I think it's best to step back and try to run one known good config (such as https://github.com/chef/bento) with virtualbox or vmware. I don't have access to vSphere and have never used the vsphere builder.
I tried you kickstart and it seems correct, in the end it will get down to standard network troubleshooting. As long as Packer finds the correct IP/port to ssh to and have the correct credentials it should work. Run with -on-error=ask when you build so you have infinite time to troubleshoot. On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 13:32, Steve Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > At the top of my kickstart file there are two repo names. Don’t those get > added by default? > > > > # Set repo to mirror.centos.org > > repo --name="CentOS" --baseurl= > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ --cost=100 > > repo --name="Updates" --baseurl= > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ --cost=100 > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Rickard von Essen > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 6:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [packer] Newbie - not converting to a template and suck on > waiting for ip > > > > You have to troubleshot your kickstart post script so it works correctly. > http://centos.mirror.org doesn't exist. > > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 12:19, Steve Schofield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > That is a typo by me when removing actual values. There is no space > otherwise. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Rickard von Essen > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 6:07 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [packer] Newbie - not converting to a template and suck on > waiting for ip > > > > Your kickstart seems to have an error in setting the root pwd: > > rootpw " prayerworks" > > it contains a leading space. > > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 12:01, Steve Schofield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Made some progress and thanks for your patience. I started a few days > ago and my knowledge of linux / packer is growing leaps and bounds. For > testing, I manually logged into the VM, run yum install open-vm-tools and > Packer finishes successfully, converts itself into a template. This points > to me having the provider can retrieve the ip information. Here is what > I’ve included. > > > > · Ks-log inside VM (error can’t resolve the mirror list) – does > resolve after I log into VM > > · Packer debug log > > · The JSON file (I think that is what you meant by template) > > · Kickstart file > > > > =============== > > *KS log inside VM* > > =============== > > > > + yum-config-manager --add-repo http://centos.mirror.org > > /tmp/ks-script-LpgGJe: line 4: yum-config-manager: command not found > > + echo 'Installing VM Tools...' > > Installing VM Tools... > > + sudo yum -y install open-vm-tools > > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > > Determining fastest mirrors > > > > > > One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown), > > and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only > > safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this: > > > > 1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the > problem. > > > > 2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a > working > > upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer > > distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the > > packages for the previous distribution release still work). > > > > 3. Run the command with the repository temporarily disabled > > yum --disablerepo=<repoid> ... > > > > 4. Disable the repository permanently, so yum won't use it by > default. Yum > > will then just ignore the repository until you permanently enable > it > > again or use --enablerepo for temporary usage: > > > > yum-config-manager --disable <repoid> > > or > > subscription-manager repos --disable=<repoid> > > > > 5. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is > unavailable. > > Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most > commands, > > so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be > much > > slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a > nice > > compromise: > > > > yum-config-manager --save > --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true > > > > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base/7/x86_64 > > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=7&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock > error was > > 14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: mirrorlist.centos.org; Unknown > error" > > + sudo systemctl enable vmtoolsd > > Operation failed: No such file or directory > > + sudo systemctl start vmtoolsd > > Running in chroot, ignoring request. > > > > =============== > > *Packer Log* > > =============== > > > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [INFO] Packer version: 1.2.2 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Packer Target OS/Arch: linux amd64 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Built with Go Version: go1.10 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [DEBUG] Discovered plugin: vsphere-iso = > /apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [DEBUG] Discovered plugin: vsphere = > /apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere.linux > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for cloudstack > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for docker > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for file > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for hyperv-vmcx > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for oneandone > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for azure-arm > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for null > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for lxc > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for amazon-ebssurrogate > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for oracle-classic > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for scaleway > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for virtualbox-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for virtualbox-ovf > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for vmware-vmx > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for hyperv-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for amazon-ebs > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for digitalocean > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for googlecompute > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for openstack > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for qemu > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for triton > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for amazon-chroot > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for lxd > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for ncloud > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for oracle-oci > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for parallels-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for amazon-instance > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for amazon-ebsvolume > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for parallels-pvm > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for vmware-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for alicloud-ecs > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for profitbricks > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for chef-solo > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for file > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for puppet-server > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for salt-masterless > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for shell > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for ansible-local > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for powershell > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for converge > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for chef-client > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for puppet-masterless > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for ansible > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for windows-restart > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for windows-shell > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for shell-local > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for atlas > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for checksum > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for docker-push > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for vsphere-template > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for amazon-import > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for artifice > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for googlecompute-export > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for vagrant > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for vsphere > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for alicloud-import > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for compress > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for docker-save > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for manifest > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for shell-local > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for docker-import > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for docker-tag > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Using internal plugin for vagrant-cloud > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Attempting to open config file: /root/.packerconfig > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [WARN] Config file doesn't exist: /root/.packerconfig > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Packer config: &{DisableCheckpoint:false > DisableCheckpointSignature:false PluginMinPort:10000 PluginMaxPort:25000 > Builders:map[oneandone:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-oneandone > profitbricks:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-profitbricks > hyperv-vmcx:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-hyperv-vmcx > oracle-classic:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-oracle-classic > virtualbox-iso:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-virtualbox-iso > oracle-oci:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-oracle-oci > parallels-pvm:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-parallels-pvm > amazon-ebsvolume:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-ebsvolume > alicloud-ecs:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-alicloud-ecs > vmware-vmx:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-vmware-vmx > hyperv-iso:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-hyperv-iso > openstack:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-openstack > triton:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-triton > amazon-chroot:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-chroot > ncloud:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-ncloud > vsphere-iso:/apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux > cloudstack:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-cloudstack > parallels-iso:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-parallels-iso > vsphere:/apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere.linux > file:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-file > virtualbox-ovf:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-virtualbox-ovf > digitalocean:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-digitalocean > googlecompute:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-googlecompute > qemu:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-qemu > azure-arm:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-azure-arm > amazon-ebssurrogate:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-ebssurrogate > lxd:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-lxd > amazon-instance:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-instance > scaleway:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-scaleway > amazon-ebs:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-ebs > docker:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-docker > null:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-null > lxc:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-lxc > vmware-iso:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-vmware-iso] > PostProcessors:map[atlas:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-atlas > checksum:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-checksum > vsphere-template:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vsphere-template > docker-save:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-save > docker-push:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-push > artifice:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-artifice > googlecompute-export:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-googlecompute-export > alicloud-import:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-alicloud-import > manifest:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-manifest > docker-import:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-import > amazon-import:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-amazon-import > vagrant:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vagrant > shell-local:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-shell-local > docker-tag:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-tag > vagrant-cloud:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vagrant-cloud > vsphere:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vsphere > compress:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-compress] > Provisioners:map[file:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-file > shell:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-shell > puppet-masterless:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-puppet-masterless > chef-solo:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-chef-solo > converge:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-converge > salt-masterless:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-salt-masterless > chef-client:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-chef-client > ansible:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-ansible > windows-restart:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-windows-restart > ansible-local:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-ansible-local > powershell:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-powershell > windows-shell:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-windows-shell > shell-local:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-shell-local > puppet-server:/apps/packer/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-puppet-server]} > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Setting cache directory: /tmp/packer_cache > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Loading builder: vsphere-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Creating plugin client for path: > /apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Starting plugin: > /apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux > []string{"/apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux"} > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Waiting for RPC address for: > /apps/packer/packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 > Plugin minimum port: 10000 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 > Plugin maximum port: 25000 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 > Plugin address: unix /tmp/packer-plugin040179003 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 > Waiting for connection... > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 > Serving a plugin connection... > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Loading provisioner: shell > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Plugin could not be found. Checking same directory as > executable. > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Current exe path: /apps/packer/packer > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Creating plugin client for path: /apps/packer/packer > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Starting plugin: /apps/packer/packer > []string{"/apps/packer/packer", "plugin", "packer-provisioner-shell"} > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Waiting for RPC address for: /apps/packer/packer > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [INFO] Packer version: > 1.2.2 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Packer Target OS/Arch: > linux amd64 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Built with Go Version: > go1.10 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory > from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Attempting to open config > file: /root/.packerconfig > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [WARN] Config file doesn't > exist: /root/.packerconfig > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Packer config: > &{DisableCheckpoint:false DisableCheckpointSignature:false > PluginMinPort:10000 PluginMaxPort:25000 Builders:map[] PostProcessors:map[] > Provisioners:map[]} > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory > from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Setting cache directory: > /tmp/packer_cache > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 args: > []string{"packer-provisioner-shell"} > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Plugin minimum port: 10000 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Plugin maximum port: 25000 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Detected home directory > from env var: /root > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Plugin address: unix > /tmp/packer-plugin133455204 > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Waiting for connection... > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 packer: 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Serving a plugin > connection... > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 ui: Debug mode enabled. Builds will not be > parallelized. > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 ui: [1;32mvsphere-iso output will be in this color.