname changer is enabled, yes. The hosts are created via full registration and inventory. Using the group-based workaround provided by @Tom-Elliott works so far.

I think there are two problems here, the fog client detects the lightdm linux user and stops and the settings don’t get applied to clients from FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> Active Directory defaults.

Note that we don’t join the clients to our domain, we only change their hostname.

pilipp_edv

@Tom-Elliott but why is it not enforced despite that setting being enabled?

pilipp_edv

@Tom-Elliott thanks for the reply, but there is no “FOG_ENFORCE_HOST_CHANGES” in FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings, only “ENFORCE HOST CHANGES” under FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> Active Directory Defaults and that one is already ticked.
Either that or I’m just blind.

pilipp_edv

We use FOG to deploy linux machines. After the image has been deployed, the FOG Service needs to change the hostname.
This works perfectly fine on windows, on linux the lightdm user gets detected:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------UserTracker---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 04.10.2024 13:17:29 Client-Info Client Version: 0.13.0
 04.10.2024 13:17:29 Client-Info Client OS:      Linux
 04.10.2024 13:17:29 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.10
 04.10.2024 13:17:29 Middleware::Response Success
 04.10.2024 13:17:29 Middleware::Communication URL: https://fog.lan/fog/service/usertracking.report.php?action=login&user=tcimagehost\lightdm&mac=<MAC>&newService&json

this causes the hostname changer module to not change the hostname:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------HostnameChanger-------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 04.10.2024 13:15:54 Client-Info Client Version: 0.13.0
 04.10.2024 13:15:54 Client-Info Client OS:      Linux
 04.10.2024 13:15:54 Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.10
 04.10.2024 13:15:54 Middleware::Response Success
 04.10.2024 13:15:54 HostnameChanger Users still logged in and enforce is disabled, delaying any further actions
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In “FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> Active Directory Defaults” the checkmark is set by “ENFORCE HOST CHANGES”.

In “FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> FOG Client - Task Reboot” the checkmarks are set by “Client Taskreboot enabled” and “Task Force Reboot”.

Going to “Hosts -> <Host> -> Active Directory” and enabling “Name Change/AD Join Forced reboot?” fixes the issue, but I don’t know how to force this for all hosts by default, especially including new hosts.

FOG Version 1.5.10
FOG Client Version 0.13.0

pilipp_edv

@Bhav Do you use FOG for DHCP and if not, did you follow the documentation when setting up your DHCP Servers?
IIRC you need to point your DHCP server to bios and uefi bootfiles respectively.

pilipp_edv

Hi all, FOG has been wonderful in its usefulness at our main location, so we decided to establish nodes in other locations as well.
Following the documentation, I created new ubuntu servers, ran the installer, selected storage node and added them to the webinterface of the main fog server.
Then I created storage groups, added the respective nodes to their group and checked “master node”.
After that, I went to “images” and added the new storage groups to the images that I want to have synced, created a cron job on the main server to schedule when syncing is supposed to happen and waited for some of the images to be sent to the new nodes.
After that, I configured the windows DHCP servers in the other locations to point to the main FOG server.

From what I understand, new clients booting PXE in the other locations will be directed to the main FOG server, but what I can’t seem to find exact information on is how the deployment of images to new clients will be handled.
When a new client boots PXE from one of the seperate locations, receives the bootfile from the main FOG server and a technician selects “perform full registration and inventory”, then how does FOG decide which server will send the image? Will the new storage node be used automatically, or will FOG send the image from the main server in our main location?
I understand that captures will always go to the master of their main storage group, but what about deployments?

pilipp_edv

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