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?
>>>>>>
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