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Remove the serial interface from the template
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Description

I think that it would be a good idea to simply remove the serial interface from the template.ovf file. The reason i say that is that *most* VMware vSphere environments do not even use the serial port or even have it configured. I notice when i built VyOS 1.2 Crux build, i had issues when spinning up the VM in addition to the parent Bug.

I would remove the following since it serves no purpose:

<Item ovf:required="false">
    <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
    <rasd:ElementName>serial0</rasd:ElementName>
    <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
    <rasd:ResourceType>21</rasd:ResourceType>
    <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="yieldOnPoll" vmw:value="false"/>
  </Item>

If someone wants to configure VyOS with a serial port and they are using vSerial ports or network-directed Serial ports, they can just as easily add one to the VM after the fact.

As the template stands right now, i have to remove the serial port before the VM will power up.

Details

Difficulty level
Easy (less than an hour)
Version
VyOS 1.3
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close

Event Timeline

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we now reworking this in favor of a cloud-init backed system with ovf environment as configuration source
this now passing VMWare certification and will be available shortly