No IP address shown in log file of OVF appliance running in headless mode

User Impact:

Significant portions of the users, who run OVF on some Server without UI  (headless mode) will not be able to use OVF because they'll don't know IP address of PMM server based on our current instructions  

 

PMM Server as a Virtual Appliance page contains a script that imports the PMM Server appliance and configures it to bridge the en0 adapter from the host. Then the script routes console output from the appliance to /tmp/pmm-server-console.log. This is done because the script then starts the appliance in headless (without the console) mode.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Import image
   VBoxManage import pmm-server-2.11.1.ova
2. Modify NIC settings if needed
   VBoxManage list bridgedifs
   VBoxManage modifyvm 'PMM Server 2.11.1' --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 'en0: Wi-Fi (AirPort)'
3. Log console output into file
   VBoxManage modifyvm 'PMM Server 2.11.1' --uart1 0x3F8 4 --uartmode1 file /tmp/pmm-server-console.log
4. Start instance
   VBoxManage startvm --type headless 'PMM Server 2.11.1'
5. Wait for 1 minute and get IP address from the log
   sleep 60
   grep cloud-init /tmp/pmm-server-console.log

Actual result:
The 'pmm-server-console.log' doesn't contain IP adress.

Expected result:
The user can get the IP address from the log.

 

 

Note: desired state  - current instructions work, no actions on the user side. If this is completely not possible or  significant impact - let's discuss changes we can do