the file provisioner uses WINRM and is impossibly slow for big files. I can't use SSH either
Thats why i want to initiate the file copy from the local shell, but require the IP when using the local shell On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Gabo Kete <[email protected]> wrote: > If what you are after ( looking at the piece of JSON file you shared ) is > to upload a file from your packer machine to the guest machine , I would > recommend you use File provisioner instead ( link below ), which will help > you to upload a file without knowing the guest IP address > > > https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/file.html > > > > On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 2:03:10 PM UTC+12, James Elmes wrote: >> >> Should have mentioned i am using windows.. >> >> I know how to copy files to the guest vm, i am trying to initiate the >> copy from the local windows server i am running packer on. I am doing this >> manually using the shell-local command >> >> "type": "Shell-Local" >> "command": "xcopy -source C:\packer\vmtools -destination >> \\guestip\c$\packer >> >> The guest IP i am entering manually by checking which dhcp address is >> allocated to the guest IP from my AD server >> >> Packer knows this address already as it connected over SSH/Winrm without >> me providing it.. i want to know how i can get it.. using something like >> {{guest_IP}} >> >> James >> >> On Friday, 23 June 2017 05:12:14 UTC+10, Rickard von Essen wrote: >>> >>> You can do something like this: >>> >>> "provisioners": [ >>> { >>> "type": "shell", >>> "inline": [ "hostname > /tmp/hostname" ] >>> }, >>> { >>> "type": "file", >>> "direction": "download", >>> "source": "/tmp/hostname", >>> "destination": "hostname" >>> } >>> ] >>> >>> And you will get the hostname in the file "hostname". >>> >>> You just need to switch to ifconfig etc. If you are building in a cloud >>> it might also be possible to use the cli/api if you have an unique >>> name/id/tag etc to lookup. >>> >>> >>> On Jun 22, 2017 17:27, "James Elmes" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Howdy. >>> >>> Wondering if there is a way to return the guest IP. I want to initiate a >>> file copy from Shell-Local provisioner, this way the copy is initiated from >>> the local machine running packer. >>> >>> example: xcopy -source C:\packer\vmtools -destination \\guestip\c$\packer >>> >>> i have looked everywhere and can't seem to find a way to return the >>> actual guest IP >>> >>> any help appreciated >>> >>> James >>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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