Yes, a Pull Request. It should be fairly simple even with no previous Go knowledge if you know a bit of programming.
On 7 October 2016 at 09:19, Keith Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >>>>>> Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from >>>>>> this mailing list. >>>>>> >>>>>> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >>>>>> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Packer" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/fbe27c17-2e2c- >>>>>> 4daf-90a9-79932641465e%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/fbe27c17-2e2c-4daf-90a9-79932641465e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Alvaro >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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