Posts made by igorpa2

Hello guys, just to give feedback to you, everything is working now, but only multicast is not working correctly. The multicast starts normally and deploys the image between the 3 VM´s, but the transmission rate got too low, worse than using unicast mode for the 3 VMs, I’m trying to find some solution on the internet now for my problem, it’s probably some configuration for the internal network in VirtualBox. Anyone have any ideia or know about this ?

@robertkwild This article shows exactly what you have to do to change the IP address of your FOGServer

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Change_FOG_Server_IP_Address

@Sebastian-Roth said in [HELP]Setup Virtualbox FOGServer controlled scenario:

@igorpa2 Is the IP address 10.0.0.1 already configured on that interface? It needs to be!!

I’m sorry for the rookie error, I had not noticed that the interface was not configured properly, I’m so stuck with this project that I’m already beating the cranks. Now install without error.

I´m installing a new fresh VM for the FOG and when selecting what Network device to use, i have this error:

@george1421 Reupoloaded with new process

@george1421 said in [HELP]Setup Virtualbox FOGServer controlled scenario:

@igorpa2 OK if this is for your college course, then it is good it did not work/stopped working. I will tell you that you will learn more from your failures than success. Fixing this problem will give you a good experience with finding out why things don’t work.

When pxe booting fails, its best to use tcpdump/wireshark to find out what the pxe booting client is being told. Use the FOG server to capture the pxe booting process. Then you can review the pcap file with wireshark (I suggest that you install wireshark). Post the pcap here so I can look at it. I can guide you through understanding what you see in the pcap.

0_1542643135010_output2.pcap

For some reason did not capture the packages, re-run the process until the windows boot of the virtual machine

@george1421 said in [HELP]Setup Virtualbox FOGServer controlled scenario:

@igorpa2 Do you only plan on capturing and deploying on this isolated network 10.0.0.0/24. Because this appears to be a natt’d network interface you will not be able to image computers on your business network.

It looks like I forgot to include the link on how to create the pcap file using the fog server: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9673/when-dhcp-pxe-booting-process-goes-bad-and-you-have-no-clue

Actually in my real company I can make it work, however as I said at the beginning of the topic, I’m doing my college course completion work and I’m talking about FOGServer, my supervisor guided me to do the validation part of the I work in a controlled environment so as not to divulge and appear the data of the institution that I work for. The strange thing is that at first it worked everything right, the PXE boot, the registration of the machines in the FOG, but the other day when I opened the notebook to continue the work, simply stopped bootating through the network appearing this error there. The intention is not to use virtual machine not in real environment, I am using it for educational purposes only for validation of my work.
I’ll see your link and see what I get here, Thank you very much.

@cml said in [HELP]Using FOG with diferent VLAN´s:

@igorpa2

Just circling back to the original issue. Can you ping from a device on the 200 network to a device on the 172 network?

If not, what do you have as your layer 3 device?

Yes, i can ping from device in 200 network to and 172 network.
My layer 3 device is a pfSense Server controlling the network.

@Sebastian-Roth said in [HELP]Setup Virtualbox FOGServer controlled scenario:

@igorpa2 Possibly the internal VirtualBox DHCP server playing up here?!

My FOG Network is configured like the image below:

@george1421 said in [HELP]Setup Virtualbox FOGServer controlled scenario:

@igorpa2 what is device 10.0.0.1? I’m suspecting a router?

If your fog server, dhcp server, and pxe booting client is on the same subnet follow these instructions to create a pcap file and post it here. We need a pcap of when you get the file not found message on the target computer. The pcap will capture what the client computer is being told to load.

is the IP of my FOGServer which is also my DHCP server. How to capture packages of the virtual machine in this subnet ?

Hello guys, now i have other problem, sometimes the PXE boot execute correctly, but many times lately i have message this error:

I don´t have changed no fog and nor virtualbox configuration, I just closed the screen on my notebook and opened it the other day and started not loading more. I´m just curiosly why this happened to me, but if i can´t resolve this, or i will reinstall all the environment or i will validate in the real scenario that i would not like to do this

Again, thanks so much.

Today I have configured in my FOGServer two Storages Nodes for my networks, being a net 172.xxx for vlan x and defined as Master, as it is the network that I have the most use with FOG, and another storage node in the network 200.yyy that It is not the Master Node, therefore, I have some machines on this network, but the problem is that sometimes, who is on this 200 network the first time they will try to clone or recover it, it searches for the IP of the Master node (172. xxx) giving error and restarting operation … usually on the second boot it finds and pulls the second IP 200 running right the clone / restore. My question is whether it’s right anyway and is it to be anyway, or is there a better practice when setting up FOGServer so that every computer on your network gets its proper IP node right the first time?

