non empty /etc/machine-id confuses dhcp server

[Gankarloo]

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Hypervisor

VMware Workstation 16 Pro

Operating System

Windows 10 Version 20H2

HashiCorp Packer

No response

HashiCorp Packer Plugin for VMware

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HashiCorp Vagrant

2.2.19

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Utility

1.0.21

HashiCorp Vagrant plugin for VMware

3.0.1

Environment Details

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Description

with a non empty /etc/machine-id all deployed vm's are assigned the same ip address from the internal DHCP server on the VMnet networks.

Expected Behavior

Every deployed vm to get a uniqe DHCP adress

Actual Behavior

VM's get the same DHCP address

Steps to Reproduce

Deploy 2 vm.

  # -*- mode: ruby -*-
  #   # vi: set ft=ruby :
  #
  Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
    config.vm.box = "vmware/photon"

    config.vm.define "one" do |one|
      one.vm.hostname = "photon1"
    end
    config.vm.define "two" do |two|
      two.vm.hostname = "photon2"
    end
  end

Log Fragments and Files

vagrant up log

> Bringing machine 'one' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider... > Bringing machine 'two' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider... > ==> one: Cloning VMware VM: 'vmware/photon'. This can take some time... > ==> one: Checking if box 'vmware/photon' version '4.0.2' is up to date... > ==> one: Verifying vmnet devices are healthy... > ==> one: Preparing network adapters... > ==> one: Fixed port collision for 22 => 2222. Now on port 2205. > ==> one: Starting the VMware VM... > ==> one: Waiting for the VM to receive an address... > ==> one: Forwarding ports... > one: -- 22 => 2205 > ==> one: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes... > one: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2205 > one: SSH username: vagrant > one: SSH auth method: private key > one: Warning: Remote connection disconnect. Retrying... > one: > one: Vagrant insecure key detected. Vagrant will automatically replace > one: this with a newly generated keypair for better security. > one: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying... > one: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying... > one: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying... > one: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying... > one: Warning: Authentication failure. Retrying... > one: Warning: Remote connection disconnect. Retrying... > ==> one: Machine booted and ready! > ==> one: Setting hostname... > ==> one: Configuring network adapters within the VM... > ==> two: Cloning VMware VM: 'vmware/photon'. This can take some time... > ==> two: Checking if box 'vmware/photon' version '4.0.2' is up to date... > ==> two: Verifying vmnet devices are healthy... > ==> two: Preparing network adapters... > ==> two: Fixed port collision for 22 => 2222. Now on port 2206. > ==> two: Starting the VMware VM... > ==> two: Waiting for the VM to receive an address... > ==> two: Forwarding ports... > two: -- 22 => 2206 > ==> two: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes... > two: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2200 > two: SSH username: vagrant > two: SSH auth method: private key > two: Warning: Remote connection disconnect. Retrying... > two: > two: Vagrant insecure key detected. Vagrant will automatically replace > two: this with a newly generated keypair for better security. > two: > two: Inserting generated public key within guest... > two: Removing insecure key from the guest if it's present... > two: Key inserted! Disconnecting and reconnecting using new SSH key... > ==> two: Machine booted and ready! > ==> two: Setting hostname... > ==> two: Configuring network adapters within the VM...

Screenshots

VM 1

VM 2

Additional Context

I made a modified box based on the vmware/photon 4.0.2 where the only modification was to delete the file /etc/machine-id that box works as expected.

Screenshots of 3 working VM's

## VM 1  ## VM 2  ## VM 3 

[tenthirtyam]

Can you test by adding the following to complete-build.sh?

truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id
rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
ln -s /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id

Ryan

[Gankarloo]

That did the trick. With those 3 lines all vm's from the new box gets different addresses.

[tenthirtyam]

I'll merge this in soon. :)