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
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