I'd love to be able to set the MAC address of VM guests (we control the DHCP server manually (if I get lots of spare time maybe I'll write a new dhcp smart proxy module)). However the GUI hides the mac address in the "New -> Host -> Network" page, sadly it's not as simple as just commenting out "unless @hypervisor" from ./app/views/hosts/_unattended.html.erb. ./lib/foreman/controller/host_details.rb seems to be responsible somehow for displaying/hiding this item but my Rails development knowledge is non-existant. Currently we have to create the VM (which fails to boot), then edit the libvirt config, stop the build, edit mac address, start the build. It'd be great if you could _optionally_ specify the MAC address to use (and to generate one if it's blank as it currently does). Foreman: v0.4.1
Created from redmine issue http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/1501
If a user is managing DHCP externally to Foreman, on an IPAM system that sets `next-server` based on matching a MAC range, it would be useful to be able to specify it in the UI. Perhaps under some kind of 'Advanced' section.
Upstream bug component is Compute Resources
Thank you for your interest in Satellite 6. We have evaluated this request, and we do not expect this to be implemented in the product in the foreseeable future. We are therefore closing this out as WONTFIX. If you have any concerns about this, please feel free to contact Rich Jerrido or Bryan Kearney. Thank you.