Hello Rickard

No there is no such option to run a command before export but after the vm 
> stopped.
>

Snif, ok ;-)

But isn't Vagrant the solution to this problem. You can solve all these 
> things in a Vagrantfile. 
>

Many thanks for this feedback. I will have a try on it.

Best regards

Le mardi 25 septembre 2018 16:26:17 UTC+2, Rickard von Essen a écrit :
>
> No there is no such option to run a command before export but after the vm 
> stopped.
>
> But isn't Vagrant the solution to this problem. You can solve all these 
> things in a Vagrantfile. 
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 14:39 Alix Lourme <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello, 
>>
>> I'm using Packer to create a Linux (Ubuntu) VirtualBox VM, usable on 
>> Windows ; one main feature is to have the C: shared with this VM.
>> It works like a charm when VM is packaged on Windows, but sharing the C 
>> path on Linux during VM creation fails (ie: when VM builded from continuous 
>> integration process - no Windows agents).
>>
>> Technically, the builder config:
>>
>> "vboxmanage[_post]": [
>>     [
>>         "sharedfolder", "add", "{{.Name}}", "--name", "c", "--hostpath", 
>> "C:/", "--automount"
>>     ]
>> ],
>>
>> Provides this correct VirtualBox command, but does nothing (no error, 
>> ...):
>>
>> vboxmanage sharedfolder add vm-name --name c --hostpath C:/ --automount
>>
>> Executed manually, this command provides a (logic) "*Shared folder path 
>> 'C:' is not absolute*" error. 
>> If "*/C:*" used it works on Linux packaging or command line, but 
>> produced VM is not usable on Windows ("*/C:*" not valid on Windows). 
>> Using UNC path if a fail too. 
>> *Conclusion*: Hard to configure a shared folder on Linux, usable on 
>> Windows without error.
>>
>> A dirty workaround is to update *SharedFolder* parameter directly in the 
>> *.vbox* file, before the export (when VM is stopped).
>>
>> *=> Is there a way to add a custom script/command after the *
>> *"provisioners**" and before the export, to realize this hack ?*
>>
>> Many thanks in advance.
>> Best regards
>> Alix.
>>
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