Is it possible to set up two NICs at VM creation time?

[jlerm]

How can I specify the IP settings for more than one NIC?

I tried the spec below, but it didn't take it...:

with_machine_options :bootstrap_options => {
num_cpus: 8,
memory_mb: 8192,
host: '10.177.65.252',
network_name: ["VM Network"],
datacenter: 'DAL10',
template_name: 'cheftemplate',
datastore: "datastore3",
additional_disk_size_gb: [50,20],
customization_spec: {
ipsettings: {
ip: '10.176.113.236',
subnetMask: '255.255.255.192',
gateway: ["10.176.113.193"],
dnsServerList: ['10.0.80.11','10.0.80.12']
},
ipsettings: {
ip: '192.176.113.236',
subnetMask: '255.255.255.192',
gateway: ["192.176.113.193"]
},
:domain => 'local'
},
:ssh => {
:user => 'root',
:password => 'password',
:paranoid => false,
}
},
:sudo => false,
:convergence_options => {
:ssl_verify_mode => :verify_none,
:ignore_failure => false
}

Thanks.

[hrmmmwhynot]

Not sure about the current state of the code base here or whether you still need it or not, but for us, we had to extend the "add_extra_nic" method under "vsphere_helpers.rb", and modify "clone_spec.config.deviceChange = changes" to "clone_spec.config.deviceChange += changes" inside the "def build(vm_template, vm_name, options)" method under "clone_spec_builder.rb"

I had to do this about a year ago + added the ability extend the existing hdd drive from template to make it usable for our vcenter environment. So, short answer is that a year ago I think the answer is no - at least not from chef-provisioning-vsphere itself without extending the functionalities from what I know.

[qubitrenegade]

👍 here. We have a few use cases where being able to add two NICs (even if on the same vds) would be extremely helpful for our test kitchen runs.

Thanks!