Generally cloud providers don't support nested virtualization so it doesn't work to run VMware inside a Digital Ocean droplet.
On Sep 2, 2017 10:24, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using packer to generate VMWARE images on a digital ocean instance. I > have installed vmware player for linux as well as vmware vix sdk. But i am > unable to get it working. > > Here is my template: > { > "builders": [ > { > "type": "vmware-iso", > "boot_command": [ > "<esc><esc><enter><wait>", > "/install/vmlinuz<wait>", > "preseed/url=http://{{.HTTPIP}}:{{.HTTPPort}}/preseed.cfg ", > "debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ", > "hostname=RtBrick-Evaluation", > "fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ", > "keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP > keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ", > "keyboard-configuration/variant=USA > console-setup/ask_detect=false ", > "initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>" > ], > "boot_wait": "10s", > "disk_size": 10240, > "tools_upload_flavor": "linux", > "vmdk_name": "disk", > "guest_os_type": "ubuntu-64", > "http_directory": "http", > "iso_checksum": "dd54dc8cfc2a655053d19813c2f9aa9f", > "iso_checksum_type": "md5", > "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04.5-server- > amd64.iso", > "ssh_username": "ubuntu", > "ssh_password": "ubuntu", > "ssh_port": 22, > "headless": true, > "ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s", > "shutdown_command": "echo 'ubuntu'| sudo shutdown -P now", > "output_directory": "test", > "vm_name": "rtbrick-vbox-6topo-{{user `version`}}", > "vmx_data": { > "MemTrimRate": "0", > "sched.mem.pshare.enable": "FALSE", > "mainMem.useNamedFile": "FALSE", > "prefvmx.minVmMemPct": "100" > } > } > ] > } > > I am getting the following error: > > # packer build template.json > vmware-iso output will be in this color. > > Build 'vmware-iso' errored: Failed creating VMware driver: Unable to > initialize any driver for this platform. The errors > from each driver are shown below. Please fix at least one driver > to continue: > * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH > * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH > * exec: "vmrun": executable file not found in $PATH > * exec: "vmrun": executable file not found in $PATH > > > ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors: > --> vmware-iso: Failed creating VMware driver: Unable to initialize any > driver for this platform. The errors > from each driver are shown below. Please fix at least one driver > to continue: > * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH > * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH > * exec: "vmrun": executable file not found in $PATH > * exec: "vmrun": executable file not found in $PATH > > > ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. > > > I had gone through a couple of issues in packer git repo where they > mentioned that I have to install VIX SDK which i did. I am still unable to > get it working. Any ideas? > > -- > 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/bf7c0dbe-0635-419c-84b5-834ca82b36ae%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/bf7c0dbe-0635-419c-84b5-834ca82b36ae%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/CALz9Rt_SkQ05Hut2DbaZdh5M3iJhGuOJ5rc2FuRWA-BNC_AnYA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
