Terraform vsphere virtual machine - unable to clone with static ipv4 address - virtual-machine

Question

I am having trouble provisioning a VM in vSphere 6.5 using Terraform v0.11.13 and provider.vsphere v1.9.1 using a static ipv4 address. When the template gets cloned it configures the VM for DHCP. The vsphere template is configured with a static ip too. But I've noticed that after the clone it's set back to DHCP. This works with the linux_options.
I've set the static IP for the template to match the final VMs IP. I removed the VM_count thinking that it expects multiple VMs so it uses DHCP.
This is the Module vars.tf:
variable "vsphere_user" {
type = "string"
description = "The terraform vsphere service account."
default = "vsphereUser#acme.com"
}
variable "vsphere_password" {
type = "string"
description = "The terraform vsphere service account password."
default = ""
}
variable "vsphere_server" {
type = "string"
description = "The vsphere virtual center server."
default = "vcenter.acme.com"
}
variable "vsphere_guest_id" {
type = "string"
description = "The vsphere guest id to assign Windows servers."
default = "windows9Server64Guest"
}
variable "datacenter" {
type = "string"
description = "The datacenter to deploy the virtual machines to."
default = "HCI"
}
variable "datastore" {
type = "string"
description = "The datastore to deploy the virtual machines to."
default = "DS-01"
}
variable "linux_template" {
type = "string"
description = "The default linux template"
default = "CENT-7.5-50GB"
}
variable "windows_template" {
type = "string"
description = "The default windows template"
default = "Packer-Win2016-HCI-20190424"
}
variable "network" {
type = "string"
description = "The vshpere network to assign to the VM."
default = "VLAN_99"
}
variable "cluster" {
type = "string"
description = "The vsphere cluster to assign."
default = "General-VMs"
}
variable "vm_root_password" {
type = "string"
description = "The initial Linux server root password set prior to puppet inline provisioning."
default = "xxxxx"
}
variable "vm_default_password" {
type = "string"
description = "The initial Windows server root password set prior to the SCCM provisioning."
default = "xxxxx"
}
variable "vm_domain_name" {
type = "string"
description = "The domain name to assign to the VM."
default = "acme.com"
}
variable "vm_time_zone_linux" {
type = "string"
description = "The time zone to assign to the VM."
default = "America/New_York"
}
variable "vm_time_zone_windows" {
type = "string"
description = "The time zone to assign to the VM."
default = "35"
}
variable "vm_name" {
type = "string"
description = "The name to use for vsphere virtual machines created with this module."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_host_name" {
type = "string"
description = "The hostname to provision the server with."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_ip_address" {
type = "string"
description = "The IP address to assing to the VM."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_netmask" {
type = "string"
description = "The netmask to assign to the VM."
default = "24"
}
variable "vm_ip_gateway" {
type = "string"
description = "The gateway address to assing to the VM."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_num_cpus" {
type = "string"
description = "The number of CPU to allocate the VM."
default = "2"
}
variable "vm_memory" {
type = "string"
description = "The amount of RAM to allocate the VM."
default = "4096"
}
variable "vm_count" {
description = "The number of virtual machines to create."
default = "1"
}
variable "folder" {
description = "The folder to place the VM in vSphere."
default = "Servers/3Test"
}
variable "vm_cpu_hotadd" {
description = "Allows CPU to be added realtime."
default = "true"
}
variable "vm_memory_hotadd" {
description = "Allows memory to be added realtime."
default = "true"
}
variable "vm_disk0_size" {
description = "The size of disk 0."
default = "50"
}
variable "vm_disk1_size" {
description = "The size of disk 1."
default = "10"
}
variable "vm_notes" {
description = "Description of VM."
default = "terraform"
}
This is the root vars.tf: (they are very similar, still working on which are needed for which folder)
variable "vsphere_user" {
type = "string"
description = "The terraform vsphere service account."
default = "vsphereUser#acme.com"
}
variable "vsphere_password" {
type = "string"
description = "The terraform vsphere service account password."
default = ""
}
variable "vsphere_server" {
type = "string"
description = "The vsphere virtual center server."
default = "vcenter.acme.com"
}
variable "vsphere_guest_id" {
type = "string"
description = "The vsphere guest id to assign Windows servers."
