I am trying to do the same thing. I have a packer test later today I'll update you
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 8:45 AM Andrew Meyer <[email protected] wrote: > 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. >>>>>> Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from >>>>>> this mailing list. >>>>>> >>>>>> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >>>>>> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Packer" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/5167c411-a6e8-4afd-95ab-aba0ed4059b7%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/5167c411-a6e8-4afd-95ab-aba0ed4059b7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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