# vmware\_guest: customizing new VM from template

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-customizing-new-vm-from-template/23664>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-customizing-new-vm-from-template/23664 "2017-02-07T14:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rodrigo\_B\_Brasil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@Rodrigo\_B\_Brasil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rodrigo_B_Brasil)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-customizing-new-vm-from-template/23664/1 "2017-02-07T14:17:47Z")

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Hello there,

Is there any limitation when customizing an Oracle Linux OS?

I’m creating a new guest from a template (with VMware Tools installed) and trying to set static IP, but its not working. The VM is created with the NIC configured as I want (device\_type, name), but only without IP.

My guest\_id is oracleLinux64Guest. I’m running ansible 2.3.0 (devel 4f117df6ec).