Nevermind, I figured it out. You have to title your new task the name (trusty-install) in this portion.

$TaskType = self::getClass(‘TaskType’)
->set(‘name’, ‘trusty-install’)
->load(‘name’);
if (!$TaskType->isValid()) {
return;

Nevermind, I figured it out. You have to title your new task the name (trusty-install) in this portion.

$TaskType = self::getClass(‘TaskType’)
->set(‘name’, ‘trusty-install’)
->load(‘name’);
if (!$TaskType->isValid()) {
return;

Thank you guys for your help. So my question now is how do I tell the task type editor to use the hook that I just created?

Here is the entire file. So I have marked the flag as true and I no longer get the http 500 error, but I am not sure how to create a task with this hook.

<?php
/**
 * Alters the boot task to make a custom entry.
 *
 * PHP version 5
 *
 * @category BootTask
 * @package  FOGProject
 * @author   Tom Elliott <tommygunsster@gmail.com>
 * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 GPLv3
 * @link     https://fogproject.org
 */
/**
 * Alters the boot task to make a custom entry.
 *
 * @category BootTask
 * @package  FOGProject
 * @author   Tom Elliott <tommygunsster@gmail.com>
 * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 GPLv3
 * @link     https://fogproject.org
 */
class BootTask extends Hook
{
    /**
     * The name of this hook.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    public $name = 'BootTask';
    /**
     * The description of this hook.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    public $description = 'Alter the boot task to make a custom task hook';
    /**
     * Is this hook active or not.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    public $active = true;
    /**
     * Initializes object.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        self::$HookManager
            ->register(
                'IPXE_EDIT',
                array(
                    $this,
                    'changeTask'
                )
            );
    }
    /**
     * Change the task.
     *
     * @param mixed $arguments The items to alter.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function changeTask($arguments)
    {
        if (!isset($arguments['ipxe']['task'])) {
            return;
        }
        $TaskType = self::getClass('TaskType')
            ->set('name', 'trusty-install')
            ->load('name');
        if (!$TaskType->isValid()) {
            return;
        }
        $keys = array_keys($arguments['ipxe']['task']);
        if (!in_array($TaskType->get('id'), $keys)) {
            return;
        }
        $arguments['ipxe']['task'][$TaskType->get('id')] = array(
            'cpuid --ext 29 && set arch amd64 ||',
            'kernel http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/wimboot',
            'initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/BCD',
            'initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi',
            'initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim',
            'boot ||',
        );
        $arguments['Host']
            ->get('task')
            ->set(
                'stateID',
                self::getCompleteState()
            )->save();
    }
}

So for the hook, I have just been editing the file /var/www/fog/lib/hooks/boottask.hook.php. The only part I have edited so far are the arguments that I posted above.

I’ve actually fixed the 500 error. I was missing a comma after boot.wim in the hook in OP. But I am not sure how to get the task type manager to call the hook.

Thank you for taking the time to check on this for me.

I have an iPXE menu configured:

“cpuid --ext 29 && set arch amd64 ||
kernel http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/wimboot
initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/BCD BCD
initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
boot ||”

Which I can default boot, but I would like to be able to make that a task, so i can boot specific server groups.

Thanks for getting back to me. I have the task type management plugin installed, and I am trying to create a task so that I can boot the wimboot installer that I set up to install windows 2012 on a specific groups that I set up as needed.

I’m a noob, trying to create a Task so that I can do installs on specific server groups. I created a bootable Windows 2012 ISO with wimboot. This is closest post that I have found to my issue (https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7448/adding-custom-task-to-fog-server?page=1). It is from last year, but the resolve doesn’t appear to have been posted, or I am not reading it correctly.

My working FOG menu configuration is:
“cpuid --ext 29 && set arch amd64 ||
kernel http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/wimboot
initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/BCD BCD
initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
boot ||”

I read in the post mentioned above that I need to create a hook. Using /var/www/fog/lib/hooks/boottask.hook.php I’ve edited the $arguments but when I turn the hook on, I get a HTTP 500 Error. Once I have the hook configured how to I get the new task that I’ve created to call on it? Here is the part of the Hook that I edited.

$arguments[‘ipxe’][‘task’][$TaskType->get(‘id’)] = array(
‘cpuid --ext 29 && set arch amd64 ||’,
‘kernel http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/wimboot’,
‘initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/BCD’,
‘initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi’,
‘initrd http://${fog-ip}/win2012/${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim’
‘boot ||’,
);
$arguments[‘Host’]
->get(‘task’)
->set(
‘stateID’,
self::getCompleteState()
)->save();

I am trying to learn PHP while I do this, but don’t really know what I am doing.

Thanks!