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NEMS 1.6 OVA file chooses Ubuntu #10

Open GitMarshallBill opened 1 year ago

GitMarshallBill commented 1 year ago

When deploying an ova file to VirtualBox or ESXi the Guest OS that gets "chosen" is Ubuntu Linux instead of Debian.

NEMSLinux commented 1 year ago

Not sure how much the automatic detection of the Ubuntu (64-Bit) profile affects things, if at all, but I do see on VirtualBox (for example) you can change the profile upon import:

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I will pay extra close attention to this with the next build. For now, please select the Other Linux (64-Bit) profile when importing the appliance.

Side note while on that screen: Don't forget to also change the MAC address policy during the import.

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GitMarshallBill commented 1 year ago

I see no place on ESXi 7.0 to change the OS or set new MAC address when creating VM from ova file. If I am missing it, please enlighten me.

NEMSLinux commented 3 months ago

In scope for 1.7.

NEMSLinux commented 3 months ago

Oddly enough, here's what the NEMS Linux 1.6 source configuration looks like in ESXi:

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So it may take some digging why the OVA is then selecting something other than "Other Linux" on import. But at least now I know I didn't build it with the incorrect identifier back when 1.6 was released.

I will do some testing with 1.7 and VirtualBox, and see if I can track down where the issue lies. Perhaps a bug in the ESXi export, but since OVA are an open format, I can edit the XML after the export separately of ESXi, so I'm hopeful I can track this one down.

NEMSLinux commented 3 months ago

1.7 OVA detected correctly (Kernel 5.x Linux) in VirtualBox:

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Let me know how it looks in ESXi once you test.