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Wayne-workman.28155: More OS changes

2022-07-16T19:41:22Z

More OS changes

Wayne-workman.28155: OS recommendations

2022-07-16T19:38:13Z

OS recommendations

Wayne-workman.28155: upgrade OS recommendations

2022-07-16T19:37:21Z

upgrade OS recommendations

Wayne-workman.28155: /* Export Images */

2021-09-22T02:02:47Z

‎Export Images

Wayne-workman.28155: /* Migrating images & database */

2021-09-22T02:01:10Z

‎Migrating images & database

Wayne-workman.28155: /* Building the new server */

2021-09-22T02:00:08Z

‎Building the new server

Wayne-workman.28155: /* Building the new server */

2021-09-22T01:59:34Z

‎Building the new server

Wayne-workman.28155 at 00:23, 11 January 2021

2021-01-11T00:23:39Z

Wayne-workman.28155 at 00:16, 11 January 2021

2021-01-11T00:16:49Z

Wayne-workman.28155 at 00:13, 11 January 2021

2021-01-11T00:13:41Z

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−	CentOS and Fedora have security related settings that need set before installation. For Ubuntu ~~16.04~~ Server or Debian 8, it would be worth your time to see how to setup your server's partitions optimally via the example configuration videos in their installation manuals, the same applies for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora. How the partitions are laid out for FOG can make the difference between a healthy server and a crashed server a year from now.	+	CentOS and Fedora have security related settings that need set before installation. For Ubuntu Server or Debian, it would be worth your time to see how to setup your server's partitions optimally via the example configuration videos in their installation manuals, the same applies for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora. How the partitions are laid out for FOG can make the difference between a healthy server and a crashed server a year from now.

	= Migrating images & database =		= Migrating images & database =

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 = Building the new server =
-The first step in this process is building a new FOG server using the latest version of your chosen Linux distribution. The chosen distribution does not need to be the same as the old server. For example you can go from Ubuntu 12 CentOS 7, or from CentOS to Debian, the new OS does not need need to match the old. I would recommend the latest Debian release. Go through the normal steps of setting up the OS.
+The first step in this process is building a new FOG server using the latest version of your chosen Linux distribution. The chosen distribution does not need to be the same as the old server. For example you can go from Ubuntu to CentOS, or from CentOS to Debian, or any other combination. I would recommend the latest Debian release. Go through the normal steps of setting up the OS.
 <font color="red">Do not</font> create a user called fog - it will cause you nothing but pain later on. If you're installing Debian or Ubuntu, name the user "tech" or "Administrator" or whatever your first name is, like "Bob". If you're using CentOS or Fedora or RHEL, no extra user is necessary, just set a good root password.

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 = Building the new server =
-The first step in this process is building a new FOG server using the latest version of your chosen Linux distribution. The chosen distribution does not need to be the same as the old server. For example you can go from Ubuntu 12 to CentOS 7 or from CentOS 6 to Debian 8, etc. I would recommend [[CentOS 7]] or [[Debian 8]] or Debian 9. Go through the normal steps of setting up the OS.
+The first step in this process is building a new FOG server using the latest version of your chosen Linux distribution. The chosen distribution does not need to be the same as the old server. For example you can go from Ubuntu 12 CentOS 7, or from CentOS to Debian, the new OS does not need need to match the old. I would recommend the latest Debian release. Go through the normal steps of setting up the OS.
 <font color="red">Do not</font> create a user called fog - it will cause you nothing but pain later on. If you're installing Debian or Ubuntu, name the user "tech" or "Administrator" or whatever your first name is, like "Bob". If you're using CentOS or Fedora or RHEL, no extra user is necessary, just set a good root password.

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 <pre>
-cp -r /images/* /new
+cp -R /images/* /new
 </pre>

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 = Migrating images & database =
-The entire point of migrating is usually saving your host registrations, group configurations, image assignments, and your images. There is a great number of ways to move these, but for inexperienced or beginner Linux users I would recommend leveraging NFS on the new FOG Server.
+The entire point of migrating is usually saving your host registrations, group configurations, image assignments, and your images. There are a great number of ways to move these, but for inexperienced or beginner Linux users I would recommend leveraging NFS on the new FOG Server.
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 = Building the new server =
-The first step in this process is building a new FOG server using the latest version of your chosen Linux distribution. The chosen distribution does not need to be the same as the old server. For example you can go from Ubuntu 12 to CentOS 7 or from CentOS 6 to Debian 8, etc. I would recommend [[CentOS 7]] or [[Debian 8]] or Debian 9. Go through the normal steps of setting up the OS.  The old and new fog servers do not need to be the same version of fog. The only restriction here is that you cannot downgrade. You can go from older to newer, but not from newer to older.
+The first step in this process is building a new FOG server using the latest version of your chosen Linux distribution. The chosen distribution does not need to be the same as the old server. For example you can go from Ubuntu 12 to CentOS 7 or from CentOS 6 to Debian 8, etc. I would recommend [[CentOS 7]] or [[Debian 8]] or Debian 9. Go through the normal steps of setting up the OS.
 <font color="red">Do not</font> create a user called fog - it will cause you nothing but pain later on. If you're installing Debian or Ubuntu, name the user "tech" or "Administrator" or whatever your first name is, like "Bob". If you're using CentOS or Fedora or RHEL, no extra user is necessary, just set a good root password.
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 After an IP is set, use your DNS server and create an 'A' record for the server's name and IP, [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=DNS+A+record Google search DNS A record] if you're unsure how to do that.
-To install FOG, follow an appropriate [https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Installation_manuals installation manual] or the [[Upgrade to trunk]] article.
+To install FOG, follow an appropriate [https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Installation_manuals installation manual] or the [[Upgrade to trunk]] article. The old and new fog servers do not need to be the same version of fog. The only restriction here is that you cannot downgrade. You can go from older to newer, but not from newer to older.
 CentOS and Fedora have security related settings that need set before installation. For Ubuntu 16.04 Server or Debian 8, it would be worth your time to see how to setup your server's partitions optimally via the example configuration videos in their installation manuals, the same applies for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora. How the partitions are laid out for FOG can make the difference between a healthy server and a crashed server a year from now.

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 #Fedora, CentOS, and RHEL users should use this command to set permissions:
-chown -R fog:apache /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
+chown -R fogproject:apache /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
 #Debian, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu variant users should use this command to set permissions:
-chown -R fog:www-data /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
+chown -R fogproject:www-data /opt/fog/snapins/ssl
 </pre>

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 === Arranging Images ===
-This step is performed on the '''new''' FOG server. In this step we're simply moving the images to where they are supposed to be and setting the correct permissions. This step assumes that your new server's images directory is in the default location and you followed the above steps for moving them over exactly.
+This step is performed on the '''new''' FOG server. In this step we're simply moving the images to where they are supposed to be and setting the correct permissions. We are getting rid of the "dev" directory we brought over before the move happens. Also eliminating the new server's "postdownloadscripts" directory before the move. This step assumes that your new server's images directory is in the default location and you followed the above steps for moving them over exactly.
 <pre>
 rm -f /images/dev/.mntcheck
 rm -rf /images/dev/dev > /dev/null 2>&1
 mv /images/dev/* /images
 touch /images/dev/.mntcheck