You preprocess the ISO and put the Kickstart file in it. (Something like: loop back mount the ISO, use an overlay fs to add the Kickstart file, and finaly create a new iso with mkisofs)
On Wed, May 9, 2018, 12:48 Алексей Широких <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep. thx. i know. > but i have to build vmx somehow, and building it by hands is not what am i > looking for. > > ср, 9 мая 2018 г. в 12:56, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera <[email protected]>: > >> 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. 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