hello vmware-iso starts from an iso
vmware-vmx starts from an existing VM. So its way faster. seconds vs minutes. I would suggest build either a VM you can use it as starting point, and then with packer + vmware-vmx you can keep it upto date and use for your test. Alvaro. On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:05 PM, Алексей Широких <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. I am trying to automate tests for our software. > The best i found is to start from iso and get my pipeline on gitlab-ci to > vmware-template. > > Scheme works like a charm for centos7, oel7. > > Then i starts to implement one with debian 8. > My pipeline looks like that. Gitlab-ci -> custom docker image file with > ovftool and needed plugins -> several workers on different machines -> > vmware-iso -> vmware template. > > I've been using floppy files to set kickstart file. > But for debian 8 there is no support for floppies. > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783982 > Also because of docker and the way how gitlab launches it i can't use http > way. (job worker starts on some machine without any open ports) > Also i've tried to set https link for preseed file to my raw file in > giltab. But there are no support for https in busybox. > > According to https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/apbs02.html.en > there is another options. > One is to build custom vdmk file and place it to hd-media. Another is > mount is as second cdrom. But there is no support from packer side. > > Any ideas how to make it work ? > > -- > 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/0c7aaa84-ae5b-48fc-b270-12911c137f12%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/0c7aaa84-ae5b-48fc-b270-12911c137f12%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/CAHqq0eyYd2EmBdimz%2BAYZC3Bf1DwMAdzAg%3D3W0XvH8FdmgcwNw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