An image that exemplifies what i´m saying

@Sebastian-Roth said in [HELP]Setup Virtualbox FOGServer controlled scenario:

@igorpa2 When installing FOG you are asked if the installer should handle DHCP setup for you. Saying yes here will install and configure a proper DHCP server for you. That will be just fine for your “controlled scenario setup”.

Sebastian, thank you very much. I was able to run the PXE boot with the virtual machines on a NAT Network(Fognetwork), you’re the guy! rsrsrs Now I will go to the validation part of my TCC(Completion of course work) graduation and I will do the cloning and restorations of my environment. Again, thank you very much!

Hello, I’m doing the TCC from my college and I’m talking about implementing and using FOGServer as an image server. I already have it installed and working in my institution, but for the validation effect of my TCC, I need to do the tests in a controlled environment and not in the real environment (My advisor oriented me to this, if not, I would do in real xD) .
The controlled environment that I thought of putting together for this and being able to work is as follows (all inside the VirtuaBox):

• 1 VM installed with Ubuntu LTS 16.04 with FOGServer “working bench” in last version (1.5.4.8) with 2 network cards configured being adapter 1 configured as nat (it would be a WAN card from my server only for internet connection) and adapter 2 configured on a NAT Network called Fognetwork so that I have an “internal network” (it would be the second card from my server for my LAN network).
• 3 VMs with an adapter only secured in this NAT Network Fognetwork to stay in the same “internal network” of my second FOGServer network card.

The problem is that I do not know how to configure the PXE Boot to run my environment and validate the TCC. In the real environment, I have the undionly.kkpxe configured in my pfsense firewall and it works normal, however in this environment only with virtual machines in VB I do not know how to configure. Anyone more experienced and knowledgeable could help me?

Thank you!

Sincerely, Igor.

@george1421 said in [HELP]Using FOG with diferent VLAN´s:

@igorpa2 The short answer is yes it is possible as long as all of the vlans are routable to a single fog server. If any of these vlans are isolated from the fog server, imaging ins’t possible. The way the FOG server is programmed, the FOG server must have a single IP address for all vlans (subnet). Multihomed FOG servers are not currently possible.

George, thanks for the reply. Is there any manual or step-by-step good practice for this?
Thanks!!!

@Sebastian-Roth Yes, you are right. I want to deploy images and if possible, to use all functionalities of the FOG…
Thanks for the reply…waiting for instructions…

Hello, i have a question about how to use correctly FOGServer in diferent VLAN´s scenario, is there any manual or good practice on this ?

Just to exemplify and understand what i’m saying(this is not my real scenerio):
An network with 4 different Vlan´s in the enviroment
VLAN 0: LAN Network
VLAN 1: Guest Network
VLAN 2: Administrative Network
VLAN 3: Computer lab network

It´s possible to use an one FOGServer in the entire network and manage the all clients in these networks ? If yes, what are the best practices and configurations for installing FOGServer ?

Thank you very much for the attention and for this great tool that helps a lot of IT professionals.

Organization Name: Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Campus Viamão

Location: Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

Approximate Number of systems: 50 in our 2 laboratorys

How long: 3 months

Hello guys, here again returning for feedback.

The multicast worked fine!! very good. Thanks for all devs and people who help us. Thanks!

Now, as said in the first topic, i´m very happy with this and thinking of doing my course completion work(TCC in portuguese) of University graduate about the use of FOGServer in computers lab.

Now, in our actual scenario, we are using in our computer labs, which are all in the same network. Fow now, we don´t have problems, but I was thinking about extending the use of fog in other scenarios, other machines on our campus, such as the work staff computers (which are inside our LAN network). This leads me to think about the ideal and correct use to make it work in two network environments. I know it works booting and running on both networks, but I believe not in the proper way, because who is outside my master node, can not deploy the image in the first boot, but in the second or third boot.

In fact it would not have more than one FOGServer installed on campus, only one only, but using it in more than one network inside the campus itself. I do not know if I understand right

Hello, i want a help with this scenario, in the matter of using FOG in 2 or more networks, specifically in the configuration of storage nodes. How should I configure my storage nodes (good practices and / or correct configuration) to work on more than one network? For example, make FOG work on computers in a LAN (vlan 0) and run on computers in a particular VLAN (vlan x).

My FOGServer actually now, have 2 interfaces configured, one in LAN network, and one in a VLAN network. I have 2 storage nodes configured, the vlan being marked as master. Also, other settings that need to be made? I believe this may be a future tutorial for other interested parties. Just to know the devs, I’m thinking of doing my college tcc on using FOGServer as an image server, maybe more specifically in school environments where multicasting is used, more of a network, etc … I’m still thinking about respect. xDD :DD

Best regards, Igor.
Thanks