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 ui: > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Build debug mode: true > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Force build: false > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 On error: > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Preparing build: vsphere-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Debug enabled, so waiting for build to finish: > vsphere-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Starting build run: vsphere-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 Running builder: vsphere-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting builder vsphere-iso > > 2018/08/24 05:36:43 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepConnect'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:45 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Creating VM...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:48 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepCreateVM'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:49 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Customizing hardware...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:49 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepConfigureHardware'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:50 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepConfigParams'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:50 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Adding CD-ROM drives...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:51 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepAddCDRom'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:52 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:36:52 > No floppy files specified. Floppy disk will not be made. > > 2018/08/24 05:36:52 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepCreateFloppy'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:52 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepAddFloppy'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:53 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Set boot order...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:53 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Power on VM...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:59 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepRun'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:36:59 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Waiting 15s for boot...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:37:14 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Typing boot command...[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:37:14 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:37:14 > Special code '<tab>' found, replacing with: CodeTab > > 2018/08/24 05:37:17 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:37:17 > Special code '<enter>' found, replacing with: CodeReturnEnter > > 2018/08/24 05:37:17 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux: 2018/08/24 05:37:17 > Waiting 1 second > > 2018/08/24 05:37:18 ui: ask: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of > step 'StepBootCommand'. Press enter to continue.[0m > > 2018/08/24 05:37:19 ui: [1;32m==> vsphere-iso: Waiting for IP...[0m > > > > =============== > > *JSON file* > > =============== > > { > > "builders": [ > > { > > "type": "vsphere-iso", > > "vcenter_server": "vc1.ss.local", > > "username": "[email protected]", > > "password": "prayerworks", > > "insecure_connection": "true", > > "vm_name": "centos-7-{{ timestamp }}", > > "cluster": "Cluster", > > "datastore": "Datastore1", > > "network": "VM Network1", > > "boot_wait": "15s", > > "boot_order": "disk,cdrom", > > "guest_os_type": "rhel7_64Guest", > > "convert_to_template": "true", > > "folder": "Templates", > > "ssh_username": "root", > > "ssh_password": "prayerworks", > > "CPUs": 2, > > "CPU_limit": -1, > > "RAM": 4096, > > "RAM_reserve_all": false, > > "disk_controller_type": "pvscsi", > > "disk_size": 51200, > > "network_card": "vmxnet3", > > "iso_paths": [ > > "Datastore1] ISO/boot3.iso" > > ], > > "boot_command": [ > > "<tab> ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg <enter><wait>" > > ] > > } > > ], > > > > "provisioners": [ > > { > > "type": "shell", > > "inline": ["ls /"] > > } > > ] > > } > > > > ================ > > Kickstart file > > # Set repo to mirror.centos.org > > repo --name="CentOS" --baseurl= > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ --cost=100 > > repo --name="Updates" --baseurl= > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ --cost=100 > > > > # Required settings > > lang en_US.UTF-8 > > keyboard us > > rootpw vagrant > > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 > > timezone UTC > > > > # Optional settings > > install > > cdrom > > user --name=root --plaintext --password prayerworks > > rootpw " prayerworks" > > unsupported_hardware > > network --device eth0 --bootproto=dhcp > > firewall --disabled > > selinux --disabled > > > > # Disk partitioning information > > bootloader --location=mbr --append="no_timer_check console=tty0 > console=ttyS0,115200 net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" --boot-drive=sda > > text > > skipx > > zerombr > > clearpart --all --initlabel > > clearpart --all --drives=sda > > ignoredisk --only-use=sda > > part /boot --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --size=512 > > part / --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --grow --size=1 > > firstboot --disabled > > reboot > > > > %packages --ignoremissing --excludedocs > > @^minimal > > @core > > > > # Prerequisites for installing VMware Tools or VirtualBox guest additions. > > # Put in kickstart to ensure first version installed is from install disk, > > # not latest from a mirror. > > kernel-headers > > kernel-devel > > gcc > > make > > perl > > curl > > wget > > bzip2 > > patch > > net-tools > > selinux-policy-devel > > # Core selinux dependencies installed on 7.x, no need to specify > > # Other stuff > > sudo > > nfs-utils > > -fprintd-pam > > -intltool > > > > # Microcode updates cannot work in a VM > > -microcode_ctl > > # unnecessary firmware > > -aic94xx-firmware > > -alsa-firmware > > -alsa-tools-firmware > > -atmel-firmware > > -b43-openfwwf > > -bfa-firmware > > -ipw*-firmware > > -irqbalance > > -ivtv-firmware > > -iwl*-firmware > > -kernel-firmware > > -libertas-usb8388-firmware > > -ql*-firmware > > -rt61pci-firmware > > -rt73usb-firmware > > -xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware > > -zd1211-firmware > > # Don't build rescue initramfs > > -dracut-config-rescue > > %end > > > > %post --log=/var/log/ks.post02.log > > #!/bin/bash > > > > set -x > > yum-config-manager --add-repo http://centos.mirror.org > > > > # Install sdc-vmtools guest tools > > echo "Installing VM Tools..." > > # Install open-vm-tools, required to detect IP when building on ESXi > > sudo yum -y install open-vm-tools > > sudo systemctl enable vmtoolsd > > sudo systemctl start vmtoolsd > > > > %end > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Rickard von Essen > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 3:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [packer] Newbie - not converting to a template and suck on > waiting for ip > > > > Show us your template, kickstart file, and the log output and we might be > able to help. Without that I can only give the general advice to run packer > with env var PACKER_LOG=1 and look for what packer is trying to connect to > and use that to troubleshoot the network the usual way, both from the host > side and from inside the VM (open a console from vSphere). > > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 04:07, Steve Schofield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm new to packer and vsphere-iso provider. I've been able provision a > centos7 build where it does an unattended install va kickstart (vsphere > 6.7). It fails on finding open-vm-tools. Could this be the reason? After > the install, the server boots back to a command prompt instead of powering > off, converting to a template. I can ssh to the server and login as root. > (yeah!) I'd prefer it turn off and convert to a template. I see on the > packer site, there is a convert_to_template property. I tried putting in > post-processors, no luck. I sense I'm close to having this work, but > stuck on Waiting for IP. > > > > Any tips / tricks are appreciated. I can post the ks.cfg and other files > if necessary. Newer to this community so not sure all what to post for > assistance. Thanks for your patience. > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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