docs/deployments/automation/FOG Project/Deploy.md

FOG Project Deployment

If you want to deploy the FOG Project software in your homelab environment to remotely image devices via PXE boot, follow the instructions below to get through the process.

!!! info "assumptions" It is assumed that you are deploying FOG Project in Ubuntu Server 26.04 or newer. This documentation does not account for distro-specific issues in other operating systems.

It is also assumed that you allocate at least 4-cores and 8GB of RAM with at least 256GB of storage for the OS and FOG images.

!!! warning "Potential Netplan Misconfiguration" I observed an oddity with the networking stack of the Ubuntu Server VM, so just to be safe, run the following command to check that you have both the nameservers pointing to your DNS server(s) and routes pointing to your default gateway.

```sh
cd /etc/netplan
ls
<look for the netplan file>
nano <netplan file>
```

Ensure it looks something like this, and fix it if any fields are missing:

```yaml
network:
  ethernets:
      ens18:
      addresses:
      - 192.168.3.9/24
      routes:
          - to: default
          via: 192.168.3.1
      match:
          macaddress: bc:24:11:5c:eb:c9
      nameservers:
          addresses: [192.168.3.25, 192.168.3.26]
          search: []
      set-name: ens18
  version: 2
```