Posts made by Greg Plamondon

Greg Plamondon

Unfortunately, HTTP boot still requires a dhcp server.

Greg Plamondon

I was able to fix the:

PHP Warning: DateTime::modify(): Failed to parse time string (+ second) at position 0 (+): Unexpected character in FOGImageSize

Replace:

$ServiceClass::$zzz != 1 ? '' : 's'

with

$ServiceClass::$zzz == 1 ? '' : 's'

The same for FOGImageReplicator,FOGImageSize.

FOGPingHosts:

Replace:

$ServiceClass::$zzz != 1 ? '' : 's'

with:

sprintf(
    '+%s second%s',
    $ServiceClass::$zzz,
    $ServiceClass::$zzz != 1 ? '' : 's'
)

Greg Plamondon

I found this also:

● FOGImageReplicator.service - FOGImageReplicator
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/FOGImageReplicator.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-02-11 13:41:33 EST; 51min ago
Main PID: 22945 (php)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 100404)
Memory: 15.8M (peak: 18.9M)
CPU: 1.704s
CGroup: /system.slice/FOGImageReplicator.service
├─22945 php /opt/fog/service/FOGImageReplicator/FOGImageReplicator
└─22962 php /opt/fog/service/FOGImageReplicator/FOGImageReplicator

Feb 11 13:41:33 10fogserver systemd[1]: Started FOGImageReplicator.
Feb 11 13:42:34 10fogserver env[22962]: PHP Warning: DateTime::modify(): Failed to parse time string (+ second) at position 0 (+): Unexpected character in /opt/fog/service/FOGImageReplicator/FOGImageReplicator on line 44
Feb 11 13:42:34 10fogserver env[22962]: PHP Warning: DateTime::modify(): Failed to parse time string (+ second) at position 0 (+): Unexpected character in /opt/fog/service/FOGImageReplicator/FOGImageReplicator on line 58

● FOGSnapinReplicator.service - FOGSnapinReplicator
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/FOGSnapinReplicator.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-02-11 13:41:33 EST; 52min ago
Main PID: 22964 (php)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 100404)
Memory: 15.8M (peak: 18.9M)
CPU: 1.794s
CGroup: /system.slice/FOGSnapinReplicator.service
├─22964 php /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinReplicator/FOGSnapinReplicator
└─23075 php /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinReplicator/FOGSnapinReplicator

Feb 11 13:41:33 10fogserver systemd[1]: Started FOGSnapinReplicator.
Feb 11 13:42:34 10fogserver env[23075]: PHP Warning: DateTime::modify(): Failed to parse time string (+ second) at position 0 (+): Unexpected character in /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinReplicator/FOGSnapinReplicator on line 44
Feb 11 13:42:34 10fogserver env[23075]: PHP Warning: DateTime::modify(): Failed to parse time string (+ second) at position 0 (+): Unexpected character in /opt/fog/service/FOGSnapinReplicator/FOGSnapinReplicator on line 58

Greg Plamondon

stable version 1.5.10.1754

I am spinning up a new fogserver on a new host and I am seeing all services are globally disabled in the logs.

[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Starting ImageSize Service
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Checking for new items every 3600 seconds
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Starting service loop
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * * Image size is globally disabled

[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Starting SnapinReplicator Service
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Checking for new items every 600 seconds
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Starting service loop
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * * Snapin replication is globally disabled

[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Starting ImageReplicator Service
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Checking for new items every 600 seconds
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * Starting service loop
[02-11-26 6:42:34 pm] * * Image replication is globally disabled

I have toggled the service off and on in fog settings but it still does not work.
Any suggestions or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Greg Plamondon

@Tom-Elliott
That was it, Tom. Thank you so much for helping me with this. I was starting to lose some hair!

