hello
not sure what is your host os, but in bash for linux/osx the single quote
will avoid the variable expansion
try
packer build -var "do_api_token=${DO_API_TOKEN}" example.json
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Michael Beigelmacher <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I’m going the tutorial on Packer here about parallel builds
> <https://www.packer.io/intro/getting-started/parallel-builds.html> and
> the build for a DigitalOcean image fails. First, packer validate
> example.json fails with:
>
> Template validation failed. Errors are shown below.
>
> Errors validating build 'digitalocean'. 1 error(s) occurred:
>
> * api_token for auth must be specified
>
> Which I worked around by running packer validate -var
> 'do_api_token=$DO_API_TOKEN' example.json which passed. More importantly,
> when I run packer build -var 'do_api_token=$DO_API_TOKEN' example.json I
> get the following error for DigitalOcean
>
> --> digitalocean: Error creating temporary SSH key: POST
> https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account/keys: 401 Unable to authenticate you.
>
> I know my DO_API_TOKEN environment variable is correct as it works with
> other tools (Ansible) without a problem.
>
>
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