If you run the build wit -on-error=ask you will have unlimited time to poke around and check te network etc.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019, 15:56 Danny Fournier <[email protected] wrote: > The Bento files worked out fine. I didn't get errors. Clearly something > wrong with my preseed or way of doing things. > > For the limited time I was able to work with the VM, until SSH timed out, > I was able to confirm that the network settings did not match what I have > in my preseed file. Not sure what this means. > > Perhaps I should be looking at alternatives. > > On Friday, 25 January 2019 10:07:31 UTC-4, Rickard von Essen wrote: >> >> You can find working packer templates here that you can base yours on: >> https://github.com/chef/bento >> >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:59 PM Dan Fournier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I tried using the IP I set. However, the IP I set in the preseed isn't >>> what ifconfig will display. I set 192.*, but end up with 10.*. >>> >>> IIRC, NAT is used initially in Virtualbox which explains the 10.*? If I >>> use the 10.* in Packer, it doesn't work either, probably due to NAT and the >>> VM not being accessible in that way? >>> >>> Either that or I have a bad preseed file in terms of networking, DHCP... >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:58 AM Rickard von Essen <[email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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. 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