@Sebastian-Roth and @Tom-Elliott Thank you so much for your help. Backed-up my current images and cleanly installed from the latest GIT-repo 1.5. Coping back the same hooks worked again. Not sure what happened during the upgrade but fog is back in production now.
Thank you
Chakri
@sebastian-roth I meant to say the issue is still the same. It gets hung at the same spot. Fog task deploy or capture NO we don’t see any issues but those are images.
Thank you
@sebastian-roth There is no difference. It still pauses at the installation.
Version 1.5 binaries
# ls -la /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/*.*pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 448 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/default.ipxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 94044 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/intel.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 94092 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/intel.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 94121 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/intel.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 348364 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/ipxe.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 348412 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/ipxe.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 348459 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/ipxe.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 94880 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/realtek.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 94928 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/realtek.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 94892 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/realtek.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 93613 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/undionly.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 93661 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/undionly.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 93645 Sep 27 17:58 /opt/BKUP/tftpboot/undionly.pxe
Version 1.4 binaries
~# ls -la /tftpboot/*.*pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 448 Sep 27 17:58 /tftpboot/default.ipxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 95716 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/intel.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 95764 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/intel.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 95765 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/intel.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 348865 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/ipxe.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 348913 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/ipxe.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 348777 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/ipxe.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 96536 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/realtek.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 96584 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/realtek.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 96605 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/realtek.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 95290 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/undionly.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 95338 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fog root 95380 Oct 18 16:11 /tftpboot/undionly.pxe
@tom-elliott The binaries are same size. There is no difference. Looks like they weren’t changed on the new version.
Morning @tom-elliott I pull the git repo and run the install program every time I upgrade. How can I safely role back to " ipxe files from 1.4"?
Thank you
Chakri
@sebastian-roth please check the attached image. 
@george1421 The same entries were working fine in version 1.3 and 1.4. Version 1.5 introduced this issues.
@sebastian-roth also I tried passing the string acpi=off to kernel options. To solve any generic TFTP issues.
@tom-elliott Sorry having tough time uploading files. Pasting the file.
file --> boottaskcentos7.hook.php
<?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 BootTaskCentos7 extends Hook
{
/**
* The name of this hook.
*
* @var string
*/
public $name = 'BootTaskCentos7';
/**
* The description of this hook.
*
* @var string
*/
public $description = 'This is for Xenial Server installation';
/**
* 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;
}
$TaskType = self::getClass('TaskType')
->set('name', 'centos7-install')
->load('name');
if (!$TaskType->isValid()) {
return;
}
$keys = array_keys($arguments['ipxe']['task']);
if (!in_array($TaskType->get('id'), $keys)) {
return;
}
$arguments['ipxe']['task'][$TaskType->get('id')] = array(
'set path /OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-7.0-1511-DVD',
'set nfs_path /images/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-7.0-1511-DVD',
'kernel ${boot-url}${path}/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz ks=${boot-url}/kickstarts/centos7.cfg ip=dhcp acpi=off || read void',
'initrd ${boot-url}${path}/images/pxeboot/initrd.img || read void',
'boot || read void',
);
$arguments['Host']
->get('task')
->set(
'stateID',
self::getCompleteState()
)->save();
}
}
file --> boottaskxenialserver.hook.php
<?php
/**
* Alters the boot task to make a custom entry.
*
* PHP version 5
*
* @category BootTaskxenialserver
* @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 BootTaskxenialserver
* @package FOGProject
* @author Tom Elliott <tommygunsster@gmail.com>
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 GPLv3
* @link https://fogproject.org
*/
class BootTaskxenialserver extends Hook
{
/**
* The name of this hook.
*
* @var string
*/
public $name = 'BootTaskxenialserver';
/**
* 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;
}
$TaskType = self::getClass('TaskType')
->set('name', 'xenial-server-install')
->load('name');
if (!$TaskType->isValid()) {
return;
}
$keys = array_keys($arguments['ipxe']['task']);
if (!in_array($TaskType->get('id'), $keys)) {
return;
}
$arguments['ipxe']['task'][$TaskType->get('id')] = array(
'set path /OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-16.04-DVD',
'set nfs_path /images/OS_IMAGES/ubuntu-16.04-DVD',
'kernel ${boot-url}${path}/install/netboot/ubuntu'
. '-installer/amd64/linux || read void',
'initrd ${boot-url}${path}/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer'
. '/amd64/initrd.gz || read void',
'imgargs linux root=/dev/nfs boot=casper live-installer'
. '/net-image=${boot-url}${path}/install/filesystem.squashfs '
. 'ks=${boot-url}/OS_IMAGES/kickstarts/xenial_server_ks.cfg '
. 'ip=dhcp splash quiet - || read void',
'boot || read void',
);
$arguments['Host']
->get('task')
->set(
'stateID',
self::getCompleteState()
)->save();
}
}
@sebastian-roth I tried on 2 different type of physical hardware and a vmware vm.
