Three bootstrap paths into a VPC subnet: cloud-init, sysprep, vAppConfig

Our VPC subnets have no DHCP — and that's fine

The nested ESXi appliance sat at ‘waiting for DHCP’ for ever. VPC subnets don’t hand out addresses: the VM Service does, through cloud-init, sysprep or OVF guestinfo, depending on the guest.

16 September 2026 · Updated 1 October 2026 · 5 min · Adam Stretton