Fog is a free, open-source imaging solution that can be used to manage and deploy operating systems and software across multiple computers. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Fog on Manjaro Linux.
Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
To install Fog on Manjaro, you need to install some required packages. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache mariadb mariadb-clients mariadb-libs dnsmasq php php-apache php-gd gcc git make net-tools php-curl php-json php-mbstring php-ldap php-mysql php-pdo php-pear php-soap php-snmp php-xml php-xmlrpc gzip cronie tar
This will install all dependencies necessary to run Fog on Manjaro.
Next, you need to download and install Fog on Manjaro. You can download the latest version of Fog from the official website or use the following command in the terminal:
sudo git clone https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject.git /opt/fogproject
This will download Fog's latest version to the /opt/fogproject directory.
After installing Fog, you need to configure MySQL. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo mariadb-install-db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
This will initialize and configure MySQL on your system.
Next, log in to MySQL as the root user with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
Then, create a new database and user for Fog:
CREATE DATABASE fog;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON fog.* to 'fog'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password.
Now it's time to setup Fog by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo /opt/fogproject/bin/installfog.sh
You will be prompted to answer some questions. Some of the questions are:
After answering all the questions, the installation process will start. Wait for the process to complete.
Once the installation is complete, you can access the Fog web interface in your web browser at http://localhost/fog/. If you've installed Fog on a remote server, replace 'localhost' with the IP address of the server.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Fog on Manjaro Linux. You can now use it to manage and deploy operating systems and software across multiple computers.
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