FOG Client - Revision history

Fog: /* Security Design */

2025-02-06T23:26:35Z

‎Security Design

Fog: /* Installing fog-client SmartInstaller */

2025-02-06T23:25:06Z

‎Installing fog-client SmartInstaller

Fog: /* Installing Mono */

2025-02-06T23:23:54Z

‎Installing Mono

SebastianRoth: /* Installing - Linux */

2023-10-21T14:01:16Z

‎Installing - Linux

Wayne-workman.28155 at 22:21, 3 December 2021

2021-12-03T22:21:37Z

SebastianRoth: /* Installing - Linux */

2020-03-06T11:31:04Z

‎Installing - Linux

SebastianRoth: /* CentOS 7, Fedora 19+, and derivatives */

2020-03-06T11:21:44Z

‎CentOS 7, Fedora 19+, and derivatives

SebastianRoth: /* CentOS 7, Fedora 19+, and derivatives */

2020-03-06T11:16:32Z

‎CentOS 7, Fedora 19+, and derivatives

SebastianRoth: /* Maintain Control Of Hosts When Building New Server */

2020-02-05T21:29:41Z

‎Maintain Control Of Hosts When Building New Server

SebastianRoth: /* Maintain Control Of Hosts When Building New Server */

2020-02-05T21:29:16Z

‎Maintain Control Of Hosts When Building New Server

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 UPDATE hosts SET hostPubKey="", hostSecToken="", hostSecTime="0000-00-00 00:00:00";
 </pre>
 === Maintain Control Of Hosts When Building New Server ===

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 sudo mono SmartInstaller.exe uninstall
 </pre>
 === Linux Limitations ===

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 sudo /opt/fog-service/control.sh stop
 </pre>
 === Installing fog-client SmartInstaller ===

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 </pre>
-'''Ubuntu:'''
+'''Ubuntu pre 22.04:'''
 <pre>
 sudo apt install gnupg ca-certificates
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 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install mono-complete
 </pre>

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 * Reboot to complete installation.
-'''Limitations'''
+'''Windows Limitations'''
 * CUPS printers are not yet supported
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-=== Limitations ===
+=== Linux Limitations ===
 * The FOG Tray is currently incompatible on linux systems. Regardless of what you set during installation, it will not run.
 * The following modules / features are not yet supported
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 </pre>
-'''Limitations'''
+'''OSX Limitations'''
 * The follow modules / features are not yet supported
 ** PrinterManager

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 == Installing - Linux ==
 '''Prerequisites'''
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 * xprintidle - This dependency is optional. If not installed AutoLogOut will not run. xprintidle basically just returns the idle time of an x window, therefore on a system without a GUI it is not needed and should not be installed. It should be available in standard package managers.  E.G. apt-get, yum, or dnf
-'''Installing Mono'''
+=== Installing Mono ===
-=== Debian 8+, Ubuntu 13.10+, and derivatives ===
+Many distributions come with an out of date version of mono in their package manager. Therefore, do not attempt to install via your package manager without the below modifications or take a look at the instructions found on their website: https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin-centos
-To install:
+'''Debian:'''
 <pre>
 sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
-echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
+echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-stable.list
-sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt update
-sudo apt-get install mono-complete
+sudo apt install mono-complete
-sudo apt-get install xprintidle
+</pre>
 </pre>
-* Download SmartInstaller.exe from your FOG server and run the installer with mono.
+'''openSUSE and SLES'''
-The service is automatically configured to run on startup. To manually start and stop the service:
+'''others'''
-<pre>
+The FOG Client can be installed on any platform that can run the latest stable build of mono. To install:
-To uninstall:
+* Check your package manager for <font color="red">mono-complete</font>. After installing it run <font color="red">mono --version</font>. Ensure the version is at least 4.2._ . If it not, remove the package.
-<pre>
+If your system either has systemd or initd the client will be automatically configured to run on startup. If your system does not have either, you will need to configure your system to run the manual start command below on startup.
-=== CentOS 7, Fedora 19+, and derivatives ===
+To manually start and stop the service:
 <pre>
-rpmkeys --import "http://pool.sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x3fa7e0328081bff6a14da29aa6a19b38d3d831ef"
+sudo /opt/fog-service/control.sh start
 </pre>
 <pre>
-sudo apt install apt-transport-https dirmngr gnupg ca-certificates
+sudo /opt/fog-service/control.sh stop
 </pre>
 * Download SmartInstaller.exe from your FOG server and run the installer with mono.
 ** <font color="red">sudo mono SmartInstaller.exe</font>
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 </pre>
-===Limitations===
+=== Limitations ===
 * The FOG Tray is currently incompatible on linux systems. Regardless of what you set during installation, it will not run.
 * The following modules / features are not yet supported

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 rm -rf /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
 cp -R /root/ssl /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
-chown -R fogproject:apache /opt/fog/snapins/ssl  #or fog:www-data for ubuntu and debian
+chown -R fogproject:apache /opt/fog/snapins/ssl  #or fogproject:www-data for ubuntu and debian
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 <pre>scp -rp root@x.x.x.x:/opt/fog/snapins/ssl /root</pre>
-Next, install fog. After the installation is complete, delete the ssl folder the installer made, and place your old ssl (from /root that you copied) in there. The ownership should be fog:apache on Red-Hat variants, should be fog:www-data on Debian variants. <font color="red">IMPORTANT:</font> Then '''re-run the installer.''' Instructions for the folder manipulation are below, assuming you followed the above instructions. On the '''new''' server:
+Next, install fog. After the installation is complete, delete the ssl folder the installer made, and place your old ssl (from /root that you copied) in there. The ownership should be fogproject:apache on Red-Hat variants, should be fogproject:www-data on Debian variants. <font color="red">IMPORTANT:</font> Then '''re-run the installer.''' Instructions for the folder manipulation are below, assuming you followed the above instructions. On the '''new''' server:
 <pre>
 rm -rf /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
 cp -R /root/ssl /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
-chown -R fog:apache /opt/fog/snapins/ssl  #or fog:www-data for ubuntu and debian
+chown -R fogproject:apache /opt/fog/snapins/ssl  #or fog:www-data for ubuntu and debian
 </pre>