Posts made by Jose Antonio Sanchez

[quote=“Jaymes Driver, post: 35793, member: 3582”]Very nice guide, but I feel it should be stated, and possibly even at the very top of your guide, that [B]Ubuntu 14.04 is NOT a recommended OS for installation[/B].

Thank you for taking the time to document your steps, we appreciate your work :)[/quote]

True… It has worked mostly reliably until the FOGMulticastManager service crashes and starts adding an un-ending line of “@@@@@@@@@” once a week and that same service needs to be:

[INDENT=1]service FOGMulticastManager stop[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]wait 30 sec or more[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]service FOGMulticastManager start[/INDENT]

to get it working again…

So I’ll be adding a cron job to do those two lines on Sundays at 2AM…

So far this is the only glitch I have found with Ubuntu LTS Server 14.04…

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35968, member: 8206”]I usually live boot ubuntu then test from speedtest.net.

Also can break the group into smaller groups, then test multicast speed, determine which group is slower, repeat until you only have a few computers to test.

I had to troubleshoot a lab of 60 computers and that’s how I did it. Not super elegant unfortunately.

It might also be possible to boot into debug mode and run a few linux commands like ethtools to see link speeds.[/quote]

I could not get Ubuntu to PXE boot with network access, it doesn’t see any network cards… Ubuntu Live takes a while to boot on a 100MB network too…

The ethtools… I’ll give it a try…

DebugMode does show the Link Speed as it boots:

e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

I learned that you can Shift + PgUp to scroll back into the boot time messages…

[quote=“Eli Kelly, post: 33173, member: 1152”]This is working pretty well for me. Much credit to others on this forum who came up with most of this…

[CODE]login && goto validate || goto return

:validate
iseq ${password} yourpasswordhere && goto MENU || goto return

:MENU
menu
item --gap – ---------------- iPXE boot menu ----------------
item ipxedemo ipxe online boot demo
item shell ipxe shell
item pe86 Generic WinPE x86
item lt86 MDT Lite Touch x86
item lt64 MDT Lite Touch x64
item ghost Ghost Boot
item dban Derek’s Boot and Nuke
item return return to previous menu
item hostinfo details about this computer
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU

:shell
shell ||
goto MENU

:pe86
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/pe86.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:lt86
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/lt86.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:lt64
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/lt64.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:ghost
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/ghost.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:dban
initrd http://${fog-ip}/ISO/dban.iso
chain memdisk iso raw ||
goto MENU

:return
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU

:hostinfo
echo This computer : ||
echo MAC address…${net0/mac} ||
echo IP address…${ip} ||
echo Netmask…${netmask} ||
echo Serial…${serial} ||
echo Asset number…${asset} ||
echo Manufacturer…${manufacturer} ||
echo Product…${product} ||
echo BIOS platform…${platform} ||
echo ||
echo press any key to return to Menu ||
prompt
goto MENU

autoboot
item return return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

:ipxedemo
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php ||
goto MENU

:shell
shell ||
goto MENU

:return
chain http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe/boot.php?mac=${net0/mac} ||
prompt
goto MENU

autoboot[/CODE][/quote]

Is there a way to display Link Speed? 10Mbit 100Mbit 1000Mbit??
Or is there a very light boot disk that can do it???

I looked over at the ipxe.org site and could not find anything on link/media speed…

Any ideas???

Having this info helps reduce the time figuring out which PC is the bad one when there is very slow multicast…

Anyone got Kaspersky Rescue Disc 10 working on iPXE?

Success!! Ubuntu 14.04.1 i386 Live boots off of iPXE!!!

Thanks to madskillz23

Here is a copy of my Advanced Boot Menu
Note: I have a copy of the CONTENTS of entire ISO of Ubuntu 14.04.1 i386 in both o these locations:

/images/ubuntu14041
and in
/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu14041

==================================
set boot-url [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe[/url]
set boot-nfs ${fog-ip}:/images
:MENU
menu
item --gap – Boot Menu Title
item WinPE7 WinPE 7
item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14
item return return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

:WinPE7
sanboot ${boot-url}/iso/winpe7.iso
goto MENU

:Ubuntu14
kernel ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${boot-nfs}/ubuntu14041/
initrd ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/initrd.lz
boot
goto MENU

EDIT: Ubuntu 14.04.1 boots but I have no network access no NIC detected???

