Updated: 2022-03-10 Test again
These scripts provide a way to change the MachineID, Hostname, IP Addresses (static), and Server SSH keys for a Cloned Ubuntu server. This was tested on VirtualBox.
A cloned Ubuntu server (on VirtualBox) does not get a new MachineID. The MachineID is found in 2 locations: /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id This caused an issue when using DHCP. The cloned server would pick up the same IP as the original server. And it seemed like an interesting little problem to solve.
Ubuntu LTS 22.04 Minimal install. Add any other basic tool packages; wget, curl, net tools, nano, vim, etc. Logged-in User account should have sudo privileges.
- Download all scripts and service files into home directory
- Run the InitializeMachID.sh
- InitializeMachID.sh
- netchange.sh
- regenerateSSH.sh
- regeneratekey.service
This is the end.