No it doesn't. But it uses the mac address of the NIC to look it up in its internal dhcp server, so if you are not using dhcp you have to specify the IP address in ssh_host.
(I think Hyperv is the only one that requires installing guest tools) // Rickard On Jul 18, 2017 07:39, "Stuart Luscombe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Similar to the issue I had with Hyper-V, do VMWare-based VMs require the > guest tools to be installed for Packer to communicate? > > On Monday, 17 July 2017 19:46:06 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Here you go. Thanks >> >> Lookup up IP information... >>> >>> DHCP leases path: C:/ProgramData/VMware/vmnetdhcp.leases >>> >>> IP lookup failed: IP not found for MAC in DHCP leases at >>>> C:/ProgramData/VMware/vmnetdhcp.leases >>> >>> [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: IP lookup failed: IP not found for >>>> MAC in DHCP leases at C:/ProgramData/VMware/vmnetdhcp.leases >>> >>> ]==> vmware-vmx: Timeout waiting for SSH. >>> >>> Executing: C:/Program Files (x86)/VMware/VMware Workstation/vmrun.exe >>>> [-T ws list] >>> >>> [DEBUG] SSH wait cancelled. Exiting loop. >>> >>> -- > 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/3371deca-2d7b-40ea-bd80-8335a0ca53d3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/3371deca-2d7b-40ea-bd80-8335a0ca53d3%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/CALz9Rt8Kv_EhW_zcNwaZ8yvFZEj4vfMHCfAaJD--eYrrUikvHA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
