PR's? Sorry I'm not familiar with that acronym, do you mean a feature request? I'd be happy to do that. I think having the option to turn it off if not running boot commands would be very useful, especially for people working in restrictive environments.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Rickard von Essen < [email protected]> wrote: > I glanced over the code and it looks like it will try to connect even if > you don't have any boot command. It would be fairly easy to fix this. PR's > is welcome. > > On Oct 6, 2016 12:14 PM, "Keith Baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There aren't any boot arguments >> >> Packer template is: >> >> { >> "variables": { >> "mydatastore": "xxxxx" >> }, >> "builders": [ >> { >> "iso_url" :"http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/6/2/A/ >> 62A76ABB-9990-4EFC-A4FE-C7D698DAEB96/9600.17050.WINBLUE_ >> REFRESH.140317-1640_X64FRE_SERVER_EVAL_EN-US-IR3_SSS_ >> X64FREE_EN-US_DV9.ISO", >> "iso_checksum_type": "sha1", >> "iso_checksum": "849734f37346385dac2c101e4aacba4626bb141c", >> "communicator": "winrm", >> "winrm_username": "testing", >> "winrm_password": "mytest", >> "boot_wait" : "6h", >> "name": "kb-win-tst-{{isotime \"2006-01-02\"}}", >> "floppy_files": [ >> "answer/Autounattend.xml", >> "answer/PackerShutdown.bat", >> ], >> "vmx_data": { >> "ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network", >> "ethernet0.present": "TRUE", >> "ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3", >> "cpuid.coresPerSocket": "1", >> "memsize": "1024", >> "numvcpus": "1", >> "scsi0:0.fileName": "disk.vmdk", >> "scsi0:0.present": "TRUE", >> "scsi0:0.redo": "", >> "disk_size" : "50000" >> }, >> "type": "vmware-iso", >> "winrm_timeout": "94h", >> "shutdown_command": "a:/PackerShutdown.bat", >> "shutdown_timeout": "72h" >> } >> ], >> >> "provisioners": [ >> >> ], >> "post-processors": [ >> { >> "type": "vsphere", >> "host": "xxxxx", >> "username": "xxxxx", >> "password": "xxxxx", >> "datacenter": "xxxx", >> "cluster": "xxxx", >> "resource_pool": " ", >> "datastore": "{{user `mydatastore`}}", >> "vm_folder": "", >> "vm_name": "xxxxxx", >> "vm_network": "VM Network", >> "insecure" : "true" >> } >> ] >> } >> >> I've configured the boot wait to 6h there so i could see if it builds, >> (as it happens I have another issue where win2012r2 doesn't like the SCSI >> controller vmware player uses but that's another story) but if I remove >> that line the output gives me: >> >> ==> kb-win-tst-2016-10-06: Deleting output directory... >> Build 'kb-win-tst-2016-10-06' errored: Error connecting to VNC: dial tcp >> 127.0.0.1:5940: connectex: No connection could be made because the >> target machine actively refused it. >> >> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors: >> --> kb-win-tst-2016-10-06: Error connecting to VNC: dial tcp >> 127.0.0.1:5940: connectex: No connection could be made because the >> target machine actively refused it. >> >> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> My understanding is the VNC is used as console to send the commands for >>> the boot. >>> >>> Can you share your packer template? >>> >>> Do you have boot arguments at all ? >>> >>> If your version of player is higher on whats in packer, then the issue >>> is on the version check rather than VNC part. >>> >>> Alvaro. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Keith Baker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm running packer on VMWare player, and rather than hack the binary >>>> with a hex editor, as I'm not running any boot commands and just running an >>>> autounattend.xml (windows box) and then planning to connect with winRM >>>> afterwards, is there a way to disable the VNC connection? >>>> >>>> My issue is that the machine starts to build and I can watch it >>>> building but the VNC connection fails. As I don't need the VNC connection >>>> for this build, I'd rather just turn it off than hack the binary. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> -- >>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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