Note, that one should have been reverted in 1.3.3. So if you used 1.3.3 to use the vsphere postprocessor to upload the vm to esxi then it should be okay.
Another option is that you can do the build entirely remotely, which I believe will bypass the ovftool bug. Both of these issues are described in the meta-issue I linked above, if you want to follow them. On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:13 AM Megan Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > hm. Then maybe this is a different issue after all. Are you sure it's > correctly uploading? We have another problem where OFVTool isn't properly > uploading vms with the hddOrder _set_ in the template (fun, right?) > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:10 AM PaulG <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm, looking at my .vmx I do have an order set. Am I missing something? >> Thank you for your help, Megan. >> >> .encoding = "UTF-8" >> bios.bootorder = "hdd,cdrom" >> bios.hddorder = "scsi0:0" >> checkpoint.vmstate = "" >> cleanshutdown = "TRUE" >> config.version = "8" >> cpuid.corespersocket = "2" >> displayname = "VM-packer-build-centos7v2" >> >> >> >> On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 9:55:30 AM UTC-8, Megan Marsh wrote: >>> >>> The _fix_ was reverted in 1.3.3 because it was causing other issues. So >>> the original problem, with the template not booting because hddOrder is >>> unset, is back. :( >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:52 AM PaulG <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I thought that was reverted in 1.3.3 release? >>>> >>>> On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 9:38:40 AM UTC-8, Megan Marsh wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Er, the workaround is described in >>>>> https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6197 >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:37 AM Megan Marsh <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This sounds to me like https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/6204 >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you take a look there and at the workaround described? We had to >>>>>> revert the code change because it was causing other breakages, and are >>>>>> tracking the problem here: >>>>>> https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/7067 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 8:24 AM Paul Grinstead <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Been having an issue for some time. After the creation and upload of >>>>>>> the template to ESX and converting to VM, I get "Operating System not >>>>>>> found". I have been scratching my head for the last couple of days. >>>>>>> Here is my build config. I am using fusion on my workstation than >>>>>>> using vsphere and vsphere-template. The upload is quick, but I can see >>>>>>> .vmx when it is completed in the templates folder. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> $ packer version >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Packer v1.3.3 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> { >>>>>>> "variables": { >>>>>>> "version": "" >>>>>>> }, >>>>>>> "provisioners": [{ >>>>>>> "type": "shell", >>>>>>> "execute_command": "echo 'Packer' | {{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash >>>>>>> '{{.Path}}'", >>>>>>> "script": "scripts/ansible.sh" >>>>>>> }, >>>>>>> { >>>>>>> "type": "ansible-local", >>>>>>> "playbook_file": "ansible/main.yml", >>>>>>> "galaxy_file": "requirements.yml" >>>>>>> }, >>>>>>> { >>>>>>> "type": "shell", >>>>>>> "execute_command": "echo 'Packer' | {{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash >>>>>>> '{{.Path}}'", >>>>>>> "script": "scripts/cleanup.sh" >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> ], >>>>>>> "builders": [{ >>>>>>> "type": "vmware-iso", >>>>>>> "boot_command": [ >>>>>>> "<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort >>>>>>> }}/http/ks.cfg<enter><wait>" >>>>>>> ], >>>>>>> "boot_wait": "10s", >>>>>>> "disk_size": 31920, >>>>>>> "guest_os_type": "centos7-64", >>>>>>> "headless": true, >>>>>>> "http_directory": "http", >>>>>>> "iso_urls": [ >>>>>>> "CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso", >>>>>>> " >>>>>>> http://linux.mirrors.es.net/centos/7.6.1810/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso >>>>>>> " >>>>>>> ], >>>>>>> "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", >>>>>>> "iso_checksum": >>>>>>> "38d5d51d9d100fd73df031ffd6bd8b1297ce24660dc8c13a3b8b4534a4bd291c", >>>>>>> "ssh_username": "vagrant", >>>>>>> "ssh_password": "vagrant", >>>>>>> "ssh_port": 22, >>>>>>> "ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s", >>>>>>> "shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S /sbin/halt -h -p", >>>>>>> "vm_name": "packer-centos-7-x86_64", >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "remote_host": "x.x.x.xl", >>>>>>> "remote_datastore": "VNX01_001", >>>>>>> "remote_username": "username", >>>>>>> "remote_password": "password", >>>>>>> "ssh_wait_timeout": "60m", >>>>>>> "tools_upload_flavor": "linux", >>>>>>> "http_directory": ".", >>>>>>> "boot_wait": "5s", >>>>>>> "vmx_data": { >>>>>>> "ethernet0.virtualdev" : "vmxnet3", >>>>>>> "virtualhw.productcompatibility" : "esx", >>>>>>> "virtualhw.version" : "13", >>>>>>> "cpuid.coresPerSocket": "2", >>>>>>> "memsize": "2048", >>>>>>> "scsi0.virtualDev": "pvscsi", >>>>>>> "numvcpus": "1" >>>>>>> }, >>>>>>> "tools_upload_flavor": "linux", >>>>>>> "vm_name": "VM-packer-build-centos7v2" >>>>>>> }], >>>>>>> "post-processors": [ >>>>>>> [{ "type": "vsphere", >>>>>>> "host": "x.x.x.x", >>>>>>> "insecure": true, >>>>>>> "username": "username", >>>>>>> "password": "password", >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "datacenter": "NSCLAB", >>>>>>> "vm_name": "packer-build-centos7v2", >>>>>>> "vm_folder": "kitchen", >>>>>>> "datastore": "VNX01_001", >>>>>>> "vm_network": "VLAN1216", >>>>>>> "cluster": "Automation", >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "keep_input_artifact": true, >>>>>>> "overwrite" : true >>>>>>> }, >>>>>>> { "type": "vsphere-template", >>>>>>> "host": "x.x.x.x", >>>>>>> "insecure": true, >>>>>>> "username": "username", >>>>>>> "password": "password", >>>>>>> "datacenter": "NSCLAB", >>>>>>> "folder": "/kitchen", >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "keep_input_artifact": true >>>>>>> }] >>>>>>> ] >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ==> vmware-iso: Skipping export of virtual machine (export is >>>>>>> allowed only for ESXi)... