Oh, do you mean a pull request? Sorry, didn't twig. I can have a look at
the code. I've not written in go before, I'm generally a python guy, but I
can take a look.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Keith Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.micros
>>> oft.com/dl/download/6/2/A/62A76ABB-9990-4EFC-A4FE-C7D698DAEB
>>> 96/9600.17050.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
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