Set up static ip address for Ubuntu server

Just installed Ubuntu server edition on my VMware, so I figured I need to access this VM using ssh, then I better set up the static ip address for this server. So I tried to ask ChatGPT, did not work out very well. Then googled this post and it helped me a lot:

Set Ubuntu Server Static Ip

# Using ip addr show to see the NIC, mine is eth33
ip addr show

# cd to /etc/netplan, you should see a file 00-installer-config.yaml
cd /etc/netplan
ls
edit the file:
sudo vim 00-installer-config.yaml
network:
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens33:
      addresses:
        - 192.168.1.127/24
      nameservers:
        addresses: [8.8.4.4,8.8.8.8]
      routes:
        - to: default
          via: 192.168.1.254
  version: 2

After editing the file, apply the changes, using this command

sudo netplan apply

In my case, there were some warnings popped out, but it did not matter.

Then verify the ip address:

ip addr show ens33
ip route show