bootstrap ignition fails to emergency.target on vSphere UPI install

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Bootstrap fails to emergency-target when attempting to acquire a dhcp address. No IP is assigned to the machine. Wireshark shows no network communication from bootstrap to dhcp.

  • Actual error of this issue on bootstrap console is:
    "Ignition.config.merge.0.source, line 6 col 21: unable to parse url"

  • Key words to emphasis is 'merge' and 'url'. Merge implies it's a problem with the append-bootstrap.ign. Url points to a problem with the url defined in the file.

Environment

  • vSphere 6.7
  • OCP 4.6 Openshift Cluster Platform
  • RHCOS 4.6.1

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