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35740, member: 8206”]That one.

/var… is boot_url and web directory
/images is where the rest of your images are stored. that should have a fully extracted ubuntu dvd in a directory there. i[/quote]

By this you mean the following?:

/var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu14041 <- this folder has only these three files: vmlinuz initrd.lz and filesystem.squashfs

/images/ubuntu14041 <- this has the entire contents of the ISO

Actually, here is my menu… any help appreciated…

I extracted all files from the Ubuntu 14.04.1 i386 to /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu14041

set boot-url [url]http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe[/url]
set boot-nfs ${fog-ip}:/${fog-webroot}/service/ipxe
:MENU
menu
item --gap – Boot Menu Advanced
item WinPE7 WinPE 7
item Ubuntu14 Ubuntu 14
item return return to previous menu
choose --default return --timeout 5000 target && goto ${target}

:WinPE7
sanboot ${boot-url}/iso/winpe7.iso
goto MENU

:Ubuntu14
kernel ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ vga=normal boot=casper netboot=nfs fetch:${boot_url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/filesystem.squashfs nfsroot=${boot-nfs}/images/ubuntu14041/
initrd ${boot-url}/images/ubuntu14041/casper/initrd.lz
boot
goto MENU

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35736, member: 8206”]set boot_url [url]http://${fog-ip}/fog/service/ipxe[/url]
set boot_nfs 128.104.71.88:/images[/quote]

/images as in the same as where the computer images get stored and therefore that’s where my /ubuntu folder should be at

OR

/images as in /var/www/fog/service/ipxe/images/ubuntu

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35733, member: 8206”]I am pretty sure these work. Let me know if they don’t though and I should be able to find the backup copy of the arguments.
[CODE]:Xubuntu14
kernel ${boot_url}/xubuntu14.04/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${boot_nfs}/xubuntu14.04/
initrd ${boot_url}/xubuntu14.04/casper/initrd.lz
boot

:Ubuntu14
kernel ${boot_url}/ubuntu14.04/vmlinuz.efi vga=normal boot=casper netboot=nfs fetch:${boot_url}/ubuntu/casper/filesystem.squashfs nfsroot=${boot_nfs}/ubuntu14.04/
initrd ${boot_url}/ubuntu14.04/initrd.lz
#imgargs
boot[/CODE][/quote]

how is ${boot_nfs} built???

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 28476, member: 8206”]Awesome, that got me most of the way there. Now its just messing around with kernel arguments for the two Ubuntu distros. But, I did get Xubuntu 13.04 working with the following code in case anyone else finds it useful:

[CODE]:Xubuntu 13.04
kernel ${boot_url}/xubuntu/casper/vmlinuz root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images/xubuntu/
initrd http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/service/ipxe/xubuntu/casper/initrd.lz
boot
[/CODE]

Thanks for all the help![/quote]

madskillz23,

Did you get Ubuntu 14.04 to boot??

I extracted all the files from the ISO and put them into /images/ubuntu14041/ and it tries to boot but I get the “(initramfs) Unable to find a live file system on the network” message…

All, this is how I was able to successfully install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS SERVER edition with a second hard drive mounted on the /images folder…

NOTE: the Setup for Ubuntu named the NICs on the Proliant Server as em1 and em2, though I only used em1.

[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Installating Ubuntu 14.04.LTS SERVER edition[/FONT][/B]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Boot up the VM using the ISO or Burn a CD to boot the Metal Server[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Select English as the language[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]For Keyboard Select English US[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Server Name: FOGSRVR or take your pick… [/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Time: Pacific/Los Angeles (or your time)[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Create an account [/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Packages Selection[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]OpenSSH (to remote in using PuTTY)[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Continue[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Leave the MySQL password blank (just hit ENTER) on all three prompts[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Finish the install[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]The server restarts[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Configure the Server’s IP[/FONT][/B]
[FONT=Times New Roman](This is for STATIC IP only… it is better to assign an IP on DHCP, so this is OPTIONAL)[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]nano /etc/network/interfaces[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Times New Roman]# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address x.x.x.x
netmask x.x.x.x
gateway x.x.x.x
dns-search example.com
dns-nameservers x.x.x.x[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Note: in some instances instead of eth0, the NIC may be named differently… to check run “ifconfig”[/FONT][/SIZE]

