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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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