On a Ubuntu 16 VM with a static IP address, syslog is filling with "WARNING Dhcp client is not running" messages:
Jan 6 14:14:04 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:04.162022 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:09 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:09.204402 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:14 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:14.239059 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:19 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:19.275123 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:24 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:24.314332 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:29 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:29.349257 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:34 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:34.389749 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:39 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:39.431216 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:44 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:44.461548 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:49 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:49.501796 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:54 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:54.543198 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
Jan 6 14:14:59 admin python3[1251]: 2017/01/06 14:14:59.578557 WARNING Dhcp client is not running.
at one every 5 seconds!
There is a reference to this at Azure/WALinuxAgent but without any remedy. Ignore the notice? Can it be stopped?
