Automatically adding a static DHCP reservation to VMWare's dhcpd.conf and to /etc/hosts

adding-a-vmware-static-dhcp.md

(0) $ python3 -m vmware_static_dhcp.vmware_static_dhcp --help
usage: vmware_static_dhcp.py [-h] --hw-addr HW_ADDR --ip-addr IP_ADDR
                             --hostname HOSTNAME
                             updated_hosts_path updated_dhcpd_conf_path

positional arguments:
  updated_hosts_path    Path to updated hosts file
  updated_dhcpd_conf_path
                        Path to update dhcpd.conf file.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --hw-addr HW_ADDR     MAC address
  --ip-addr IP_ADDR     IP address to reserve
  --hostname HOSTNAME   hostname to associate with IP address.

-==< zach@endor:~/Sync/Projects/src/vmware-static-dhcp >==-
 (0) $ python3 -m vmware_static_dhcp.vmware_static_dhcp ./new_hosts ./new_dhcpd.conf --hw-addr "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" --ip-addr "192.168.44.11" --hostname new-virtual-machine
Writing update dhcpd configuration to ./new_dhcpd.conf

-==< zach@endor:~/Sync/Projects/src/vmware-static-dhcp >==-
 (0) $ diff -u /etc/hosts ./new_hosts
--- /etc/hosts  2019-11-08 15:46:00.000000000 -0800
+++ ./new_hosts 2019-11-08 15:46:48.000000000 -0800
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 ::1                         localhost
 192.168.44.10               gargleblaster

+192.168.44.11               new-virtual-machine

-==< zach@endor:~/Sync/Projects/src/vmware-static-dhcp >==-
 (1) $ diff -u  /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/vmnet8/dhcpd.conf new_dhcpd.conf
--- /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/vmnet8/dhcpd.conf    2019-10-01 18:56:04.000000000 -0700
+++ new_dhcpd.conf  2019-11-08 15:46:48.000000000 -0800
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 # Modification Instructions: This section of the configuration file contains
 # information generated by the configuration program. Do not modify this
 # section.
-# You are free to modify everything else. Also, this section must start
-# on a new line
-# This file will get backed up with a different name in the same directory
+# You are free to modify everything else. Also, this section must start
+# on a new line
+# This file will get backed up with a different name in the same directory
 # if this section is edited and you try to configure DHCP again.

 # Written at: 10/01/2019 18:56:04
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@
 }
 ####### VMNET DHCP Configuration. End of "DO NOT MODIFY SECTION" #######

-host gargleblaster{
+host gargleblaster {
    hardware ethernet 00:0c:29:a5:fd:3a;
    fixed-address 192.168.44.10;
 }
+
+host new-virtual-machine {
+   hardware ethernet aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff;
+   fixed-address 192.168.44.11;
+}
+
-==< zach@endor:~/Sync/Projects/src/vmware-static-dhcp >==-
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