Ubuntu 22.04 OVA Cloud Image does not get a DHCP IPv4 address in vSphere

Question

I imported both Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 OVA into vSphere like this:

govc import.ova -name ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-md -folder vm/DIA_RnD/RMD/buildenvironment/templates https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/releases/20.04/release/ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova
govc import.ova -name ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-md -folder vm/DIA_RnD/RMD/buildenvironment/templates https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova

For Ubuntu 20.04 the VM created from the template works and gets an IP: 20.04 vSphere

For Ubuntu 22.04 the VM does not get an IP: 22.04 vSphere

I have also tried to use import.spec and pass the options json file but same result, it works for 20.04 but not for 22.04.

govc import.spec ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova | jq . > 2204.json
govc import.ova -name ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-md -options 2204.json -folder vm/DIA_RnD/RMD/buildenvironment/templates https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/releases/22.04/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova

Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

After you import the cloud-image template and before converting it to a template, you may have to enable the OVF environment.

Go to Configure → Settings → vApp Options and enable OVF environment for the IP allocation scheme, as well as VMware Tools under OVF Details.

After that, convert the modified VM to a template and deploy new VMs using that template.