I'm shooting in the dark here too, but is it possible that the DHCP response is coming from the external router and not from VMware Workstation itself?
And I can confirm that VMware Tools aren't necessary for the initial build using Packer. Dan On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 12:43:54 AM UTC-5, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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/b04060ac-f8fa-46e4-99b2-05bbf82d4cc4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
