Looks like you don't have a proper end double quote (zoom in). "PACKER_BOX_NAME": "ubuntu-16.04.2-server-i386”,
On 24 February 2017 at 12:24, Himanshu Pant <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to get an application server up and running. I changed the > Ubuntu distribution in the template file to point to latest Ubuntu (16.x > instead of 14.x it came with) and now I am getting the below message. > > packer build -only=virtualbox-iso application-server.json > > Failed to parse template: Error parsing JSON: invalid character '\n' in > string literal > > At line 5, column 1 (offset 113): > > 4: "PACKER_BOX_NAME": "ubuntu-16.04.2-server-i386”, > > 5: > > ^ > > > > Any idea what this could be ? The message makes it look like its a simple > new line error but unable to see this from my template json file. > > On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 10:31:35 AM UTC+5:30, Timothy Perrett wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> I upgraded to packer 0.6.0 and now my template fails to load with the >> following error when im trying to debug it locally using var-file argument: >> Error compiling user variables: json: cannot unmarshal object into Go >> value of type string >> >> I think the issue is around the var-file arg, as when i dont specify it >> the template does load. The var-file is typically what we use for local >> debugging, and use it to partially apply the variable set. For example, the >> template has these variables: >> >> "variables": { >> "aws_access_key": "{{env `AWS_ACCESS_KEY`}}", >> "aws_secret_key": "{{env `AWS_SECRET_KEY`}}", >> "packer_region": "{{env `PACKER_REGION`}}", >> "packer_foundation_ami": "{{env `PACKER_FOUNDATION_AMI`}}", >> "username": "{{env `USER`}}" >> } >> >> Whilst the var-file would contain: >> >> { >> "packer_region": "us-west-2", >> "packer_foundation_ami": "ami-xxxx" >> } >> >> As I still want the rest to read from the environment. >> >> What's causing this strange behaviour... is it a bug in 0.6.0? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- T >> > -- > 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/055b3cb4-1ba6-404b-b4dd-aa91eeceffea%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/055b3cb4-1ba6-404b-b4dd-aa91eeceffea%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CALz9Rt-CzDTshAfi-AmO1yexgZZS75d83H%3DxMBHhuhMtMaPWFw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
