127.0.1.1 missing on virsh + cloud-init deployments

[pzolo85]

This is quite a niche problem. I'm following this fantastic guide with a set of Debian VM I deployed using virsh + cloud-init

When I got to https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way/blob/master/docs/03-compute-resources.md#hostnames the sed command didn't find any match because there isn't a 127.0.1.1 entry.

I thought it could be helpful to add a note to the guide, or maybe run a command before sed to add a dummy entry if 127.0.1.1 is missing.

[max-pfeiffer]

Hmm, maybe not such a niche problem: I spun up my Debian machines with permanent/static IP addresses (no DHCP). In this situation the Debian installer does not put an entry for 127.0.1.1 in /etc/hosts. Instead it creates an entry with that static IP address. See here: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_hostname_resolution