hello your packer template boots a vm, puts the iso and press enter
if the iso is an standard rhel7 i am not sure will work. have you done rhel7 un-attendend install? - where you are setting the password for root ? On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 6:06 PM, 'Stacy' via Packer < [email protected]> wrote: > I apologize if this has been answered previously, I am new to the group, > and looking for some help. I am using packer and vmware workstation 14 to > build a RHEL 7 template. This works with our RHEL6 install, and when I > boot the iso from vmware workstation or vsphere after creating the vm it > installs just fine. However when I try and build with packer it hangs > before installing the packages. I get the dracut-initqueue timeouts and an > emergency shell. I have able to see my install media and ks file from the > emergency shell, so I know the network is working. Not sure where to look > for the problem, I have gone through the rdsosreport.txt file and do not > see anything glaring. Here is my packer json and variables json and the > command I am running to build. > > Hangs at RTNETLINK answers: File exists > then times out > > packer build -var-file variables.json foundation_template.json > > variables.json > { > "ssh_username" : "root", > "ssh_password" : "password", > "output_dir" : "/var/packer/vmware/vmware-iso-rh7" > } > > > foundation.json > { > "builders": > [ > { > "type" : "vmware-iso", > "boot_command": > [ > "<wait>", > "<enter>", > "<wait>" > ], > "headless" : true, > "disk_type_id" : "0", > "vnc_bind_address" : "0.0.0.0", > "vnc_port_min" : "5900", > "vnc_port_max" : "5910", > "vnc_disable_password" : true, > "iso_url" : "iso/rhel7_base.iso", > "iso_checksum" : "e4bee7df9c1820035c47f200a2176e81", > "iso_checksum_type" : "md5", > "output_directory" : "{{user `output_dir`}}", > "guest_os_type" : "rhel7-64", > "disk_size" : "64000", > "shutdown_command" : "/sbin/halt -p", > "ssh_wait_timeout" : "2700s", > "ssh_username" : "{{user `ssh_username`}}", > "ssh_password" : "{{user `ssh_password`}}", > "skip_compaction" : true, > "vmx_data" : { > "ethernet0.virtualDev" : > "vmxnet3", > "scsi0.virtualDev" : > "pvscsi" > }, > "vm_name" : "rhel7-tmplate" > } > ], > "provisioners": > [ > { > "type" : "shell", > "script" : "scripts/run_updates.sh" > }, > { > "type" : "shell", > "script" : "scripts/reset_network.sh" > } > > ] > } > > -- > 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/00294eed-25ca-48f3-88c7-7cb786b84f07%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/00294eed-25ca-48f3-88c7-7cb786b84f07%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alvaro -- 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/CAHqq0eyrVbNTjDvs6KgbDBSC9pL%3DtOdwxc8kV-rAK1JFj2291w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
