Hi everyone,
I am testing packer and so far is a great tool!
I managed to make it work with vCenter(esxi) 5.5 and 6 with no problems.
One issue that I would like to ask you all is about re-using the iso that
is already in the datastore.
With every build it takes around 10 minutes total (from enter build command
to finish) but it takes around 4 minutes to "upload" the dvd iso to the
datastore. Is it possible to tell packer to just use the one that is
already there?
This is my json file:
{
"builders": [
{
"type": "vmware-iso",
"format": "ovf",
"vm_name": "PACKERTEST02",
"iso_url": "/rhel-server-7.2-x86_64-dvd.iso",
"iso_checksum":
"03f3a0291634335f6995534d829bd21ffaa0d000004dfeb1b2fb81052d64a4d5",
"iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
"disk_size": "104761",
"disk_type_id": "thin",
"remote_host": "esxi-host",
"remote_datastore": "nas",
"remote_username": "root",
"remote_password": "********",
"remote_type": "esx5",
"ssh_username": "vagrant",
"guest_os_type": "rhel6-64",
"ssh_password": "vagrant",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_wait_timeout": "20m",
"shutdown_command": "sudo -S /sbin/halt -h -p",
"headless": "false",
"floppy_files": [
"kickstart/rhel7-packertest02.ks.cfg"
],
"boot_command": "<esc> linux inst.text
inst.ks=hd:fd0:/rhel7-packertest02.ks.cfg <enter><wait>",
"boot_wait": "5s",
"keep_registered": "true",
"vmx_data": {
"config.version": 8,
"virtualHW.version": 8,
"ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3",
"ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network",
"ethernet0.addressType": "generated",
"ethernet0.present": "TRUE",
"ethernet1.virtualDev": "vmxnet3",
"ethernet1.networkName": "VLAN100",
"ethernet1.addressType": "generated",
"ethernet1.present": "TRUE",
"ethernet0.pciSlotNumber": "192",
"ethernet1.pciSlotNumber": "224",
"memsize": "2048",
"numvcpus": "2",
"cpuid.coresPerSocket": "1",
"RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled": "TRUE",
"RemoteDisplay.vnc.port": "5900"
}
}
]
}
Cheers,
Alejandro
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