Thanks,
I'll just use temporary keypairs as this has worked perfectly. Odd that it
doesn't work for an existing keypair though...must be missing something at
my end.
On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 7:34:32 PM UTC+1, Rickard von Essen
wrote:
>
> This works with a temporary ssh keypair:
>
> {
> "builders": [
> {
> "type": "cloudstack",
> "api_url": "https://api.auroracompute.eu/ams/";,
> "network": "GuestNetworkForAMS05",
> "service_offering": "Agile | 512M",
> "source_template": "Ubuntu 16.04",
> "zone": "ams05",
> "ssh_username": "root",
> "use_local_ip_address": true,
> "security_groups": [ "ssh-from-any" ],
>
> "template_name": "Packer-test",
> "template_display_text": "Packer test",
> "template_os": "fa5df8b3-2eda-11e7-8c80-0030489db374"
> }]
> }
>
> cloudstack output will be in this color.
>
> ==> cloudstack: Preparing config...
> cloudstack: Config has been prepared!
> ==> cloudstack: Creating temporary keypair:
> packer_59b96ee7-8adc-2506-8a34-bf5af388821f ...
> ==> cloudstack: Created temporary keypair:
> packer_59b96ee7-8adc-2506-8a34-bf5af388821f
> ==> cloudstack: Creating instance...
> cloudstack: Instance has been created!
> ==> cloudstack: Setup networking...
> cloudstack: Using the local IP address...
> cloudstack: Networking has been setup!
> ==> cloudstack: Waiting for SSH to become available...
> ==> cloudstack: Connected to SSH!
> ==> cloudstack: Shutting down instance...
> cloudstack: Instance has been shutdown!
> ==> cloudstack: Creating template: Packer-test
> cloudstack: Retrieving the ROOT volume ID...
> cloudstack: Creating the new template...
> cloudstack: Template has been created!
> ==> cloudstack: Cleanup networking...
> cloudstack: Networking has been cleaned!
> ==> cloudstack: Deleting instance...
> cloudstack: Instance has been deleted!
> ==> cloudstack: Deleting temporary keypair:
> packer_59b96ee7-8adc-2506-8a34-bf5af388821f ...
> Build 'cloudstack' finished.
>
> ==> Builds finished. The artifacts of successful builds are:
> --> cloudstack: A template was created: Packer-test
>
> It runs on a public cloud https://www.pcextreme.com/ - aurora compute.
> You can register and test this out your self.
>
> In your case I recommend that you run with: packer build -on-error=ask
> template.json
> So you manually can try to ssh into the instance and also debug from the
> console. Check the usual, network, ssh, authorization and cloud-init.
>
> If you still have problem run with PACKER_LOG=1 and link the log here and
> we can see if there is anything going wrong.
>
>
> On 13 September 2017 at 18:14, David Curran <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> A little more digging suggests that it's not even attempting the SSH
>> connection (or is trying the wrong IP/Port?) We're not seeing anything hit
>> the virtual router in cloudstack while packer waits for SSH and when I
>> edited the config so that it uses a key pair that doesn't match the key
>> file being used it still times out. I would expect a near immediate
>> authentication error in this case.
>>
>> debug isn't much use as it just pauses for input rather than showing any
>> further detail but with PACKER_LOG=1 I see
>>
>> [DEBUG] Error getting SSH config: SSH_AUTH_SOCK is not set
>>
>> which would suggest ssh is not working correctly. But I can SSH from this
>> box just fine...
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 4:45:55 PM UTC+1, David Curran wrote:
>>>
>>> Just upgraded now
>>> packer -v
>>> 1.1.0
>>>
>>> Made a change to use "ssh_agent_auth" and added the below to my ssh
>>> config:
>>>
>>> Host first.three.octets.*
>>> IdentityFile ~/.ssh/cloudstack.pem
>>>
>>> {
>>> "builders": [{
>>> "type": "cloudstack",
>>> "api_url": "{{user `api_url`}}",
>>> "api_key": "{{user `api_key`}}",
>>> "network": "{{user `network`}}",
>>> "secret_key": "{{user `secret_key`}}",
>>> "service_offering": "{{user `service_offering`}}",
>>> "source_template": "{{user `source_template`}}",
>>> "template_os": "{{user `template_os`}}",
>>> "zone": "{{user `zone`}}",
>>> "instance_name": "{{ user `instance_name`}}-{{timestamp}}",
>>> "template_name": "{{user `template_name`}}-{{timestamp}}",
>>> "template_password_enabled": true,
>>> "template_scalable": true,
>>> "expunge": true,
>>> "ssh_agent_auth": true,
>>> "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}",
>>> "keypair": "{{user `keypair`}}"
>>> }]
>>> }
>>>
>>> Now I get timeouts. Assuming the key, keypair and username are all
>>> correct, is this a correct set up for configuring a connection using ssh
>>> key?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 4:36:24 PM UTC+1, Rickard von Essen
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Are you running the latest version (released today). I have been
>>>> working on some cloudstack improvements that was released now some of them
>>>> involved improved ssh support.
>>>>
>>>> / Rickard
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 13, 2017 16:38, "David Curran" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to automate the build process for templates and have run
>>>> into an issue when trying to use a keypair.
>>>>
>>>> I've created a valid keypair in the API:
>>>>
>>>> (local) > list sshkeypairs
>>>> count = 1
>>>> sshkeypair:
>>>> name = keyname
>>>>
>>>> I copied the output of the command used to create the key to a file as
>>>> detailed in
>>>> https://shankerbalan.net/blog/ssh-keys-on-cloudstack-guest-instances-using-cloud-init/
>>>>
>>>> This is my .json file:
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>> "builders": [{
>>>> "type": "cloudstack",
>>>> "api_url": "{{user `api_url`}}",
>>>> "api_key": "{{user `api_key`}}",
>>>> "network": "{{user `network`}}",
>>>> "secret_key": "{{user `secret_key`}}",
>>>> "service_offering": "{{user `service_offering`}}",
>>>> "source_template": "{{user `source_template`}}",
>>>> "template_os": "{{user `template_os`}}",
>>>> "zone": "{{user `zone`}}",
>>>> "instance_name": "{{ user `instance_name`}}-{{timestamp}}",
>>>> "template_name": "{{user `template_name`}}-{{timestamp}}",
>>>> "template_password_enabled": true,
>>>> "template_scalable": true,
>>>> "expunge": true,
>>>> "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}",
>>>> "ssh_private_key_file": "/root/to/cloudstack.pem",
>>>> "keypair": "{{user `keypair`}}"
>>>> }],
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> The variables are set in another file.
>>>>
>>>> With this configuration I am getting:
>>>>
>>>> ==> cloudstack: Waiting for SSH to become available...
>>>> Build 'cloudstack' errored: unexpected EOF
>>>>
>>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
>>>> --> cloudstack: unexpected EOF
>>>>
>>>> I've also tried without the ssh_private_key_file setting but it hangs
>>>> on waiting for SSH to become available and eventually times out.
>>>> I am able to log in with the key file when I run packer and it is
>>>> waiting for ssh to become available and checked that the public key
>>>> matches
>>>> that from http://vr/latest/public-keys
>>>>
>>>> Assuming I'm doing something stupid, is anyone able to point me in the
>>>> right direction?
>>>>
>>>> many thanks.
>>>>
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