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Morreke
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VCSA failed to configure network

Hello,

i'm trying to install VCSA as a seperate vm in Vmware Fusion. I configured the vmx file with following parameters:

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = "ipv4"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = "static"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = "192.168.2.112"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.prefix = "24"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.gateway = "192.168.2.1"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.dns.servers = "192.168.2.111"

guestinfo.cis.vmdir.password = "vmware"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.root.passwd = "vmware"

but i get an error when booting:

Download support bundle from:


https://192.168.2.10:433/appliance/support-bundle

https://192.168.2.10/ (DHCP)

https://(IPV6 address)/ (STATIC)

Any idea why i get a DHCP address ?

FYI i don't have access to my gateway for the moment but that shouldn't be nescessary right ?

Also, when i VCSA, when pressing F2 to configure the system, the root password doesn't take "vmware"

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greco827
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For the IP, set the address before setting it as static.

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr.family = "ipv4"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.addr = "192.168.2.112"

guestinfo.cis.appliance.net.mode = "static"

For the password, you need a special character and a capital letter.  I would use # as the special character as some people have had issues with !.

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