# vmware\_guest - Failed to set static IP - VCenter 6.5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 21, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078 "2020-10-21T18:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saketha_Vamshi_d)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/1 "2020-10-21T18:05:01Z")
Hello guys, I’m trying to deploy a new VM on ESXi host with ansible 2.9.13 with a device\_type=e1000. But unfortunately it is not accepting my static IP value, even when I mentioned type=static in playbook. For e.g.: networks: - name: VM Network type: static ip: 192. **.**.\*\* netmask: 255. **.**.\*\* gateway: 192. **.**.\*\* device\_type: e1000 dns\_servers: - 8.8.8.8 Does anyone come across the same issue? I’m just wondering am I missing any parameter here. Thanks in advance!! ---
**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/2 "2020-10-21T18:14:05Z")
I'm going to assume that the number following 192 above is 168, and if that's true, there's no point in obfuscating RFC 1918 addresses - it tells us nothing sensitive about your network, and there's just a chance that this additional information would help us to answer your question. Regards, Antony. ---
**Author:** ![Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saketha_Vamshi_d)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/3 "2020-10-21T18:18:58Z")
Yes Antony, Its 168 that comes after 192 in this value… ---
**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/4 "2020-10-21T18:26:02Z")
> Yes Antony, Its 168 that comes after 192 in this value... Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant "if you are using an RFC 1918 address (ie: one that starts with 192.168) then please show us the full address (and the netmask and the gateway) because you are not giving away any sensitive information, and knowing what you have written in full might help someone to answer your question". So, please re-post your network stanza with nothing obscured. ---
**Author:** ![Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saketha_Vamshi_d)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/5 "2020-10-21T18:46:40Z")
yep, got you… Here are the complete details: networks: - name: VM Network type: static ip: 192.168.2.60 netmask: 255.255.252.0 gateway: 192.168.0.1 device\_type: e1000 dns\_servers: - 8.8.8.8 ---
**Author:** ![Akasurde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akasurde/32/230_2.png) [@Akasurde](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akasurde)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/6 "2020-10-22T04:20:08Z")
Hi Saketha, Can you please provide the details about the operating system of the virtual machine and vCenter/ESXi version? Also, can check if vmware-tools or openvm-tools is running in the given virtual machine? Please file an issue against [https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues) with appropriate details. ---
**Author:** ![Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saketha_Vamshi_d)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/7 "2020-10-22T08:29:20Z")
Hi Abhijeet, I’m using “Centos-7 64bit” Operating system for deploying a new VM. And VCenter 6.5 version, ansible - 2.9.13. Regarding vmware\_tools., I see the below thing from vSphere client after I deploy a new VM. ![](data:image/png;base64,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And, you can also observe here that, it is not showing up any IP address assigned to it. I think the vmware\_tools are installed and running. Please suggest me if anything went wrong here. ---
**Author:** ![Akasurde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akasurde/32/230_2.png) [@Akasurde](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akasurde)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/8 "2020-10-22T09:32:15Z")
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**Author:** ![Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Saketha\_Vamshi\_d](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saketha_Vamshi_d)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-failed-to-set-static-ip-vcenter-6-5/34078/9 "2020-10-22T10:02:25Z")
I didn’t find an option to attach the image. So., let me type it here what I see on my vSphere client.