Hi Alvaro, thanks for your quick reply. Yes, you are correct indeed:
... 2016/07/20 18:41:01 packer: 2016/07/20 18:41:01 Verifying checksum of /vmfs/ volumes/nas/packer_cache/rhel-server-7.2-x86_64-dvd.iso 2016/07/20 18:41:01 packer: 2016/07/20 18:41:01 opening new ssh session 2016/07/20 18:41:01 packer: 2016/07/20 18:41:01 starting remote command: sha256sum -c 2016/07/20 18:45:00 packer: 2016/07/20 18:45:00 remote command exited with '0': sha256sum -c 2016/07/20 18:45:00 packer: 2016/07/20 18:45:00 Initial checksum matched, no upload needed. 2016/07/20 18:45:00 ui: ==> vmware-iso: Creating virtual machine disk ... Next week I will try to upload a smaller iso and also play with with different checksums to see which one takes less time and let you all know. Is it possible to skip the checksum altogether? This is looking veeery good!! Cheers, Alejandro On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 2:22:46 PM UTC+9, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera wrote: > > can you delete the iso and take the time? > > it shouldnt upload twice, what can happen is too slow to check the > md5/sha1 sum > > other option is once you build a minimal image, you use vmware-vmx and > build from an existing vm. > > as time permits, can you have a look ? > > Thanks > Alvaro > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Alejandro <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> -- >> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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