Network config debian + VMware faulty

[Mathias Störch]

The /etc/network/interfaces file contains the line "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.cfg" but the interface config file located in /etc/network/interfaces.d/ does not has the ending .cfg.

See line 277 in this file:
https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/master/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config_nic.py

See line 41 in this file:
https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/master/cloudinit/distros/debian.py

1. Tell us your cloud provider
VMware vSphere
2. Any appropriate cloud-init configuration you can provide us
Guest customization using Ansible vmware_guest module:
        - name: Ensure vm is cloned from template and settings applied
          community.vmware.vmware_guest:
            hostname: vcenter
            username: '{{ vmware_vcenter_username }}'
            password: '{{ vmware_vcenter_password }}'
            validate_certs: no
            datacenter: '{{ vmware_vcenter_datacenter }}'
            cluster: '{{ vmware_vcenter_cluster }}'
            name: '{{ vmware_guest_name | lower }}'
            template: '{{ vmware_guest_template }}'
            datastore: '{{ vmware_guest_datastore }}'
            folder: '{{ vmware_vcenter_datacenter }}/vm/{{ vmware_guest_folder_parent }}/{{ vmware_guest_folder_name }}'
            resource_pool: '{{ vmware_vcenter_resource_pool }}'
            hardware:
              hotadd_cpu: true
              hotremove_cpu: true
              hotadd_memory: true
              memory_mb: '{{ vmware_guest_memory }}'
              num_cpus: '{{ vmware_guest_cpu }}'
              num_cpu_cores_per_socket: '{{ vmware_guest_cpu_cores }}'
            networks:
              - name: '{{ vmware_guest_network }}'
                vlan: '{{ vmware_guest_vlan }}'
                ip: '{{ vmware_guest_ip }}'
                netmask: '{{ vmware_guest_netmask }}'
                gateway: '{{ vmware_guest_gateway }}'
                domain: example.com
                dns_servers: '{{ vmware_guest_dns }}'
                type: static
                connected: true
                start_connected: true
            customization:
              hostname: '{{ vmware_guest_name | lower }}'
              domain: example.com
              dns_suffix: 'example.com'
              dns_servers: '{{ vmware_guest_dns }}'
            state: present

[James Falcon (falcojr)]

Tracked in Github Issues as https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/3845