default = "windows9Server64Guest"
}
variable "datacenter" {
type = "string"
description = "The datacenter to deploy the virtual machines to."
default = "HCI"
}
variable "datastore" {
type = "string"
description = "The datastore to deploy the virtual machines to."
default = "DS-01"
}
variable "linux_template" {
type = "string"
description = "The default linux template"
default = "CENT-7.6-50GB"
}
variable "network" {
type = "string"
description = "The vshpere network to assign to the VM."
default = "VLAN_99"
}
variable "cluster" {
type = "string"
description = "The vsphere cluster to assign."
default = "General-VMs"
}
variable "vm_root_password" {
type = "string"
description = "The intial Linux server root password set prior to puppet inline provisioning."
default = "xxxxx"
}
variable "vm_default_password" {
type = "string"
description = "The intial Windows server root password set prior to the SCCM provisioning."
default = "xxxxx"
}
variable "vm_domain_name" {
type = "string"
description = "The domain name to assign to the VM."
default = "acme.com"
}
variable "vm_time_zone_linux" {
type = "string"
description = "The time zone to assign to the VM."
default = "America/New_York"
}
variable "vm_time_zone_windows" {
type = "string"
description = "The time zone to assign to the VM."
default = "35"
}
variable "vm_name" {
type = "string"
description = "The name to use for vsphere virtual machines created with this module."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_host_name" {
type = "string"
description = "The hostname to provision the server with."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_ip_address" {
type = "string"
description = "The IP address to assing to the VM."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_netmask" {
type = "string"
description = "The netmask to assign to the VM."
default = "24"
}
variable "vm_ip_gateway" {
type = "string"
description = "The gateway address to assing to the VM."
default = ""
}
variable "vm_num_cpus" {
type = "string"
description = "The number of CPU to allocate the VM."
default = "2"
}
variable "vm_memory" {
type = "string"
description = "The amount of RAM to allocate the VM."
default = "4096"
}
variable "vm_count" {
description = "The number of virtual machines to create."
default = "1"
}
variable "folder" {
description = "The folder to place the VM in vSphere."
default = "Servers/1Prod"
}
variable "vm_cpu_hotadd" {
description = "Allows CPU to be added realtime."
default = "true"
}
variable "vm_memory_hotadd" {
description = "Allows memory to be added realtime."
default = "true"
}
variable "vm_notes" {
type = "string"
description = "Description of VM."
default = "terraform"
}
This is the VMs module tf:
module "testv11" {
source = "git::ssh://git#gitlab/iac/terraform- modules.git//windows-base?ref=windows-base-prod-v1.0.2"
vm_name = "TESTV11"
vm_host_name = "testv11"
vm_ip_address = "10.255.187.45"
vm_ip_gateway = "10.255.187.1"
network = "VLAN_99"
vm_disk0_size = "50"
vm_disk1_size = "10"
folder = "Servers/1Prod"
}
In the terraform plan, I expect to see the static IP address.
Windows plan not showing static IP:
clone.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.network_interface.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.timeout: "" => "10"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.admin_password: "<sensitive>" => "<sensitive>"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.auto_logon_count: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.computer_name: "" => "testv11"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.full_name: "" =>
"Administrator"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.organization_name: "" => "Managed by Terraform"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.time_zone: "" => "35"
clone.0.customize.0.windows_options.0.workgroup: "" => "workgroup"
clone.0.template_uuid: "" => "422912a4-a156-2e28-10a8-2684d835c834"
clone.0.timeout: "" => "30"
Linux plan showing staic IP:
clone.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.ipv4_gateway: "" => "10.255.187.1"
clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.domain: "" => "acme.com"
clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.host_name: "" => "linuxv01"
clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.hw_clock_utc: "" => "true"
clone.0.customize.0.linux_options.0.time_zone: "" => "America/New_York"
clone.0.customize.0.network_interface.#: "" => "1"
clone.0.customize.0.network_interface.0.ipv4_address: "" => "10.255.187.38"
clone.0.customize.0.network_interface.0.ipv4_netmask: "" => "24"
clone.0.customize.0.timeout: "" => "10"
clone.0.template_uuid: "" => "4229c06d-522d-88d5-c158-a53fca0a96cb"
clone.0.timeout: "" => "30"