Vmware image provisioning deploys with unmanaged DHCP

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I'm trying to get Vmware image provisioning deploys working, in an
environment where I do NOT control DHCP.

My template/image I'm deploying from has Vmware tools installed, so after
the provisioning clones the template and starts the new server, Vmware
tools does report in vSphere the IP Address of the guest.

Is there a way to get Foreman to query vSphere for that guest IP address,
instead of it requiring I enter an IP in the form or that I use a capsule
to manage/run DHCP?

As I'm pretty sure the answer is no based on digging through the code, the
next question becomes…is that a reasonable thought/request? The only
thing I can't figure out is at the Fog vSphere Server level, what object
I'm currently holding to do a request for guest.ipAddress?

2

you can create an user data template to your vsphere image so that the
ip,hostname,etc of your node gets populated without dhcp .
regards,

··· El 2/12/2015 22:31, "J Berry" escribió:

I’m trying to get Vmware image provisioning deploys working, in an
environment where I do NOT control DHCP.

My template/image I’m deploying from has Vmware tools installed, so after
the provisioning clones the template and starts the new server, Vmware
tools does report in vSphere the IP Address of the guest.

Is there a way to get Foreman to query vSphere for that guest IP address,
instead of it requiring I enter an IP in the form or that I use a capsule
to manage/run DHCP?

As I’m pretty sure the answer is no based on digging through the code, the
next question becomes…is that a reasonable thought/request? The only
thing I can’t figure out is at the Fog vSphere Server level, what object
I’m currently holding to do a request for guest.ipAddress?

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I want to use DHCP, it's just not provided by a capsule. Static IP's arn't
an issue with Vmware customization templates (except they suck at managing
udev rules and properly naming devices in RHEL6 =))

··· On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 15:57:45 UTC-6, Karim Boumedhel wrote: > > you can create an user data template to your vsphere image so that the > ip,hostname,etc of your node gets populated without dhcp . > regards, > El 2/12/2015 22:31, "J Berry" <jber...@gmail.com > escribió: > >> I'm trying to get Vmware image provisioning deploys working, in an >> environment where I do NOT control DHCP. >> >> My template/image I'm deploying from has Vmware tools installed, so after >> the provisioning clones the template and starts the new server, Vmware >> tools does report in vSphere the IP Address of the guest. >> >> Is there a way to get Foreman to query vSphere for that guest IP address, >> instead of it requiring I enter an IP in the form or that I use a capsule >> to manage/run DHCP? >> >> As I'm pretty sure the answer is no based on digging through the code, >> the next question becomes...is that a reasonable thought/request? The only >> thing I can't figure out is at the Fog vSphere Server level, what object >> I'm currently holding to do a request for guest.ipAddress? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "foreman-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to foreman-dev...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >