To apply the VMware cloud-init workaround
Purpose
The following VMware knowledge-base article describes how the cloud-init configuration fails to persist through a reboot, and instead defaults to DHCP.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/71264
If you deploy an NSP VM in a VMware environment, you must apply a VMware workaround described in the article before you attempt to install any NSP software on the VM.
Perform this procedure to apply the workaround from VMware.
Steps
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Log in as the root user on the station that hosts the partition. |
2 |
Open a console window. |
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Open the following file using a text editor such as vi: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg |
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Add the following line: manual_cache_clean: True |
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Save and close the file. |
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Close the console window. End of steps |