Systemd not running --> Builds but fails at Ansible Provisioner

[cortlandx]

Systemd not running --> Builds but fails at Ansible Provisioner

[yuval-k]

are you trying to interact with systemd?
the way this plugin works, systemd is not used for 'booting' it; so I'm not sure what we can do here.
would love to get some ideas from someone who knows systemd better

[cortlandx]

In my ansible file I am using ansible.builtin.hostname function to change the hostname which on kalipi interacts with systemd. However, yes systemd is not used for "booting" it which is the problem. However, I did find an easy work around that instead of using ansible.builtin.hostname function I just use Ansible replace (see below) function to change the /etc/hostname file similar to how i am using Ansible lineinfile to change /etc/hosts. This works to set the hostname during the build process.

            replace:
                dest: /etc/hostname
                regexp: "kali"
                replace: "pwned"

[yuval-k]

thanks for figuring this out! closing as answered