Hi I will suggest take a more simple aproach and move in slow steps.
1. You haven't said which version of RedHat. If RedHat 7, heres in an example: https://github.com/kikitux/packer-vagrant-oracle/tree/master/packer/redhat7 Focus on getting a RH7 that installl from the iso and thats all. Then add steps: - Install from ISO - Update - Install VBoxTools - Install Asible - run a HelloWorld with Ansible Local - Add Vagrant post processor - Test a Vagrant up vs this new box. and then iterate on Ansible. I do have RH Licenses/support agreements/etc, so if you put on GitHub what you are doing, I am happy to have a look and help you there. Alvaro. On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Henrik Lynggaard Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to use packer for building a Fedora 24 Desktop Vagrant box, > but I am running into issues > > Context: In our setup we have a lot of windows users which needs a Linux > VM for development environment. By development environment I mean > GUI/Desktop and installed IDEs etc. I am trying to use Ansible to provision > the IDEs etc which should be relatively easy once I have a base box ideally > with GUI. However we don't want users to run around installing Ansible on > their windows machines, instead we want to use the ansible-local > provisioner. However here we run into the step that we need to build our > own base image, since I haven't been able to find a good (official) image > that > a) is close to RHEL including using yum > B) has a GUI > c) has ansible installed > > I have tried to use the Bento Boxes for fedora as an example, but when I > change the iso used from Server to Workstation I get into problems. The > packer script is hanging at the "waiting for SSH". Looking at the GUI in > virtualbox I can see it correctly boot up, and enter the KS script > location. After that the boot process starts with all the normal term > lines, but once the "Gui" opens all I get is a blank (black) screen with a > mouse pointer. > > I have also tried to update the ks script from the bento default to one > that I got from manually installing a Fedora 24 but no help there just same > error. > > Am I doing something simple wrong or am I going down a completely wrong > path? > > Would it be better to use the server image as bento does it and just add > the ansible package, and possibly cinnamon-desktop? > > Best regards > Henrik > > > -- > 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/ae7b94c7-b5b3-427d-994e-959c5d9749f0%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/ae7b94c7-b5b3-427d-994e-959c5d9749f0%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. 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/CAHqq0ezXa%2B4GTH07mkAkcteb0LGj0M%3D5AwAk9t_NmG4J8T7u%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
