Fog is a free and open-source network computer imaging solution that allows you to manage your computer fleet from a central location. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Fog on Pop!_OS Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Fog requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. Open the terminal and execute the following command to install them.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client php php-curl php-mbstring php-gd php-mcrypt php-common php-apcu php-cli php-json php-mysql php-zip php-ldap php-pear php-xml libapache2-mod-php git wget gcc cpp unzip tar make perl
During the installation, you will be asked to set a root password for the MariaDB database. Set a strong password and keep it safe.
Go to the Fog project website and find the download link for the latest stable release. For example, at the time of writing this tutorial, the latest version is 1.5.9. Download it using the following command.
wget https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/archive/1.5.9.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the following command.
tar -zxvf 1.5.9.tar.gz
Move the extracted folder to the Apache web server’s document root directory using the following command.
sudo mv fogproject-1.5.9 /var/www/html/fog
Navigate to the Fog installation directory using the following command.
cd /var/www/html/fog/bin
Execute the installer script using the following command.
sudo ./installfog.sh
During the installation, you will be prompted to answer some questions. Here are the answers to the questions.
Would you like to continue (Y/N)? Y
Do you want to continue with installation (Y/N)? Y
Would you like to create a password for the FOG database user? (Y/N) Y
What do you want to name your first storage node? DefaultStorage
If using a Linux OS, do you want the storage node location to be moved (Y/N)? N
Would you like to install the FOG client (Y/N)? Y
Would you like to attempt to upgrade current database (Y/N)? N
After the installation is complete, you will see the FOG login page at http://your-server-ip/fog/management/index.php.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Fog on Pop!_OS Latest. You can now use it to manage your computer fleet from a central location.
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