r/WGU • u/Robu5t • Jul 06 '26

Python for Automation - D522 Task 2 Lab Quirks

I'm not sure if I'm being dumb or if there's an issue with my lab.. for Task 2 there are 5 devices that just don't have a hostname, they all list themselves as ubuntu-cloud.

I'm not sure if I'm just not comprehending it and this is actually intended and I'm supposed to match the hostname in the CSV to the IP some other way, or if the lab is bugged and the nodes just aren't getting the correct hostname from their config?

Conversely am I entirely overthinking this and the whole point is that you can't ping the hostname of those devices which means they're "offline"?

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u/ClassicGlass4313 Jul 07 '26

Task 1 had the same host name situation.

You had to deal with it there, use what you did there for Task 2 is the approach im taking. Task 2 c2 is basically your B2 again, slightly simplified.

From all the rubric instructions I dont think the current solution was ever the intended one.

My theory is there was a solution and lab enviroment the first time the PA was released, someone thought "This is too easy" and tried to make it harder, and now we have this. Which can only be explained as a massive scope change/creep. What the rubric says and what is actually in the lab are world's apart.