I got the following user data template to work for vmware image based
provisioning without SSH:
identity:
LinuxPrep:
domain: <%= @host.domain%>
hostName: <%= @host.shortname%>
globalIPSettings:
dnsServerList: [<%= @host.primary_interface.subnet.dns_primary %>, <%=
@host.primary_interface.subnet.dns_secondary %>]
dnsSuffixList: [<%= @host.domain %>]
nicSettingMap:
<% @host.interfaces.each do |interface| %>
- adapter:
ip: <%= interface.ip %>
subnetMask: <%= interface.subnet.mask %>
<% if interface.primary -%>gateway: [<%= interface.subnet.gateway
%>]<% end %>
<% end %>
However, the thing to know is that image based provisioning against vmware
without ssh is very limited when compared with traditional cloud-init. You
are basically limited to the following properties:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.smssdk.doc%2Fvim.vm.customization.Specification.html
Which means you can pass basic network settings to bootstrap the box, but
little more. Windows clients can do a little more sysprep related activity,
but Linux is limited. This means you will almost certainly need to design
some form of "firstboot" process to handle things like re-registration to
foreman, initial puppet run, etc. So far the only thing I haven't figured
out is how to "phone_home" to complete the build. All I've been able to do
is cancel the build in the web UI once it is done.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Foreman users" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