Greg Plamondon

To debug a little further, I placed an echo statement and debugPause before the case statement.

        echo "Othertag = $othertag"
        debugPause
        case $othertag in
           [Hh][Oo][Mm][Ee])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files_home
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                ;;
           [Bb][Aa][Yy])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files_bay
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_bay
                ;;
           [Kk][Ee][Ee][Nn][Aa][Nn])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files_keenan
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_keenan
                ;;
           [Mm][Tt][Ss])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_mts
                ;;
             *)
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_mts
                ;;
        esac

While running a debug deploy, it returned: Othertag=

Greg Plamondon

@Tom-Elliott said in Postdownload scripts variable issues.:

@Greg-Plamondon Are you sure the machien that’s loading has an other1 tag defined to it?

Looking at the php that returns the export variables, other1 maps to $othertag and other2 maps to $othertag1

Tom,

I ran this query on the fog database to confirm the field is populate.

SELECT *
    -> FROM inventory
    -> WHERE iHostID = 248;
+-----+---------+--------------+-----------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+-------------+-------------------+------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+------------+--------+----------------+------------------------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------------+-------------+----------------+----------+----------+-------------+------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| iID | iHostID | iPrimaryUser | iOtherTag | iOtherTag1 | iCreateDate         | iDeleteDate         | iSysman | iSysproduct | iSysversion       | iSysserial | iSystype      | iBiosversion | iBiosvendor | iBiosdate  | iMbman | iMbproductname | iMbversion                   | iMbserial | iMbasset | iCpuman              | iCpuversion                              | iCpucurrent             | iCpumax             | iMem                 | iHdmodel                  | iHdfirmware | iHdserial      | iCaseman | iCasever | iCaseserial | iCaseasset | iSystemUUID                          | iGpuvendors       | iGpuproducts    |
+-----+---------+--------------+-----------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+-------------+-------------------+------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+------------+--------+----------------+------------------------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------------+-------------+----------------+----------+----------+-------------+------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 205 |     248 |              | HOME      | HOME       | 2022-05-18 15:47:26 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | LENOVO  | 10MR0004US  | ThinkCentre M710q | MJ080Q8C   | Type: Mini PC | M1AKT48A     | LENOVO      | 11/22/2019 | LENOVO | 3111           | SDK0J40697 WIN 3305170406748 |           |          | Intel(R) Corporation | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz | Current Speed: 2600 MHz | Max Speed: 3300 MHz | MemTotal: 7934940 kB | SAMSUNGMZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 | 1L2QEXD7    | S41GNX1KA42571 | LENOVO   | None     | MJ080Q8C    |            | e3669280-1ea8-11e9-892a-6e6ca85d4600 | Intel Corporation | HD Graphics 630 |
+-----+---------+--------------+-----------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+-------------+-------------------+------------+---------------+--------------+-------------+------------+--------+----------------+------------------------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------------+-------------+----------------+----------+----------+-------------+------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.001 sec)

Greg Plamondon

@Greg-Plamondon said in Postdownload scripts variable issues.:

@Tom-Elliott

Well, this seems strange to me…
I can see the field populated in the GUI, but if I look in the database in the inventory table for host ID 248, the iOtherTag and iOthertag1 tables are empty

iID 248 wasn’t the host i thought it was. I needed to search for I iHostID 248 set the other tag to a specific string and verified it was getting set in the database, So it is getting set in the table from the GUI.

Greg Plamondon

@Tom-Elliott

Well, this seems strange to me…
I can see the field populated in the GUI, but if I look in the database in the inventory table for host ID 248, the iOtherTag and iOthertag1 tables are empty

Greg Plamondon

@Tom-Elliott
When in debug, if I type “echo $othertag” it doesn’t return any results.

echo $hostname, $osid, $mac all return results.

Greg Plamondon

I am having issues with the $othertag populating when imaging a pc.
if I set the Othertag under the host inventory to “Home” it doesn’t fire the appropriate “fog.replace-files_home” postdownload script.
I am running Version 1.5.10.1639

Thanks!

#!/bin/bash
. /usr/share/fog/lib/funcs.sh
curl -A "" -Lkso /tmp/hinfo.sh "${web}/service/hostinfo.php?mac=$mac"
. /tmp/hinfo.sh
[[ -z $postdownpath ]] && postdownpath="/images/postdownloadscripts/"
case $osid in
    5|6|7|9)
        clear
        [[ ! -d /ntfs ]] && mkdir -p /ntfs
        getHardDisk
        if [[ -z $hd ]]; then
            handleError "Could not find hdd to use"
        fi
        getPartitions $hd
        for part in $parts; do
            umount /ntfs >/dev/null 2>&1
            fsTypeSetting "$part"
            case $fstype in
                ntfs)
                    dots "Testing partition $part"
                    ntfs-3g -o force,rw $part /ntfs
                    ntfsstatus="$?"
                    if [[ ! $ntfsstatus -eq 0 ]]; then
                        echo "Skipped"
                        continue
                    fi
                    if [[ ! -d /ntfs/windows && ! -d /ntfs/Windows && ! -d /ntfs/WINDOWS ]]; then
                        echo "Not found"
                        umount /ntfs >/dev/null 2>&1
                        continue
                    fi
                    echo "Success"
                    break
                    ;;
                *)
                    echo " * Partition $part not NTFS filesystem"
                    ;;
            esac
        done
        if [[ ! $ntfsstatus -eq 0 ]]; then
            echo "Failed"
            debugPause
            handleError "Failed to mount $part ($0)\n    Args: $*"
        fi
        debugPause
        case $othertag in
           [Hh][Oo][Mm][Ee])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files_home
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                ;;
           [Bb][Aa][Yy])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files_bay
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_bay
                ;;
           [Kk][Ee][Ee][Nn][Aa][Nn])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files_keenan
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_keenan
                ;;
           [Mm][Tt][Ss])
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_mts
                ;;

             *)
                . ${postdownpath}fog.log
                . ${postdownpath}fog.replace-files
                . ${postdownpath}fog.eastereggs
                . ${postdownpath}fog.drivers
                . ${postdownpath}fog.ad_mts
                ;;
        esac
        umount /ntfs
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Non-Windows Deployment"
        debugPause
        return
        ;;
esac

Greg Plamondon

@Clebboii
I have the same issue. I have 27 storage nodes using the Location plugin. When adding a storage node, I have to manually assign the Storage group to the new location via editing it in mysql

Greg Plamondon

@Midview-Tech
I Like being able to deploy software to the remote clients from time to time so disabling the fogservice isn’t an option for us.
What we did is change the “CLIENT CHECKIN TIME” under fog settings in the console so it doesn’t check in so often.

Greg Plamondon

I am seeing the following:
alt text

When this happens I need to restart:
FOGImageSize
FOGImageReplicator
FOGPingHosts
FOGMulticastManager
FOGSnapinHash
FOGSnapinReplicator

in order for things to start replicating again.

Greg Plamondon

Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
I am getting the following error message in the GUI when trying to view the apache error log.

Unable to open file for reading

here is the /var/log/apache2/error.log

[Tue Aug 09 13:12:08.387251 2022] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 2159911] [client 192.168.10.238:34466] AH01071: Got error 'PHP message: PHP Warning:  fopen(/var/log/apache2/error.log): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/fog/status/logtoview.php on line 86'

Greg Plamondon

@george1421
I need to know what PC a user has logged into.
you can find it in the GUI under Reports > User Tracking

from there you can type a users login ID ito the field and search it will list what PC the user has logged into.

Greg Plamondon

Can anyone help me with a Mysql query to track users?
I would like to search by username.

The reason I am asking is the user tracking function is giving me fits, we have a very large database.

Thanks.

Greg Plamondon

@george1421
Thanks, I did manage to get fog installed, turns out that I was using the TFTP password and not the MySQL Password, it was a long day and I am glad it’s Friday!

What other tweaks do you have for me?

Thanks!