[B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Connecting to the Ubuntu server remotely (I prefer PuTTY over the vCenter Console)[/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]PuTTY to the FOG Server (enter the IP and hit enter)[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]You can change the appearance settings, like the font and save the connection/session settings for quick access[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Click OK to accept the encryption key/certificate[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]login to the server with the account you created[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Configuration Tasks before installing FOG 1.2.0[/FONT][/B]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]sudo su -[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]passwd root[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]apt-get remove mysql[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]apt-get remove mysql-server[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]apt-get install mysql-server [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] (leave password blank)[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]mysql_secure_installation[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Set root password? [B]N[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Remove annonymous users? [B]Y[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Disallow root login remotely? [B]Y[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Remove test database… [B]Y[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Reload privilege tables now? [B]Y[/B][/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]apt-get update[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]apt-get upgrade -y[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]ufw disable[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Adding a second hard drive/additional storage[/FONT][/B]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Note: This is for an OS drive “sda” and a Data drive “sdb”[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]ls /dev/sd[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Because sdb has no partitions there should be no sdb1 or sdb2 (paritions)[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]fdisk /dev/sdb[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]n[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]p[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]Enter[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]Enter[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]w[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]mkfs.ext4 -L /images /dev/sdb1[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]nano /etc/fstab[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Add the following line at the botton of this file[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]/dev/sdb1 /images ext4 defaults 1 2[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Ctrl + O[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Enter[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Ctrl + x[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]mkdir /images[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]mount -a[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]If there are no errors, then everythig is ok…[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]If there are errors[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]nano /etc/fstab[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]ifconfig[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Make a note of the name of the NIC interface such as eth0, em1, eno1, ens32, etc.[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]You can ignore the loopback adapter called “lo”[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Install FOG 1.2.0[/FONT][/B]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]wget [url]http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeghost/FOG/fog_1.2.0/fog_1.2.0.tar.gz[/url][/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]tar -xzf fog_1.2.0.tar.gz[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]cd fog_1.2.0[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]cd bin[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]./installfog.sh[/FONT]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]2[/FONT][/B]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]N[/FONT][/B]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Note: This is the section to Configure Networking…[/FONT]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Enter [/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] (or specify the IP you assigned this server via DHCP)[/FONT]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Enter[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] (This is the same as the gateway for the subnet)[/FONT]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Enter[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] (DNS server…)[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Interface:[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]If the output of the command “ifconfig” showed a NIC named eth0, then you can just hit Enter[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]If the output of the command “ifcondig” showed a NIC named em1, ens32, eno1, etc… specify it here[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]for DHCP…[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]If you are on a network with an existing DHCP, then select N[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]If you are going to use this FOG server as a StandAlone server with DHCP, two things:[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[LIST=1]
[][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Get ready to disconnect the server from the network after all the packages for FOG are installed[/FONT][/SIZE]
[][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]If you are on a business or large network, make sure you work with the network admin and NOT kill the network… mmm k?[/FONT][/SIZE]
[/LIST]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]N[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] for Internationalization[/FONT]
[][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Donate is up to you…[/B][/FONT][/SIZE]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Review the options you entered[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Are you sure you with to continue [B]Y[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Did you leave the MySQL Password blank [B]Y[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]From another computer:[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Open the link indicated on a Web Broswer and Click the blue button[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Now back to our server…[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Enter[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Login to the Fog Server using a web browser to test that it is up and running…[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]touch /images/.mntcheck[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]touch /images/dev/.mntcheck[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]chown -R fog /images[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]chmod -R 777 /images[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Configuring Services to restart [/FONT][/B]
[FONT=Times New Roman](on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, services crash on boot, here is how we fix that)[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]nano /etc/rc.local[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Add this lines [B]before[/B] the exit 0[/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]sleep 6 && service tftpd-hpa restart[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]sleep 6 && service mysql restart[/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]sleep 6 && service FOGMulticastManager restart[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Courier New]Ctrl + O[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]Enter[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]Ctrl + x[/FONT]
[][FONT=Courier New]init 6[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Configuring FOG Settings[/FONT][/B]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Login to the FOG Server using a web browser[/FONT]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Users[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] > [B]List All Users[/B] >[B] fog[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Change the password[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[B][FONT=Times New Roman]Optional Stuff[/FONT][/B]
[LIST]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Create New user[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] > [B]image > [/B][/FONT][COLOR=#555555][FONT=Arial]Mobile/Quick Image Access Only[/FONT][/COLOR] [B]Check[/B]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Fog Configuration[/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman] (?) > [B]PXE Boot Menu[/B][/FONT]
[LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Hide Menu [B]Check[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Boot Key Sequence [B]F9 - (31)[/B][/FONT]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Timeout [B]5[/B][/FONT]
[][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Save PXE MENU[/FONT][/B]
[/LIST]
[][FONT=Times New Roman]Done[/FONT]
[/LIST]
[FONT=Times New Roman]For other settings, well… Google it… :)[/FONT]

