Thanks for pointing this out. I mistakenly assumed DO_API_TOKEN (which is 
used by Ansible) would suffice and didn’t realize Packer required 
DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN instead.

On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 1:24:56 PM UTC-5, Rickard von Essen wrote:

Also if you set DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN packer will use that. I.e. export 
> DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN=$DO_API_TOKEN
>
> If that doesn't work it would be good I'd you attach a log from 
> PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json, just redact all sensitive 
> information. 
>
> On Feb 25, 2017 5:27 PM, "Alvaro Miranda Aguilera" <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> hello
>>
>> not sure what is your host os, but in bash for linux/osx the single quote 
>> will avoid the variable expansion
>>
>> try
>> packer build -var "do_api_token=${DO_API_TOKEN}" example.json
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Michael Beigelmacher <
>> [email protected] <javascript:>> 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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