I don't have any opinion yet, but please open an issue and request that feature or at least that the docs should be corrected.
Rickard On 20 October 2017 at 08:12, <[email protected]> wrote: > So do you think that the issue to correct the behavior (as opposed to to > correct the docks) might be accepted on github? Thanks! > > On Friday, 20 October 2017 17:38:21 UTC+13, Rickard von Essen wrote: >> >> you see no value whatsoever in adding an ability to preserve the VM after >>> post-processor starts running and then fails in order to investigate the VM >>> state? >> >> >> I didn't say that, just that the docs doesn't reflect current behaviour. >> >> On 19 October 2017 at 22:45, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you, Rickard, >>> >>> just to confirm I understood you correctly, you see no value whatsoever >>> in adding an ability to preserve the VM after post-processor starts running >>> and then fails in order to investigate the VM state? To me it's surprising >>> because it's a) inconsistent (why you can preserve it with builder but not >>> post-processor) and b) impeding any issues investigation during >>> post-provisioning phase. >>> >>> Since this is surprising to me, I'd like to check maybe I misunderstood >>> you, and there is a value in actually making it consistently work all the >>> way through? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Andrew >>> >>> On Thursday, 19 October 2017 17:37:42 UTC+13, Rickard von Essen wrote: >>>> >>>> 1) the -on-error only influence the execution of builders (which >>>> provisioning is a part of). That should be made clear in the docs. >>>> >>>> 2) unfortunately stdout/stderr gets swallowed, it looks like someone >>>> intended it to be passed to packer but did it wrong. (in the meantime the >>>> best way to troubleshoot is to run the command manually) >>>> >>>> Can you file two issues on github one for each of these. Thanks! >>>> >>>> / Rickard >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 19, 2017 04:09, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm running packer as follows: >>>>> >>>>> packer build -on-error=ask -var-file="rancheros-config.json" -var-file >>>>> ="vsphere.json" -var-file="vsphere_password.json" rancheros.json >>>>> >>>>> The config files and packer log are available here: >>>>> https://gist.github.com/AndrewSav/c2fa438f82701b9826e3800fad516ec5 >>>>> >>>>> Questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Why am I not asked on failure if I'd like to clean up? Instead >>>>> packer goes ahead and deletes the built VM leaving me with know means to >>>>> diagnose. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.packer.io/docs/commands/build.html#on-error-cleanup says: >>>>> >>>>> -on-error=cleanup >>>>> <https://www.packer.io/docs/commands/build.html#on-error-cleanup> >>>>> (default), -on-error=abort, -on-error=ask - Selects what to do when >>>>> the build fails. cleanupcleans up after the previous steps, deleting >>>>> temporary files and virtual machines. abort exits without any >>>>> cleanup, which might require the next build to use -force. ask presents >>>>> a prompt and waits for you to decide to clean up, abort, or retry the >>>>> failed step. >>>>> >>>>> As you can see above I do specify ask, the build fails but there is no >>>>> prompt to cleanup/abort. What am I doing wrong? >>>>> >>>>> 2) The reason why the build fails is a error code from ovftool. >>>>> ovftool also writes stderr/stdout output that give more diagnostic >>>>> information as to why it failed. This output cannot be found anywhere. How >>>>> do I see it? >>>>> >>>>> Andrew >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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