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Cloning a VM Checklist - Linux
These steps should be performed whenever a linux VMVirtual Machine is cloned via a VMVirtual Machine Template or directly from another VM.
A. Change IP Address
- Edit /etc/network/interfaces
- Sample DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol IP Config:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network nterface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
- Sample Static IP Config:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.9.8.99
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.9.8.0
broadcast 10.9.8.255
gateway 10.9.8.1
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 10.9.8.21
dns-search testrange.local
B. Edit the hostname
- /etc/hostname
- /etc/hosts
C. Install VMware tools (if applicable)
- Install open-vm-tools
- On a server use the command "sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools"
- On a desktop use the command "sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools && sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop"
D. Assign Tag(s) to the VMVirtual Machine in vSphere