Cloud-init allows for easy initialization of virtualization and cloud instances. Address Manager and DNS/DHCP Server ESX virtual machines support provisioning of interface information using cloud-init configuration data in valid YAML syntax. In addition to the interface information, you can provision Address Manager services such as Failover API and Syslog using cloud-init configuration data.
Cloud-init allows for easy initialization of virtualization and cloud instances. Address Manager and DNS/DHCP Server ESX virtual machines support provisioning of IP address information using cloud-init configuration data in valid YAML syntax. In addition to the IP address information, you can provision Address Manager and DNS/DHCP Servers with server services such as NTP, SNMP, and Syslog using cloud-init configuration data.
- Cloud-init provisioning is only supported on standalone ESX virtual machines; BAM in replication or BDDS xHA not supported.
- The following section is based on the vSphere Web Client. Menu selections might differ in vSphere desktop clients.