VMware-vagrant doesn't allow me to overwrite pciSlotNumber property for ethernet0 nor ethernet1

[hectorj2f]

I need to overwrite the value of the pciSlotNumber to 3 and 6 in order to bootstrap a VM with vmware and vagrant plugin. This VM should have two network interfaces whose names are ens3 and ens6. However I got the default ones which are ens33 and ens34.

In the following piece of code, I set the value for the pciSlotNumber:

      ["vmware_fusion", "vmware_workstation"].each do |vmware|
        config.vm.provider vmware do |v|

          v.gui = vm_gui
          v.vmx['memsize'] = vm_memory
          v.vmx['numvcpus'] = vm_cpus
          v.vmx["virtualhw.version"] ="8"
          v.vmx['hv.assumeEnabled'] = "TRUE"
          v.vmx['vhv.enable'] = "TRUE"
          v.vmx['allowNested'] = "TRUE"

          v.vmx["ethernet0.pciSlotNumber"] = "3"
          v.vmx["ethernet1.pciSlotNumber"] = "6"
        end
      end

Vagrant version

1.8.1

Host operating system

Ubuntu

Guest operating system

CoreOS

Debug

The logs of the vagrant up core-01 are available in the following gist:
https://gist.github.com/hectorj2f/cef6cf52c0ba0461ff16f9a1b54687a0

By looking at the logs, I could say that the VMX file is modified. However, if I follow the logs it seems that other values re-define the initial ones to 33 and 34, respectively.

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # always use Vagrants insecure key
  config.ssh.insert_key = false

  # enable vagrant-env plugin
  config.env.enable

  (1..$num_instances).each do |i|
    config.vm.define vm_name = "%s-%02d" % [$instance_name_prefix, i] do |config|
      config.vm.hostname = vm_name

      config.vm.box = "coreos-%s" % $update_channel
      if $image_version != "current"
          config.vm.box_version = $image_version
      end

      config.vm.box_url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/%s.release.core-os.net/amd64-usr/%s/coreos_production_vagrant.json" % [$update_channel, $image_version]

      ["vmware_fusion", "vmware_workstation"].each do |vmware|
        config.vm.provider vmware do |v, override|
          override.vm.box_url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/%s.release.core-os.net/amd64-usr/%s/coreos_production_vagrant_vmware_fusion.json" % [$update_channel, $image_version]
        end
      end

      if $enable_serial_logging
        logdir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "log")
        FileUtils.mkdir_p(logdir)

        serialFile = File.join(logdir, "%s-serial.txt" % vm_name)
        FileUtils.touch(serialFile)

        ["vmware_fusion", "vmware_workstation"].each do |vmware|
          config.vm.provider vmware do |v, override|
            v.vmx["serial0.present"] = "TRUE"
            v.vmx["serial0.fileType"] = "file"
            v.vmx["serial0.fileName"] = serialFile
            v.vmx["serial0.tryNoRxLoss"] = "FALSE"
          end
        end
      end

      if $expose_docker_tcp
        config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 2375, host: ($expose_docker_tcp + i - 1), auto_correct: true
      end

      $forwarded_ports.each do |guest, host|
        config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: guest, host: host, auto_correct: true
      end

      ["vmware_fusion", "vmware_workstation"].each do |vmware|
        config.vm.provider vmware do |v|

          v.gui = vm_gui
          v.vmx['memsize'] = vm_memory
          v.vmx['numvcpus'] = vm_cpus
          v.vmx["virtualhw.version"] ="8"
          v.vmx['hv.assumeEnabled'] = "TRUE"
          v.vmx['vhv.enable'] = "TRUE"
          v.vmx['allowNested'] = "TRUE"

          v.vmx["ethernet0.pciSlotNumber"] = "3"
          v.vmx["ethernet1.pciSlotNumber"] = "6"
        end
      end

      ip_prefix = "172.17.8"
      if ENV[IP_PREFIX_ENV_VAR] != ""
        ip_prefix = ENV[IP_PREFIX_ENV_VAR]
      end
      ip = "#{ip_prefix}.#{i+100}"
      config.vm.network :private_network, ip: ip

      if File.exist?(CLOUD_CONFIG_PATH)
          # Copy the entire cloud config to the box.
          config.vm.provision :file, :source => "#{CLOUD_CONFIG_PATH}", :destination => "/tmp/vagrantfile-user-data"
          config.vm.provision :shell, :inline => "mv /tmp/vagrantfile-user-data /var/lib/coreos-vagrant/", :privileged => true
      end

      # Add a host unique fleet metadata field.
      config.vm.provision "shell" do |s|
          s.inline=$fleet_metadata_update
          s.args = "#{i}"
          s.name = "Fleet metadata update"
      end

    end
  end
end

Expected behavior

I'd like to have two network interfaces ens3 and ens6

Actual behavior

I get two network interfaces ens33 and ens34

[chrisroberts]

Closing this (even though it is the earlier issue) and tracking it here: #8095

Thanks for the report!

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