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:05 packer: 2018/12/10 08:07:05 Executing: >>>>>>> /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun -T fusion list >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:05 packer: 2018/12/10 08:07:05 stdout: Total >>>>>>> running VMs: 0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:05 packer: 2018/12/10 08:07:05 stderr: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:05 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vmware-iso >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:05 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting post-processor >>>>>>> vsphere >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ==> vmware-iso: Running post-processor: vsphere >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vmware-iso (vsphere): Uploading >>>>>>> output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmx to vSphere >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:05 packer: 2018/12/10 08:07:05 Starting ovftool >>>>>>> with parameters: --acceptAllEulas --name=packer-build-centos7v2 >>>>>>> --datastore=VNX01_001 --noSSLVerify=true --diskMode=thick >>>>>>> --vmFolder=kitchen --network=VLAN1216 --overwrite >>>>>>> output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmx >>>>>>> vi://user:<password>@x.x.x.x/NSCLAB/host/Automation >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vmware-iso (vsphere): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:10 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vsphere >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:10 Flagging to keep original artifact from >>>>>>> post-processor 'vsphere' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:10 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting post-processor >>>>>>> vsphere-template >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ==> vmware-iso: Running post-processor: vsphere-template >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vmware-iso (vsphere-template): Waiting 10s for VMware vSphere >>>>>>> to start >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vmware-iso (vsphere-template): Choosing datacenter... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vmware-iso (vsphere-template): Creating or checking destination >>>>>>> folders... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vmware-iso (vsphere-template): Marking as a template... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vsphere-template >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 Builds completed. Waiting on interrupt barrier... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Build 'vmware-iso' finished. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ==> Builds finished. The artifacts of successful builds are: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact-count >>>>>>> []string{"3"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ==> Builds finished. The artifacts of successful builds are: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "builder-id", "mitchellh.vmware"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "id", "VM-packer-build-centos7v2"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "string", "VM files in directory: %!s(<nil>)"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "files-count", "13"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "0", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.nvram"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "1", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmsd"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "2", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmx"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "3", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmxf"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "4", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s001.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "5", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s002.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "6", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s003.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "7", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s004.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --> vmware-iso: VM files in directory: %!s(<nil>) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "8", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s005.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "9", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s006.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "10", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s007.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "11", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s008.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "file", "12", "output-vmware-iso/disk.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"0", "end"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "builder-id", "packer.post-processor.vsphere"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "id", "VNX01_001::kitchen::packer-build-centos7v2"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "string", "VM: packer-build-centos7v2 Folder: kitchen >>>>>>> Datastore: VNX01_001"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "files-count", "13"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "0", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.nvram"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "1", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmsd"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "2", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmx"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "3", >>>>>>> "output-vmware-iso/VM-packer-build-centos7v2.vmxf"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "4", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s001.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "5", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s002.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "6", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s003.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "7", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s004.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "8", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s005.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "9", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s006.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "10", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s007.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --> vmware-iso: VM: packer-build-centos7v2 Folder: kitchen >>>>>>> Datastore: VNX01_001 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "11", "output-vmware-iso/disk-s008.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "file", "12", "output-vmware-iso/disk.vmdk"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"1", "end"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"2", "builder-id", ""} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"2", "id", ""} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"2", "string", ""} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"2", "files-count", "0"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 machine readable: vmware-iso,artifact >>>>>>> []string{"2", "end"} >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --> vmware-iso: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 waiting for all plugin processes to complete... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2018/12/10 08:07:21 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community >>>>>>> Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. >>>>>>> Behavior in violation of those 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