There is actually a 3pp vsphere-iso builder plugin.

https://github.com/jetbrains-infra/packer-builder-vsphere

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 00:56 Gabo Kete <[email protected]> wrote:

> To start with there is no *vsphere-iso* builder but a *vmware-iso*
>
> Looking at your JSON file seems you have a few parameters that are not
> part of the *vmware-iso *builder and they should be part of the vmx_data
> array  under that builder
>
> I'd recommend to read again packer documentation
> https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html
> <https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html>
>
> Also get a JSON template you know is working to start with and then
> progress from there till it works in your environment..
>
> This could be a good start
>
>
> https://github.com/kaorimatz/packer-templates/blob/master/ubuntu-16.04-amd64.json
>
> <https://github.com/kaorimatz/packer-templates/blob/master/ubuntu-16.04-amd64.json>
>
> On Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 6:45:34 PM UTC+12, Konstantin Raskoshnyi
> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry for the late reply.
>> Here's a dummy json I have.
>>
>> {
>>   "builders": [
>>     {
>>       "type": "vsphere-iso",
>>       "vcenter_server": "vcenter.example.com",
>>       "insecure_connection": "true",
>>       "username": "[email protected]",
>>       "password": "password",
>>       "datacenter": "US1",
>>       "cluster": "DEV1",
>>       "vm_name": "example-ubuntu",
>>       "guest_os_type": "ubuntu64Guest",
>>       "ssh_username": "jetbrains",
>>       "ssh_password": "jetbrains",
>>       "CPUs":             1,
>>       "RAM":              1024,
>>       "RAM_reserve_all": true,
>>       "disk_size":        32768
>>     }
>>   ],
>>   "provisioners": [
>>     {
>>       "type": "shell",
>>       "inline": ["ls /"]
>>     }
>>   ]
>> }
>>
>> vsphere-iso output will be in this color.
>>
>> ==> vsphere-iso: Creating VM...
>> Build 'vsphere-iso' errored: unexpected EOF
>>
>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
>> --> vsphere-iso: unexpected EOF
>>
>> Could it be something to do with vsphere access rights?
>> I don't have full administrative access, but can create VMs etc.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 12:07 PM Alvaro Miranda Aguilera <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> can you share the json template and a description on where are you
>>> building?
>>>
>>> ie locally on a host pc and trying to build to esxi host ? or using a
>>> plugin for vsphere?
>>>
>>> the more info, the better
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM, chic_cat <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I'm new to packer,
>>>> Getting this error with VMware:
>>>>
>>>> vsphere-iso output will be in this color.
>>>>
>>>> Build 'vsphere-iso' errored: default datacenter resolves to multiple
>>>> instances, please specify
>>>>
>>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
>>>> --> vsphere-iso: default datacenter resolves to multiple instances,
>>>> please specify
>>>>
>>>> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
>>>>
>>>> Cluster is specified in json file.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
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