Public bug reported: Hello,
I yet to find an answer and i know there has many bugs reported in the past and i really need to know what we need to do to get this to work. Situation An automation tool is used to provision Ubuntu 16 VMs to vSphere/ESXi 6.7 U2 Steps I Followed to setup my Ubuntu 16.04 template - Install fresh Ubuntu 16.04 Server - run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade - install Cloud init - run dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init and only select OVF, NoCloud and None as a datasource for vSphere to Speed up Boot time since its only targeted to be deployed on vSphere and not any public cloud. - Using DHCP Result The server is deployed from the template to vSphere, ends-up with No Customization, No Hostname update, connected network via DHCP and Cloud- init executes the Cloud Config code that install an x app successfully of course this is not the desired state. where we want customization for security reasons and so the hostname to be updated Problem Configuring the automation tool to use Static IP Range and vCenter Customization Specification instead prevents the VMs of acquiring the IP from the Static IP Range and the VM network ends up in a disconnected state which results in cloud-init failing to execute the cloud config code Following https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/56409 fixes the customization part where the VM gets the IP it needs from the Static IP Range, gets an updated hostname and a connected network but .. Cloud- init fails to execute the cloud config code we also tried the suggestion mentioned in a pervious bug here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1793715 and that is to use After=dbus.socket instead of After=dbus.service but the outcome was the same . works on the customization side but Cloud- init fails to execute the cloud config code. looking for best approach here where the VM customization is handled by vmware and Cloud Config code execution being handled by Cloud-init without a conflict. so everyone is happy. thank you. Maher ** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: cloud-init customization vmware ** Tags added: vmware ** Tags added: cloud-init ** Tags added: customization -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1833623 Title: VMware Guest OS Customization Fail for Ubuntu 16.04 with Cloud-init 19.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1833623/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
