If you attach the output of running PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json there might be some hints on what's going wrong.
On Jul 17, 2017 19:26, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am on a windows 7 laptop, and I am trying to build a Ubuntu 16.04 image > using the vmware-vmx builder. I have VMware workstation installed on my > laptop. Whenever I run packer build command, it copies the vmx and spins up > a VM, but it fails to build the image because it times out waiting for ssh > to be available. What's really weird is that while its waiting for ssh to > be available, I can use Putty to ssh into the VM. Can someone please help? > I have openssh installed on the Ubuntu VM, and I configured to run at > startup using 'sudo systemctl enable ssh > I have configured the VM for a bridged network connection. Below is my > ubuntu.json file and command output > > { >> >> "builders": [ >> >> { >> >> "type": "vmware-vmx", >> >> "source_path": "path/to/UbuntuPackerTest.vmx", >> >> "vm_name": "packerTest", >> >> "ssh_username": "packeradmin", >> >> "ssh_password": "password", >> >> "ssh_timeout": "10m", >> >> "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now", >> >> } >> >> ], >> >> "provisioners": [ >> >> { >> >> "type": "shell", >> >> "execute_command": "touch Hi.txt", >> >> "scripts": [ >> >> "script.sh" >> >> ] >> >> } >> >> ] >> >> } >> >> >> >> >packer build ubuntu.json > > vmware-vmx output will be in this color. > > >> ==> vmware-vmx: Cloning source VM... > > ==> vmware-vmx: Starting virtual machine... > > ==> vmware-vmx: Waiting 10s for boot... > > ==> vmware-vmx: Connecting to VM via VNC > > ==> vmware-vmx: Typing the boot command over VNC... > > ==> vmware-vmx: Waiting for SSH to become available... > > > > -- > 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/369c3df6-b653-4056-8223-e655ab35b520%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/369c3df6-b653-4056-8223-e655ab35b520%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/CALz9Rt8-P8DdQZabZhqLwpNwHLORoXd%2Bj0yfERuNwx82LvV09g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
