This is a default value from this line https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/81522dced0b25084a824e79efda02483b12dc7cd/builder/vmware/vmx/config.go#L54
Unfortunately the template value is not interpolated. That is a bug. It would be great if you could report this at https://github.com/hashicorp/packer / Rickard On Aug 15, 2017 06:51, <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, This is how the vmx file name packer produced looks like: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QB7VUqHGBoY/WZJ9OvqRkfI/AAAAAAAAH08/En_jvDrhEEA-p2qHr95Pa95uNEkCPSKaACLcBGAs/s1600/Untitled.png> The packer json file does NOT contain substring "timestamp". Is this a packer bug? Note this is the packer template: { "builders": [ { "name":"windows-2012-sql2014express", "type":"vmware-vmx", "source_path":"stage\\packer-windows-2012-base.vmx", "output_directory": "vm-template-windows-2012-sql2014express", "headless":false, "boot_wait":"2m", "shutdown_command":"shutdown /s /t 10 /f /d p:4:1 /c \"Packer Shutdown\"", "vnc_port_min":5900, "vnc_port_max":5980, "communicator":"winrm", "winrm_username":"vagrant", "winrm_password":"vagrant", "winrm_port":"5985", "winrm_timeout":"30m", "skip_compaction":"true", "vmx_data":{ "RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled":"true", "RemoteDisplay.vnc.port":"5900", "memsize":"2048", "numvcpus":"1", "scsi0.virtualDev":"lsisas1068" } } ], "provisioners": [ { "type": "powershell", "valid_exit_codes": [ 0, 3010 ], "execute_command": "powershell.exe -NoProfile \"if (Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference){`$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'}; & '{{.Path}}';exit `$LastExitCode\"; exit $LastExitCode", "scripts": [ "./scripts/AddDisk.ps1", "./scripts/InstallSql2014.ps1" ] } ] } Cheers, Andrew -- 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/2da6c4ab-ee84-4a2f-8378-3077c7fb4bfe%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/2da6c4ab-ee84-4a2f-8378-3077c7fb4bfe%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/CALz9Rt8WsXHFvyKgN1BDnBR_058orOo6_DQ4AeEpscCLDDmY-A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
