Go to /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg -> check the line preserve_hostname -> Change the setting to True from False. Follow the below steps to change the hostname permanently in Ubuntu 18.04 server VM and to keep the changes intact after reboot: Īs we are going to create multiple Ubuntu VMs or nodes, we need to assign a unique hostname for each node. Please refer to the below link to install the ubuntu server 18.04 LTS on virtual box 6 on windows 10. Using the Clone option to create another VM.

Step to assign static IP to your Ubuntu VM. This setting will help us assign static IP to Ubuntu virtual machines to SSH to those hosts, and VMs will have internet access. Our previous blog detailed the steps to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server on VirtualBox.īorrowing from Clairvoyant’s vast experience of working on Kafka, in this tutorial, I am going to set up Ubuntu servers using Virtualbox 6 on a Windows 10 operating system and also assign a static IP address to ubuntu virtual machines using netplan.Īlso, I am going to show you how to set up a NAT-NETWORK and Host-Only Network.

Read more to learn how to set up Ubuntu servers using Virtualbox 6 on a Windows 10 operating system.

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