Also, Now I am getting this error: packer validate vmware/new-centos2.json Template validation failed. Errors are shown below.
Errors validating build ''. 1 error(s) occurred: * ovftool validation error: fork/exec : no such file or directory; On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 8:21:50 AM UTC-6, Andrew Meyer wrote: > > Can I not use variables with this? Can I not have a separate > variables.json file? Or should this all be monolithic? > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 8:00:35 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen wrote: >> >> Your type is still vsphere-iso. >> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 14:47 Andrew Meyer <[email protected] wrote: >> >>> So now I'm getting this: >>> Template validation failed. Errors are shown below. >>> >>> Errors validating build 'vsphere-iso'. 6 errors occurred: >>> >>> * unknown configuration key: "keep_registered" >>> * unknown configuration key: "remote_datastore" >>> * unknown configuration key: "remote_host" >>> * unknown configuration key: "remote_password" >>> * unknown configuration key: "remote_type" >>> * unknown configuration key: "remote_username" >>> I made the following changes: >>> >>> { >>> "builders": [ >>> { >>> "type": "vsphere-iso", >>> >>> >>> "remote_type": "esx5", >>> "remote_host": "{{user `esxi_host`}}", >>> "remote_datastore": "{{user `esxi_datastore`}}", >>> "remote_username": "{{user `esxi_username`}}", >>> "remote_password": "{{user `esxi_password`}}", >>> "keep_registered": true, >>> "insecure_connection": "true", >>> "username": "username", >>> "password": "password", >>> "host": "10.150.1.35", >>> >>> "vm_name": "centos7base", >>> "convert_to_template": "false", >>> "cpu": "1", >>> "ram": "2048", >>> "network": "v10101-prod", >>> "network_adapter": "vmxnet3", >>> "guest_os_type": "centos7_64Guest", >>> "datastore": "datastore-nas", >>> "disk_size": "60GB", >>> "iso": >>> "/vmfs/volumes/datastore02/ISO/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso", >>> "iso_datastore": "datastore02" >>> >>> } >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 12:58:12 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The vsphere-iso builder will only work against the vSphere API. If you >>>> want to build on a single ESXi server you should use vmware-iso (with >>>> remote_XX options set). >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 07:17 Andrew Meyer <[email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am having some issues getting packer to create VMs on my single ESX >>>>> host. Everything I have found requires the vsphere appliance. I have >>>>> enabled all the changes for this to work on the host itself. >>>>> >>>>> Here is my config >>>>> >>>>> { >>>>> "builders": [ >>>>> { >>>>> "type": "vsphere-iso", >>>>> >>>>> "vcenter_server": "10.150.1.35", >>>>> "insecure_connection": "true", >>>>> "username": "root", >>>>> "password": "", >>>>> "host": "10.150.1.35", >>>>> >>>>> "vm_name": "centos7base", >>>>> "convert_to_template": "false", >>>>> "cpu": "1", >>>>> "ram": "2048", >>>>> "network": "v10101-prod", >>>>> "network_adapter": "vmxnet3", >>>>> "guest_os_type": "centos7_64Guest", >>>>> "datastore": "datastore-nas", >>>>> "disk_size": "60GB", >>>>> "iso": >>>>> "/vmfs/volumes/datastore02/ISO/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso", >>>>> "iso_datastore": "datastore02" >>>>> >>>>> } >>>>> ] >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here is the output I get when I try to run it: >>>>> packer build new-centos1.json >>>>> vsphere-iso output will be in this color. >>>>> >>>>> ==> vsphere-iso: Creating VM... >>>>> Build 'vsphere-iso' errored: resource pool >>>>> '/ha-datacenter/host//Resources/' not found >>>>> >>>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors: >>>>> --> vsphere-iso: resource pool '/ha-datacenter/host//Resources/' not >>>>> found >>>>> >>>>> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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