Hi!
I am using Packer to create images on an ESXi 6.5 host, and I am having
problems with it taking a very long time to start up. Packer uploads the
ISO file and then stops at "Starting HTTP server on port NNNN" for half
an hour or so. During the time I can see no activity on the ESXi host,
and the VM entry is not available. After half an hour, it (most often)
continues, creates the VM and runs the installer as expected.
Is there any reason for this delay?
This is my configuration file:
{
"builders": [
{
"type": "vmware-iso",
"remote_type": "esx5",
"remote_host": "10.0.31.140",
"remote_username": "builder",
"remote_password": "withheld",
"remote_datastore": "raid5array",
"remote_cache_datastore": "raid5array",
"remote_cache_directory": "ISOs",
"vnc_disable_password": true,
"format": "ovf",
"vm_name": "centos",
"vmdk_name": "centos",
"iso_url": "centos.iso",
"iso_checksum_type": "none",
"ssh_username": "root",
"ssh_password": "withheld",
"ssh_wait_timeout": "30m",
"shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now",
"disk_size": "491520",
"disk_type_id": "thin",
"guest_os_type": "rhel7-64",
"vmx_data": {
"numvcpus": "8",
"memsize": "16384",
"ethernet0.present": "true",
"ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network",
"ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3",
"ethernet1.present": "true",
"ethernet1.networkName": "Host-Only Network",
"ethernet1.virtualDev": "vmxnet3",
"vmxnet.noOprom": "true",
"vmxnet2.noOprom": "true"
},
"http_directory": "kickstart",
"boot_wait": "0s",
"boot_command": [
"<esc><esc><wait><esc><esc><wait><esc><esc><wait><esc><esc><wait><esc><esc><wait><esc><esc><wait>",
"/isolinux/vmlinuz ",
"inst.ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/CentOS.cfg ",
"initrd=initrd.img ",
"inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS ",
"biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 ",
"quiet",
"<enter>"
]
}
],
"provisioners": [
{
"type": "file",
"direction": "download",
"source": "/root/anaconda-ks.cfg",
"destination": "anaconda-ks.cfg"
},
{
"type": "file",
"direction": "download",
"source": "/root/original-ks.cfg",
"destination": "original-ks.cfg"
},
{
"type": "file",
"direction": "download",
"source": "/var/log/anaconda/anaconda.log",
"destination": "anaconda.log"
},
{
"type": "file",
"direction": "download",
"source": "/var/log/anaconda/journal.log",
"destination": "journal.log"
},
{
"type": "shell",
"script": "post-install/post-install.sh"
}
]
}
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