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  • 1.  vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 21, 2022 02:12 PM

    Hello, 

    I apologize if this has been asked and resolved before. I am trying to get Cloud-init to work with vRA8.6 in order to execute a hostname change for a Ubuntu 20.04 image. But I am unable to get this work, I have seen many different post from different people reporting this issue. One blog seems to report this a known issue and there is some "workaround" in place but the blog post has some age and I was wondering if there is a fix or someone is aware of something else?

    https://vmwarelab.org/2020/02/14/vsphere-customization-with-cloud-init-while-using-vrealize-automation-8-or-cloud/

    Thanks.



  • 2.  RE: vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 21, 2022 05:19 PM

    Are you using static or dynamic IP?



  • 3.  RE: vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 21, 2022 05:34 PM

    Hi Damián, 

    Dynamic IP, I want to use cloud-init for setting a hostname for Ubuntu 20.04 but nothing cloud-init works, ie create a folder, etc. No issues with CentOS. 



  • 4.  RE: vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 21, 2022 05:37 PM

    I'm using Cloud-Init with Ubuntu 20.04 without problems. Are you using an Ubuntu Cloud Image or VM template?



  • 5.  RE: vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 21, 2022 05:53 PM

    Ok, good to know. I am using a VM Template with Ubuntu 20.04 LST. I was able to deploy by using 

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install cloud-init

    and I verified that it's install and running using 

    dpkg --get-selections | grep cloud-init

    Blueprint is simple, I've tried different other runcmd commands just in case the set hostname was the issue but nothing works. Any suggestions? 

    vmsiul_1-1650563217497.png

    Thanks

     



  • 6.  RE: vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 21, 2022 07:47 PM

    Just to update with a little more info hopefully someone points me in the right direction....

    When Ubuntu boots I see the following:

    vmsiul_0-1650570250053.png

    I've tried the following, which is exactly the issue I am running into. I've updated the file to include datastore OVF and didn't work and also deleted the .cfg file and same issue.  

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64486060/cloud-init-not-executing-vra-cloud-config-script

    Another similar issue:

    https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vRealize-Automation-Tools/Cloud-init-config-not-running-on-deployment/td-p/2892834

    90_dpkg.cfg is set to OVF 

    vmsiul_0-1650571474787.png

     

    Thanks!



  • 7.  RE: vRA8.6 - Cloud-init not working with Ubuntu 20.04

    Posted Apr 22, 2022 06:59 PM

    Did you checked if your cloud config is following the yaml rules ?

    Looks i see more then 2 spaces after the runcmd.

    Its know for erroring out on yaml mistakes.