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#Login to the web UI.
 
#Login to the web UI.
#Click on the '''Host Section''' (Computer monitor icon).
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#Click on the '''Image Management Section''' (picture icon).
#Click on '''List All Hosts''' and locate the machine you wish to deploy an image to.
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#Click on '''List All Images''' and locate the image object you wish to associate with the client. For more information on how to create an image object see [[Booting into FOG and Uploading your first Image]].
#Click the '''Edit''' button next to the host.
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#Click the '''Edit''' button next to the image.
#If you didn't select the image and OS during registration, select the appropriate operating system and image for this host.
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#Select the appropriate operating system from the drop-down menu.
 
#Click '''Update'''
 
#Click '''Update'''
  

Revision as of 15:37, 11 November 2014

Below is a brief overview of how to send an image to a single client

Set client to PXE boot in BIOS

First of all make sure you are connected to the network in which your FOG server resides. Then boot up the client computer, and go into BIOS, this step may be a little different for every computer. In most cases this involves pressing either F2, F10, or DEL. Then you may need to enable PXE/Network booting if the option exists.

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After that you want to change your boot order, so the first boot device is PXE boot. After making those changes, save your changes and restart the client.


Start the client up again and you should see a menu that looks like the image below:

Bootmenu.png

This is the FOG boot menu.

Register the Client with the FOG Server

Now that the client is pxe booting, we can register it with the FOG server. To do so, select "Perform Full Host Registration and Inventory." During this process you will be asked to answer a few questions like the client's hostname etc. After filling out all questions, the client will go through a quick hardware inventory and restart, at which point the client will be registered with the FOG server.

Associate the Image and OS with the new client

  1. Login to the web UI.
  2. Click on the Image Management Section (picture icon).
  3. Click on List All Images and locate the image object you wish to associate with the client. For more information on how to create an image object see Booting into FOG and Uploading your first Image.
  4. Click the Edit button next to the image.
  5. Select the appropriate operating system from the drop-down menu.
  6. Click Update

Start the Task

  1. Still in the host object, click on the Basic Tasks option on the left-hand menu.
  2. Select Deploy
  3. Select Image All Computers
  4. Reboot the machine client PC.