I keep getting this on /opt/fog/log/multicast.log

StorageNode Not found on this system.
StorageNode Not found on this system.
StorageNode Not found on this system.
StorageNode Not found on this system.
StorageNode Not found on this system.
StorageNode Not found on this system.

No multicast for me…

I followed the Troubleshooting steps for Multicast and booted clients on debug mode and that all works great…

I already checked permissions on /images to be 777
fog is the owner of images chown -R /images
.mntcheck files exist in /images and in /images/dev
NIC is set to ens32 instead of eth0
/etc/exports are correct
firewall disabled by systemctl disable firewalld
selinux disabled:
[INDENT=1][FONT=monospace][COLOR=#000000]sed -i ‘s/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/’ /etc/sysconfig/selinux[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#000000]sed -i ‘s/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/’ /etc/selinux/config[/COLOR][/FONT][/INDENT]
already restarted the nfs-server and all fog services FOGMulticastManager, FOGImageReplicator, FOGScheduler…
I can upload images
I can unicast to clients
re-ran the install script
still:

StorageNode Not found on this system.

I did notice that the time on the multicast.log does not match the time on the system… would that affect anything???

running the “date” command returns the correct time, but multicast.log has time offset of

Right now its 11:38AM, but the log indicates:

[08-21-14 6:38:24pm] | StorageNode Not found on this system.

Any ideas???

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35450, member: 8206”]Syntax is different on non-systemd based systems. “service FOGMulticastManager status” will work just fine. The “.service” is systemd specific. Centos7 uses systemd, Ubuntu does not yet.

I might have some ideas on multicast in a bit, I’m digging through source code.[/quote]

Correct… on Ubuntu I did:

[INDENT=1]initctl list[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
and found no FOG services at all… Which is weird (or the services should be listed elsewhere???), but I have already imaged a few labs with Ubuntu 14.04 with Multicast no problem… well, tftpd had to be restarted and on another standalone Ubuntu 14.04 box dhcp had to be started manually…

Seems like CentOS and Ubuntu keep having service startup problems…

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35439, member: 8206”]Did that work on CentOS 7 too? Didn’t think it would work for me because it seems to be an issue of MulticastManager not thinking the node is a storage node.[/quote]

I have to report that stopping the FOGMulticastManager server and starting it again does not solve the multicast problem on CentOS 7…

Any ideas??

P.S. On my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS install of fog 1.2.0 the FOGMulticastManager.service along with the other two FOG services are not listed…

Fount the answer on another thread…

[FONT=Consolas]sudo service FOGMulticastManager stop
sudo killall udp-sender
sudo killall udp-sender
sudo killall udp-sender
sudo service FOGMulticastManager start[/FONT]

due to time limits for projects, I am also running another FOG Server but with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I am having the same issue of the Multicast not working even on a flat/unmanaged switch…

So the problem with multicast does not seem to be isolated to CentOS 7… What is the name of the service that handles the multicast?? I need to see if it is running to try to restart it to see if that does it…

[quote=“madskillz23, post: 35420, member: 8206”]Nope restarting the system has no effect. Its a bit in the database or somewhere that is persistently set to upgrade.[/quote]

The system??? Nope, the database only, I was restarting the PC where fog is and the problem persisted on every reboot, but whenever I restarted only the database, the problem would go away…

Can FOG issue an error on the page that the database is NOT running rather than to say the schema is out of whack?? That would make troubleshooting a bit easier…

Something like, Can’t connect to database, please restart it or check on it?

doesn’t the fog installer re-launch the database??? if so, would a cron job to restart it nightly or every other night be an OK workaround??

systemctl restart mariadb.service