If you are using static ip's you need to set ssh_host to the IP you assigned.
https://packer.io/docs/templates/communicator.html#ssh_host PS. A word of advice is that it's much simpler to use dhcp for Packer. On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 8:36 PM Danny Fournier <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm attempting to create a new Ubuntu 16.04.5 VM. It's creating the VM > fine as I can log into it until SSH timeouts and the VM is taken down and > destroyed. > > In this specific case, my goal is a VM with no new user, I know the root > password and it gets assigned a static IP. This is to replicate what I get > from my VPS provider and will enable me to test my Ansible scripts > appropriately. > > I'm noting in the preseed.cfg file, the assigning of static IP, root > password and the late_command string that enables remote root login (my > Ansible script turns this off when it runs). > > Here is the reoccurring errors in my log file: > > 2019/01/24 07:45:52 packer.exe: 2019/01/24 07:45:52 [INFO] Attempting SSH > connection... > 2019/01/24 07:45:52 packer.exe: 2019/01/24 07:45:52 [DEBUG] reconnecting > to TCP connection for SSH > 2019/01/24 07:45:52 packer.exe: 2019/01/24 07:45:52 [DEBUG] handshaking > with SSH > 2019/01/24 07:45:55 packer.exe: 2019/01/24 07:45:55 [DEBUG] SSH handshake > err: ssh: handshake failed: ssh: unable to authenticate, attempted methods > [none password], no supported methods remain > 2019/01/24 07:45:55 packer.exe: 2019/01/24 07:45:55 [DEBUG] Detected > authentication error. Increasing handshake attempts. > > -- > 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/509af80a-3a97-4fab-b47a-52e73a60b3ba%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/509af80a-3a97-4fab-b47a-52e73a60b3ba%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. 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/CALz9Rt-1dNO5iU_TgwqcYw9jf7sSMdtJnh9%3D-2zyrDYCQwd2cg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
