I needed to customize a custom Linux VM image with a static IP address in vCloud Director. Here’s the script I came up with. It doesn’t work unless VMWare tools is installed and running in the VM (kernel upgrades tend to break it). The VM should be stopped, then paste the script into the “Guest OS Customization” script area. Boot the VM with the “Power On and Force Recustomization” option.<\/p>\n
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#!\/bin\/bash\r\nHOSTNAME=YourHostNameHere\r\nIPADDR=StaticIpAddressGoesHere\r\nNETMASK=255.255.255.0\r\n(\r\necho \"------------------------------------------------------------------------------\"\r\ndate\r\nif [ x$1 == x\"precustomization\" ]; then\r\n set -e\r\n echo \"Running Pre-Customization tasks...\"\r\n if [ x$HOSTNAME != x ]; then\r\n echo \"Configuring hostname as $HOSTNAME\"\r\n sed -i \"\/HOSTNAME\/d\" \/etc\/sysconfig\/network\r\n echo \"HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME\" >> \/etc\/sysconfig\/network \r\n hostname $HOSTNAME\r\n hostname\r\n else\r\n # Set it so it can be used below\r\n HOSTNAME=`hostname`\r\n fi\r\n if [ x$IPADDR != x ]; then\r\n echo \"Configuring network IP=$IPADDR NETMASK=$NETMASK\"\r\n rm \/etc\/udev\/rule.d\/70-persistent-net.rules\r\n sed -i \"\/IPADDR\/d\" \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0\r\n sed -i \"\/NETMASK\/d\" \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0\r\n sed -i \"\/HWADDR\/d\" \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0\r\n sed -i \"\/BOOTPROTO\/d\" \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0\r\n sed -i \"\/DHCPHOSTNAME\/d\" \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0\r\n cat >> \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts\/ifcfg-eth0 <<ENDCFG\r\nBOOTPROTO=static\r\nIPADDR=$IPADDR\r\nNETMASK=$NETMASK\r\nDHCPHOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME\r\nENDCFG\r\n fi\r\n echo \"Done with Pre-Customization\"\r\nelif [ x$1 == x\"postcustomization\" ]; then\r\n echo \"Running Post-Customization tasks...\"\r\nfi\r\n) | tee -a \/root\/customize.log\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
Update: It turns out that having VMWare Tools functioning properly is enough for vCloud Director to configure the network settings all by itself, without the help of a script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I needed to customize a custom Linux VM image with a static IP address in vCloud Director. Here’s the script I came up with. It doesn’t work unless VMWare tools is installed and running in the VM (kernel upgrades tend to break it). The VM should be stopped, then paste the script into the “Guest … <\/p>\n