Rerun with env var PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json... And post the
logs here.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 18:58 Andrew Meyer <[email protected] wrote:

> Ok so I got much further.  I fixed the problems I was seeing w/ the
> ovftool.
>
> However now I am getting this error message:
> packer build vmware/new-centos2.json
> centos7base output will be in this color.
>
> ==> centos7base: Retrieving ISO
> 1 items:  918.00 MiB / 918.00 MiB
> [========================================================================================================]
> 1m46s
>     centos7base: Transferred: http://
> 10.150.1.9/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso
> ==> centos7base: Uploading ISO to remote machine...
> ==> centos7base: Creating required virtual machine disks
> ==> centos7base: Building and writing VMX file
> ==> centos7base: Registering remote VM...
> ==> centos7base: Starting virtual machine...
>     centos7base: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want
> to
>     centos7base: view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC with the
> password "66nhCBkk" to
>     centos7base: vnc://10.150.1.35:5900
> ==> centos7base: Error starting VM: Retry limit exceeded
> ==> centos7base: Destroying virtual machine...
> Build 'centos7base' errored: Error starting VM: Retry limit exceeded
>
> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
> --> centos7base: Error starting VM: Retry limit exceeded
>
> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10:57:57 AM UTC-6, Andrew Meyer wrote:
>>
>> Nm, got further on this.  but still complaining about SSL verification.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10:51:31 AM UTC-6, Andrew Meyer wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok so I'm not understanding the syntax for the ovftool in the json
>>> file.  Here is the error i'm getting:
>>>
>>> Template validation failed. Errors are shown below.
>>>
>>> Errors validating build ''. 1 error(s) occurred:
>>>
>>> * ovftool validation error: signal: killed; Accept SSL fingerprint
>>> (EF:5E:1D:73:3D:31:88:D0:B2:A7:8F:8B:F9:2A:FC:03:CB:A5:23:FC) for host
>>> 10.150.1.35 as source type.
>>> Fingerprint will be added to the known host file
>>> Write 'yes' or 'no'
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the line in the json file
>>>       "ovftool_options": "--noSSLVerify=yes",
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10:35:01 AM UTC-6, Andrew Meyer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> nevermind I got it working.  on to the next issue.
>>>>
>>>> TY!
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 9:51:22 AM UTC-6, Andrew Meyer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok so I downloaded the ovftool bundle, but I'm still seeing this in
>>>>> the logs:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:48 Preparing build:
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:48 Build '' prepare failure: 1 error(s) occurred:
>>>>>
>>>>> * ovftool validation error: fork/exec : no such file or directory;
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:48 ui error: Template validation failed. Errors are
>>>>> shown below.
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:48 ui error: Errors validating build ''. 1 error(s)
>>>>> occurred:
>>>>>
>>>>> * ovftool validation error: fork/exec : no such file or directory;
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:48 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:49 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
>>>>> 2019/01/22 09:46:49 /usr/local/bin/packer_1.3.3: plugin process exited
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do I need to install or download something else?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 9:05:38 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can use variables for almost everything. And you need to have the
>>>>>> ovftool installed and on the path for the vmware-iso builder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 16:00 Pietto Vasco <[email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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