Welp, accidentally deleted original post. But I figured out the issue. I'm running a Jenkins server in a Docker Container. Was getting an issue where packer wouldn't run but setting the user variable while root fixed the issue. Not sure why Jenkins is running as root but thats a different issue.
Thanks! On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 4:05:08 PM UTC-5, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > Could you provide some more context here? Give us a example packer > template (.json) and what do you mean with a container ? a docker > container, if so can you specify the command you started it with. > > It might just be that env var USER is not set. If I run: docker run -it > ubuntu:trusty bash USER is not set. You could just define it. > > // Rickard > > On 27 February 2017 at 21:28, Katie Paugh <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Trying to run packer inside of a Container. I keep getting the error: >>> >>> * user: could not determine current user from environment. >>> >>> >>> >> It runs fine from the host that manages the Container but I get the error >> when running within the Container. >> >> Any ideas? Can I define the user? >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/367851ee-7cd9-4a0c-a664-f2138beaed71%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/367851ee-7cd9-4a0c-a664-f2138beaed71%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/1be5ec3e-2bf9-44b8-b329-64fadd45f39d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
