Vsphere clone - hostname customization not working

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1

I cannot set a host name / domain when using linux_options in customize like specified in the documentation.

It sets all the IP/DNS information without any issues but not the hostname.

I am customizing the Rocky 8.6 Image, vSphere has been updated to the latest release which supports Rocky customization.

I’m unsure how to tshoot this customization issue as I’m not receiving any errors from Terraform.

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "test-deploy" {
  name                = "test-host.test-domain.local"
  num_cpus            = 10
  memory              = 65536
  sync_time_with_host = false
  resource_pool_id = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool-test.id
  datastore_id     = data.vsphere_datastore.test-primary-datastore.id

  network_interface {
    network_id   = data.vsphere_network.network_test_vlan2.id
    adapter_type = "vmxnet3"
  }

  connection {
    type = "ssh"
    target_platform = "unix"
    user = "root"
    password = var.root_password
    host = self.default_ip_address
  }

  disk {
    label            = "disk0"
    size             = "150"
    eagerly_scrub    = false
    thin_provisioned = false
  }

  clone {
    
    template_uuid = data.vsphere_content_library_item.library_item_rocky8_base.id
    customize {

      linux_options {
        host_name = "test-host"
        domain    = "test-domain.local"
      }

      network_interface {
        ipv4_address = "1.1.1.1"
        ipv4_netmask = "24"
      }

      ipv4_gateway = "1.1.1.254"
      dns_server_list = [ "1.1.1.5" , "1.1.1.2" ]
      dns_suffix_list = [ "test-domain" ]
    }
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    source = "./scripts/growDisk.sh"
    destination = "/tmp/growDisk.sh"
  }

  provisioner "remote-exec" {
    inline = [
      "chmod +x /tmp/growDisk.sh",
      "bash /tmp/growDisk.sh"
    ]
  }
}
2

Just to rule out Terraform, have you confirmed the Linux customization spec works in vCenter?
Also, the following log file may provide some leads:

/var/log/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log
3

Thanks for the response.

I was unaware that you could apply a customization directly through vCenter :woozy_face:

After apply the customization the hostname is still not being updated.

I also checked the log and followed the customization line for line, it looks like its doing everything it should but the hostname and never updated, I even see it run the hostname command which exits with a 0.

I’ll keep digging but this is what I needed to get started.

Thanks