pyFog

pyFog is a simple API which uses mechanize to complete tasks through the FOG Project web interface. There is example code in the example.py file.

I wrote this API to easily automate a few tasks I need to commonly perform with FOG. If you do not see a function that you need to perform feel free to make a feature request or message me on twitter: @JC_SoCal

Requirments

• Python 2.7
• Python Mechanize module
• Python cookielib

Functions

All functions return a tuple of a status and a message:
status is a boolean.

• True -- The function completed successfully.
• False -- There was a problem.

message is a string. The string will contain information relating to the status.

pyFog.open(url):
    Opens a connection to the webpage. This is required prior to login.
Arguments:

• url -- string, website for fog, i.e.: http://localhost/fog/management/index.php

pyFog.login(username, password):
    Logs in to the fog web interface.
Arguments:

• username -- string, username used to login to fog
• password -- string, password used to login to fog

pyFog.logout():
     Logs out of the fog web interface.
Arguments:

• None

pyFog.upload(hostname):
    Upload will pull an image from a client computer that will be saved on the server.
Arguments:

• hostname -- string, valid hostname from the host managment console

pyFog.deploy(hostname):
    Deploy action will send an image saved on the FOG server to the client computer with all included snapins.
Arguments:

• hostname -- string, valid hostname from the host managment console

pyFog.wol(hostname, schedule):
    Wake Up will attempt to send the Wake-On-LAN packet to the computer to turn the computer on. In switched environments, you typically need to configure your hardware to allow for this (iphelper).
Arguments:

• hostname -- string, valid hostname from the host managment console
• schedule -- string, optional. FORMAT: 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM' example: '2014/08/17 15:25' If not set the task will execute immediately.