@Sebastian-Roth I’m not seeing image definition. If you mean under Image General after opening an image and changing one of the properties to any of the settings then that did not work either.
I was able to export the images and import them to the new server after I RSYNC’d the images.
I’m good now.
@george1421 I was able to figure it out. After RSYNC’ing the directories you have to export the images off the old server and then on the new server you have to import the images. Tested an image to a laptop and it worked.
Thank you for all the help. All good now.
@Sebastian-Roth How do I edit the image definition?
Sweet, I’m just not sure I completely understand how to copy the metadata in the database.
“create the metadata by going in and manually create a new image definition in the new FOG server”
Do you know the location of the below?
“Create it manually by copy and pasting from the source FOG server.”
I setup samba on both servers so I can do in GUI or I can scp the files…
@george1421 Just about. I can’t get the fog server to see the images I RSYNC’d over. Not sure how to get them to show up. I moved over two images to the /fogserver/images directory. Do you know how to move images from one Fog Server to another?
@george1421 Ok George, looks like I need another cup of coffee… I figured out why the Storage was not online. Two issues.
Selinux - Looks like I ran the script earlier without putting Selinux in Permissive mode so yeah it was breaking things. Found out when I tried to actually pull an image.
Permissions - Permissions for /fogserver dircetory needed to change ownership (was root:root needs to be fog:root) Recursively along with 777 so the /fogserver/images directory had the correct permissions but not the /fogserver dircetory.
Looks like things are good. I am Rsyncing the images back over from the old fog server and will try it again when they come over.
@george1421 Here is something strange, I RSYNC’d two images from the old Fog server to this new one and when I open the images link and select all images. No images show up. It’s appears to be acting like the Web GUI can’t see the /fogserver/images directory.
@george1421 Ok cool let me get that up and see. Will report after.
@george1421 No worries at all I figured that’s what you meant. My coffee needs coffee today! Just did another reboot. Node is still offline.
@george1421 said in New Fog Server - /images location:
touch /fogserver/dev/images/.mntcheck
Ok looks like /fogserver/dev/images doesn’t exist. Is this supposed to be /fogserver/images/dev?
If so I ran touch touch /
[root@fogserver images]# ls -la /fogserver/images/
total 20
drwxrwxrwx. 5 fog root 4096 Jan 22 10:03 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 22 09:16 …
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 fog root 0 Jan 22 10:25 .mntcheck
drwxrwxrwx. 2 fog root 4096 Jan 22 10:03 T470-Win10
drwxrwxrwx. 3 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:21 dev
drwxrwxrwx. 2 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:21 postdownloadscripts
[root@fogserver images]# ls -la /fogserver/dev/images/
ls: cannot access /fogserver/dev/images/: No such file or directory
[root@fogserver images]# ls -la /images/
total 16
drwxrwxrwx. 4 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:10 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Jan 22 09:36 …
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 fog root 0 Jan 22 09:10 .mntcheck
drwxrwxrwx. 3 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:10 dev
drwxrwxrwx. 2 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:10 postdownloadscripts
[root@fogserver images]#
[root@fogserver images]# touch /fogserver/images/dev/
[root@fogserver images]# ls -la /fogserver/images/dev/
total 12
drwxrwxrwx. 3 fog root 4096 Jan 22 10:28 .
drwxrwxrwx. 5 fog root 4096 Jan 22 10:03 …
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 fog root 0 Jan 22 09:21 .mntcheck
drwxrwxrwx. 2 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:21 postinitscripts
[root@fogserver images]#
@george1421 Thanks, I did make the change for the ftp path and I did update the .fogsettings in step 1 as well as rebooted the server. Only thing now is the Storage Node not coming online.
/fogserver/images/
[root@fogserver images]# ls -lrt
total 12
drwxrwxrwx. 3 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:21 dev
drwxrwxrwx. 2 fog root 4096 Jan 22 09:21 postdownloadscripts
drwxrwxrwx. 2 fog root 4096 Jan 22 10:03 T470-Win10
Should the Storage Node show online?
When I go to storage nodes it is up and running.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Technolust
@george1421 Hey George, in step 5, the Web GUI -> Fog Configuration -> Fog Settings -> Expand all -> there is no /images location. Should there be any specific settings? In step 6 do I also change the FTP path to /fogserver/images from /images? If so I did that as well. Finally step 10 - Looks good.
Export list for 127.0.0.1:
/fogserver/images/dev *
/fogserver/images *
Can you tell me if this will need to be performed for every update or will fog server updates keep these settings?
@Sebastian-Roth That’s what I figured. Thank you!!!
@george1421 Is it common to leave the mysql password blank?
@Sebastian-Roth Hey Sebastion-Roth, Looks like only the legacy option was selected in the BIOS and in the DHCP options I have it set for UEFI only including 32bit and 64 but I did not allow the unidonly option. I made them change the bios to UEFI and Legacy. Also they had SecureBoot enabled so we disabled that and we are up and running.
Hope that helps for future users.
@george1421 Ok George, so going ahead with the default install and then will try the settings below. Sound right?
@george1421 No worries man, should I just go ahead and go through with the install afterwords and see if we can change it? I will take an image of the server and revert back to it if I need revert back. I’m asking because I don’t have the /opt/fog directory configure yet because I canceled the install.
Thoughts?
Hey George,
The installer doesn’t ask you for a location it automatically chooses the install location.
What version of Linux would you like to run the installation for?
1) Redhat Based Linux (Redhat, CentOS, Mageia)
2) Debian Based Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu)
3) Arch Linux
Choice: [1]
Starting Redhat based Installation
FOG Server installation modes:
* Normal Server: (Choice N)
This is the typical installation type and
will install all FOG components for you on this
machine. Pick this option if you are unsure what to pick.
* Storage Node: (Choice S)
This install mode will only install the software required
to make this server act as a node in a storage group
More information:
http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=InstallationModes
What type of installation would you like to do? [N/s (Normal/Storage)] Normal
What is the IP address to be used by this FOG Server? [10.141.0.20]
Would you like to change the default network interface from ens160?
If you are not sure, select No. [y/N] n
Would you like to setup a router address for the DHCP server? [Y/n] y
What is the IP address to be used for the router on
the DHCP server? [10.141.0.1]10.141.0.27
Would you like DHCP to handle DNS? [Y/n] n
Would you like to use the FOG server for DHCP service? [y/N] n
This version of FOG has internationalization support, would
you like to install the additional language packs? [y/N] n
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Here are the settings FOG will use:
Base Linux: Redhat
Detected Linux Distribution: CentOS Linux
Server IP Address: 10.141.0.20
Server Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Interface: ens160
Installation Type: Normal Server
Internationalization: 0
Image Storage Location: /images
Using FOG DHCP: No
DHCP will NOT be setup but you must setup your
| current DHCP server to use FOG for PXE services.
On a Linux DHCP server you must set: next-server and filename
On a Windows DHCP server you must set options 066 and 067
Option 066/next-server is the IP of the FOG Server: (e.g. 10.141.0.20)
Option 067/filename is the bootfile: (e.g. undionly.kpxe)
Are you sure you wish to continue (Y/N)
Awesome, Thanks George. Running through the installer now and just saw the installer explain the difference… Haha, Reading is fundamental…