Hmm check the plugin and it looks correct. Can you share your template and command line when you get this error?
On Jan 31, 2018 20:00, "Rickard von Essen" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you are reading the error message backwards. Packer converts the > value to a number, but the plugin (which is unknown to me) expects a > string. I think this is probably a bug in the plugin. > > On Jan 31, 2018 19:08, "Kevin Milner" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> In my variables portion I want to be able to specify default values that >> can be overridden for disk_size, CPUs, and RAM (this is for jetbrains' >> vcenter builder plugin). In the builder section, I have this: >> "disk_size": 100, >> "CPUs": 4, >> "RAM": 8000, >> >> and it works fine, but I want to be able to use variables in place. >> However, if I put format as: >> "disk_size": {{user `vm_disk_size`}}, >> "CPUs": {{user `vm_cpu`}}, >> "RAM": {{user `vm_ram`}}, >> >> (No quotations around the value), the parser chokes because it doesn't >> know what to do with the brackets. I would expect this. >> If I put the quotation marks around the values, however, I get the >> following error: >> * variable vm_cpu: '' expected type 'string', got unconvertible type >> 'float64' >> >> So it seems like I need to be able to denote this variable as a >> non-string type. Any idea how I do this? >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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/ms >> gid/packer-tool/a0839d38-edea-4eed-be5f-f0b1ea614bee%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/a0839d38-edea-4eed-be5f-f0b1ea614bee%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/CALz9Rt9yEvQSdoOzphbk0PJfZqizQZhnJKNBMpqZf06d8%3DTaag%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
