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Dummy interfaces and IP addresses not synced

See original GitHub issue

I have some VyOS VM’s that uses the dummy linux type of interfaces. These VMs uses Debian Buster as base OS.

The IP’s are exposed on vmware tools, but doing some debugging, I see that they don’t have a Device nor a NetworkName property.

I want these IP’s to be synced to netbox, as they are used globally. When I do a netbox-sync I don’t see the IP’s are ever listed in the debug output.

I included a second interface that does work as intended for comparison.

Using PowerCLI tools:

PS> $myVm = Get-VM -name myDummyRouterVM
PS> $myVm.Guest.Nics | select -Property *

...

Connected   : True
Device      : 
IPAddress   : {xxx.xxx.222.248, xxx.xxx.222.249, xxx.xxx.222.250, xxx.xxx.222.251...}
MacAddress  : 76:3e:00:c9:3c:d9
NetworkName : 

Connected   : True
Device      : Network adapter 3
IPAddress   : {172.23.252.1, fe80::250:56ff:febc:5ec}
MacAddress  : 00:50:56:bc:05:ec
NetworkName : dvportgroup-510922

And on the VM, the IP addresses are shown like this

user@myDummyRouter:~$ ip addr show dev dum0 | strip-private
5: dum0: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 76:3e:00:c9:3c:d9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet xxx.xxx.222.248/32 scope global dum0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet xxx.xxx.222.249/32 scope global dum0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet xxx.xxx.222.250/32 scope global dum0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet xxx.xxx.222.251/32 scope global dum0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::743e:ff:fec9:3cd9/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

user@myDummyRouter:~$ ip addr show eth2
4: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:bc:05:ec brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.23.252.1/24 brd 172.23.252.255 scope global eth2
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::250:56ff:febc:5ec/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Lastly, this is the output from netbox-sync -l DEBUG3, with what I think might be the relevant info.

      (vim.vm.GuestInfo.NicInfo) {
         dynamicType = <unset>,
         dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
         network = <unset>,
         ipAddress = (str) [
            'xxx.xxx.222.248',
            'xxx.xxx.222.249',
            'xxx.xxx.222.250',
            'xxx.xxx.222.251',
            'fe80::743e:ff:fec9:3cd9'
         ],
         macAddress = '76:3e:00:c9:3c:d9',
         connected = true,
         deviceConfigId = -1,
         dnsConfig = <unset>,
         ipConfig = (vim.net.IpConfigInfo) {
            dynamicType = <unset>,
            dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
            ipAddress = (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) [
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = 'xxx.xxx.222.248',
                  prefixLength = 32,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'preferred',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               },
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = 'xxx.xxx.222.249',
                  prefixLength = 32,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'preferred',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               },
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = 'xxx.xxx.222.250',
                  prefixLength = 32,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'preferred',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               },
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = 'xxx.xxx.222.251',
                  prefixLength = 32,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'preferred',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               },
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = 'fe80::743e:ff:fec9:3cd9',
                  prefixLength = 64,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'unknown',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               }
            ],
            dhcp = <unset>,
            autoConfigurationEnabled = <unset>
         },
         netBIOSConfig = <unset>
      },
      
      (vim.vm.GuestInfo.NicInfo) {
         dynamicType = <unset>,
         dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
         network = '12345-CUST',
         ipAddress = (str) [
            '172.23.252.1',
            'fe80::250:56ff:febc:5ec'
         ],
         macAddress = '00:50:56:bc:05:ec',
         connected = true,
         deviceConfigId = 4002,
         dnsConfig = <unset>,
         ipConfig = (vim.net.IpConfigInfo) {
            dynamicType = <unset>,
            dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
            ipAddress = (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) [
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = '172.23.252.1',
                  prefixLength = 24,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'preferred',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               },
               (vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddress) {
                  dynamicType = <unset>,
                  dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
                  ipAddress = 'fe80::250:56ff:febc:5ec',
                  prefixLength = 64,
                  origin = <unset>,
                  state = 'unknown',
                  lifetime = <unset>
               }
            ],
            dhcp = <unset>,
            autoConfigurationEnabled = <unset>
         },
         netBIOSConfig = <unset>
      }
   ],