Thank you
Chakri
@tom-elliott Thank you for the quick response. Please check the 2 attached hooks for centos(RHEL variant) and xenial(Ubuntu variant).
Thank you
Chakri
[1_1507737322049_boottaskxenialserver.hook.php](Uploading 100%) [0_1507737322042_boottaskcentos7.hook.php](Uploading 100%)
Hi,
We use FOG for both imaging and pxe installation. The hooks that were created with Tom’s (author) help in version 1.3 & 1.4 worked like a champ. Upgraded to the latest 1.5-RC9. Where I noticed the
/var/www/fog/lib/hooks/boottask.hook.php file format was changed. Re-created all our hooks in new format.
Now the PXE install is starting. The install freezes right after fetching the initrd image. Tried with different flavors of linux ( ubuntu & centos ). Tried adding “acpi=off” to the kernel arguments. Looks like this more on the fog services. Can’t see any debugging logs. Now I am tempted to role back to old version. Before that wanted to try for support.
Thank you
Chakri
@Tom-Elliott
Thank you for details.
Chakri
Is there anyway you can add the following flags to disable apache and mysql during installation or upgrade
/opt/fogproject_git/bin# ./installfog.sh
Also
Can I have CLI notes for
Thank you
Chakri
@Tom-Elliott
No I still don’t have luck.
Chakri
Tom,
I had the same issue. Last 2 lines from the error log.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged
With my special thanks to Tom Elliott and team. Please resolve this ticket.
Thank you
Chakri
@Tom-Elliott said in Custom ISO (centos 6/7 ) installation issues.:
@csa I believe you need to move it to the “kernel” section, not the initrd
Tom,
You are simply awesome. Yes moving all the options to kernel worked like a champ. So for RHEL / Centos the following ipxe configuration menu works
:fog.centos
set path /fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD
set nfs_path /images/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD
kernel http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz ks=http://fogsrv/fog/kickstarts/centos6.cfg ramdisk_size=100000 ksdevice=eth0 root=/dev/rd/0 ip=dhcp splash quiet – || read void
initrd http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD/images/pxeboot/initrd.img || read void
goto start
Thank you so much
Chakri
Team,
I tried all the following options but didn’t have any success. This is happening with any centos or RHEL distribution. With ubuntu “kernel, initrd and imgargs” are working like champ.
The issue seems to be unable to pass the following option through ipxe.
ramdisk_size=100000 ksdevice=eth0 root=/dev/rd/0 ip=dhcp
using imgargs or moving to initrd.
Option 1.
Error --> boots and complains on “ks=… No such file or directory”
Moved “ramdisk” before ks=. Errors out saying "ramdisk=100000… no such file or directory
:fog.centos
set path /fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD
set nfs_path /images/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD
kernel http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz || read void
initrd http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD/images/pxeboot/initrd.img || read void
imgargs ks=http://fogsrv/fog/kickstarts/centos6.cfg ramdisk_size=100000 ksdevice=eth0 root=/dev/rd/0 ip=dhcp url --url http://10.0.28.24/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD || read void
boot || read void
goto start
Option II
Removed imgargs section and moved everything to “initrd” section. Boots further but errors out saying " Cannot open root device "(null) … Please append a correct “root=” boot option ". Which means its the options in initrd section are getting ignored.
:fog.centos
set path /fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD
set nfs_path /images/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD
kernel http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz || read void
initrd http://fogsrv/fog/OS_IMAGES/CENTOS-6.8-DVD/images/pxeboot/initrd.img ks=http://fogsrv/fog/kickstarts/centos6.cfg ramdisk_size=100000 ksdevice=eth0 root=/dev/rd/0 ip=dhcp || read void
boot || read void
goto start
Thank you
Chakri
@Quazz
Thank you the “imgargs” also didn’t work. Trying without it.
Thank you
Chakri