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Build VMs stopped starting after a reboot into a new kernel: vmmon/vmnet
were left unloaded and vmnet1/vmnet8 (DHCP/NAT) never came up, so
vmware-vmx died (status=237/KEYRING) and clones got no IP. Root cause:
the LSB->systemd sysv-generated vmware.service intermittently fails to
generate at early boot ("systemd-sysv-generator: Cannot find unit
vmware.service"), and the existing module-rebuild guard only builds the
modules -- it never loads them or starts vmnet networking.
Add a native vmware-host.service that runs `/etc/init.d/vmware start`
(loads vmmon/vmci + brings up vmnet), ordered after the rebuild guard,
and mask the flaky sysv vmware.service so the native unit is the sole
owner. Provisioned by scripts/install-vmware-host-services.sh and wired
into setup-host-linux.sh (new step 8/9). VMware ships no native unit and
no kernel postinst hook, so this native wrapper around VMware's own
tools is the reliable boot path.
Verified: linked clone boots and gets a vmnet8 DHCP IP.
91 lines
4.1 KiB
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91 lines
4.1 KiB
Bash
Executable File
#!/usr/bin/env bash
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# install-vmware-host-services.sh — install the native systemd units that bring
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# up the VMware Workstation host stack at boot on the Linux CI host.
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#
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# Why this exists: VMware Workstation on Linux ships NO native systemd unit,
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# does NOT register vmmon/vmnet with DKMS, and installs NO kernel postinst hook.
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# Two failure modes follow, both of which stop build VMs from starting:
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# 1. After a kernel upgrade the vmmon/vmnet .ko are unbuilt until
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# vmware-modconfig runs (vmrun start => "Error: The operation was
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# canceled").
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# 2. The LSB-generated sysv `vmware.service` has proven unreliable to generate
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# at early boot ("systemd-sysv-generator: Cannot find unit vmware.service"),
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# so vmmon stays unloaded and vmnet1/vmnet8 (DHCP/NAT) never come up.
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#
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# This installs two native systemd units built on VMware's own tools:
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# - vmware-modules-rebuild.service : rebuilds vmmon/vmnet via vmware-modconfig
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# if the .ko for the running kernel is missing (build-if-missing guard).
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# - vmware-host.service : runs `/etc/init.d/vmware start` to load
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# the modules and bring up vmnet networking; ordered After the guard.
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# The flaky sysv `vmware.service` is masked so vmware-host.service is the sole
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# owner of the host stack.
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#
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# Usage:
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# sudo ./scripts/install-vmware-host-services.sh # install + enable + start
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# sudo ./scripts/install-vmware-host-services.sh --uninstall
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#
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# Idempotent: re-running overwrites the units in place and re-enables them.
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set -euo pipefail
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SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
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REPO_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
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SRC="$REPO_DIR/deploy/systemd"
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ACTION="install"
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log() { printf '[install-vmware-host-services] %s\n' "$*"; }
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warn() { printf '[install-vmware-host-services] WARN: %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
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die() { printf '[install-vmware-host-services] ERROR: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
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while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
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case "$1" in
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--uninstall) ACTION="uninstall"; shift ;;
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-h|--help) sed -n '2,29p' "$0"; exit 0 ;;
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*) die "unknown argument: $1 (use --uninstall)" ;;
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esac
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done
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[ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] || die "run as root: sudo bash $0"
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if [ "$ACTION" = "uninstall" ]; then
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systemctl disable --now vmware-host.service 2>/dev/null || true
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systemctl disable --now vmware-modules-rebuild.service 2>/dev/null || true
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rm -f /etc/systemd/system/vmware-host.service \
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/etc/systemd/system/vmware-modules-rebuild.service \
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/usr/local/sbin/vmware-modules-rebuild.sh
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systemctl unmask vmware.service 2>/dev/null || true
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systemctl daemon-reload
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log "uninstalled (units removed, vmware.service unmasked)"
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exit 0
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fi
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[ -d "$SRC" ] || die "source dir not found: $SRC (clone the repo first)"
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command -v vmware-modconfig >/dev/null 2>&1 || warn "vmware-modconfig not found — is VMware Workstation installed?"
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[ -x /etc/init.d/vmware ] || warn "/etc/init.d/vmware not found — is VMware Workstation installed?"
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# 1. rebuild guard script + units
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install -m 0755 -o root -g root "$SRC/vmware-modules-rebuild.sh" /usr/local/sbin/vmware-modules-rebuild.sh
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install -m 0644 -o root -g root "$SRC/vmware-modules-rebuild.service" /etc/systemd/system/vmware-modules-rebuild.service
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install -m 0644 -o root -g root "$SRC/vmware-host.service" /etc/systemd/system/vmware-host.service
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log "installed rebuild script + 2 systemd units"
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# 2. mask the flaky sysv vmware.service so the native unit is the sole owner
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if [ "$(systemctl is-enabled vmware.service 2>/dev/null || true)" = "masked" ]; then
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log "vmware.service already masked"
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else
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systemctl mask vmware.service && log "masked sysv vmware.service" || warn "could not mask vmware.service"
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fi
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# 3. reload + enable + start (start is idempotent — init script start is re-runnable)
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systemctl daemon-reload
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systemctl enable vmware-modules-rebuild.service
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systemctl enable vmware-host.service
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log "enabled vmware-modules-rebuild.service + vmware-host.service"
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if systemctl start vmware-host.service; then
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log "vmware-host.service started"
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else
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warn "vmware-host.service start failed — check: journalctl -u vmware-host.service"
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fi
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log "done — verify: lsmod | grep -E 'vmmon|vmnet'; ip -o link show | grep vmnet"
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