Issue creating template using Static IP

[jgomezve]

Based on #17 I have setup my user-data as follows

#cloud-config
autoinstall:
  version: 1
  apt:
    geoip: true
    preserve_sources_list: false
    primary:
      - arches: [amd64, i386]
        uri: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
      - arches: [default]
        uri: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
  early-commands:
    # Stop ssh server during install so that Packer does not get confused
    - sudo systemctl stop ssh
  users:
    - default
    - name: lab
      lock_passwd: true
      passwd: '$6$rounds=4096$XzEg6.VC4gm1WF9o$Gau4DDqkqHxIp5YK.9bjMiIO.ibnjAbdqXEW5Aoirw3n9rdej/bh9T7Jfs7q98Sz6iDbnn1cb8kw.JVIHswFO1'
  identity:
    hostname: control-vm
    username: lab
    password: '$6$rounds=4096$XzEg6.VC4gm1WF9o$Gau4DDqkqHxIp5YK.9bjMiIO.ibnjAbdqXEW5Aoirw3n9rdej/bh9T7Jfs7q98Sz6iDbnn1cb8kw.JVIHswFO1'
  ssh:
    allow-pw: true
    install-server: true
  user-data:
    disable_root: false
  locale: en_US
  keyboard:
    layout: us
  network:
    network:
      version: 2
      ethernets:
        ens160:
         addresses: 
          - 10.122.18.90/25
         gateway4: 10.122.18.1
         nameservers:
           addresses:
           - 64.102.6.247
  storage:
    layout:
      name: direct
    config:
      - type: disk
        id: disk0
        match:
          size: largest
      - type: partition
        id: boot-partition
        device: disk0
        size: 500M
      - type: partition
        id: root-partition
        device: disk0
        size: -1
  late-commands:
    - sed -i -e 's/^#\?PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication yes/g' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config
    - echo 'lab ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /target/etc/sudoers.d/lab

The machine is deployed as expected but Packer picks up a wrong IP address and does not continue

==> vsphere-iso.control_vm: Waiting for IP...
2023/08/15 02:18:32 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:32 VM IP aquired: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:32 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:32 VM IP is still the same: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:33 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:33 VM IP is still the same: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:34 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:34 VM IP is still the same: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:35 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:35 VM IP is still the same: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:36 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:36 VM IP is still the same: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:37 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:37 VM IP is still the same: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:37 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:37 VM IP seems stable enough: 172.16.3.167
2023/08/15 02:18:37 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:37 [INFO] Waiting for SSH, up to timeout: 30m0s
==> vsphere-iso.control_vm: IP address: 172.16.3.167
==> vsphere-iso.control_vm: Using SSH communicator to connect: 172.16.3.167
==> vsphere-iso.control_vm: Waiting for SSH to become available...
2023/08/15 02:18:52 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:18:52 [DEBUG] TCP connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 172.16.3.167:22: i/o timeout
2023/08/15 02:19:12 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:19:12 [DEBUG] TCP connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 172.16.3.167:22: i/o timeout
2023/08/15 02:19:32 packer-plugin-vsphere_v1.2.1_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2023/08/15 02:19:

See the IP address mismatch. I really have no idea where does that IP come from....
Any idea how to make it work? Unfortunately in my setup I do not have a DHCP

[tenthirtyam]

Not yet supported in this project but there is a pending PR that does.