Posts made by DBCountMan

Great thanks! should i use 1.5.7 or the latest git version 1.5.7.2?

i did read your warning loud and clear, but like i said the Web UI was down and i didnt want to leave the server down all day through the weekend and into this morning, so i rolled the dice. The process of reinstalling everything wasn’t too bad. hey now i have backups of everything and i learned a lesson.
Ok so if i just say “No” to the first part of the installation where it asks if i want to reinstall apache and php, everything else should go through without issue?

I am running Ubuntu Server
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

So I do have an existing “/images” folder that is not empty, and would follow your instructions to back that up as “/images_old” and create a new one called “/images”. Theoretically if all goes well with the above steps and I successfully mount my RAID array to the newly created “/images” folder, what permissions do i need to set or will the data in the RAID array already have the correct permissions and it is just a matter of mounting?

UPDATE
Since i canceled the installation/upgrade process, the web UI is not working. I haven’t tried running any tasks yet but hopefully that part is still working.
UPDATE 8/16/19 3:56pm
so i went ahead and ran the update and broke mysql and mariadb beyond repair. apt update --fix-broken wasnt working. so i backed up my images, and reinstalled ubuntu server and fog 1.5.5 fresh. i luckily had a .sql backup file i exported two days ago and was able to import it via web ui successfully. i also mounted my RAID array to “/images” and its working fine. i will hold off on updating FOG to 1.5.7. Thanks for the input!

downloaded the latest tarball 1.5.7, extracted, ran installfog.sh, detected fog settings, all was fine until the last part “Here are the settings FOG will use:” the line that says “Image Storage Location: /images” is incorrect, i have my images going to “/Images” (capital I) because i have a RAID array mounted to /Images. I was unable to mount my array on /images so that is why i created a new image storage folder. I canceled the installation. What should i do?

oh ok good. thanks for the prompt reply. so i dont think i used the git method initally. im looking at my home directory and see a folder called “fogproject-1.5.5” and an file called “fogproject-1.5.5.tar.gz”. inside the fogproject folder, i dont see any script files except “uninstallfog.sh”. so should i follow the installation instructions on the fog wiki? i believe i saw something about using git. i assume that the installer will detect fog and try to update it?

new forum user here. we’ve been using FOG at my workplace to replace ghost and has been working well. question is, since my FOG version is 1.5.5, id like to update to 1.5.7 but have read on a different forum months ago that updating fog will reset/clear all the customization, almost like it is being installed/set up for the first time. is this true? what is the best way to update FOG without having to backup/restore settings especially the dhcp/pxe/ipxe stack?