Ok I fixed that. I am still getting the same errors. I have also read that I needed to install vmware-vix. Tried that. Same thing.
Any thoughts? On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 11:27:16 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > After datastore-nas there is missing a " > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 18:15 Andrew Meyer <[email protected] <javascript:> > wrote: > >> Here you go >> >> { >> "esxi_host": "10.150.1.35", >> "esxi_datastore": "datastore-nas", >> "esxi_username": "root", >> "esxi_password": "password" >> "esxi_network": "v10101-prod", >> "remote_type": "esx5", >> "remote_host": "10.150.1.35", >> "remote_datastore": "datastore-nas >> "remote_username": "root", >> "remote_password": "password", >> "version": "13", >> "name": "test123", >> "tools_upload_flavor": "{{user `tools_upload_flavor`}}", >> "cpus": "1", >> "disk_size": "61440", >> "disk_type_id": "thin", >> "guest_os_type": "centos7-64", >> "iso_checksum": " >> 38d5d51d9d100fd73df031ffd6bd8b1297ce24660dc8c13a3b8b4534a4bd291c", >> "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", >> "iso_url": "http://10.150.1.9/isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso";, >> "keep_registered": true, >> "memory": "2048", >> "network_adapter_type": "vmxnet3", >> "disable_vnc": "true", >> "remote_datastore": "datastore-nas", >> "skip_compaction": true, >> "usb": "true", >> "ssh_password": "password", >> "ssh_username": "root", >> "ssh_wait_timeout": "60m", >> "boot_wait": "7s", >> "type": "vmware-iso", >> "vm_name": "test123", >> "shutdown_command": "echo 'shutdown -P now'" >> } >> >> >> >> On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 2:10:14 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen wrote: >>> >>> Could you post your variables.json >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 5:39 AM Andrew Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So after the previous post I am trying to make my json file dynamic by >>>> making anything I can into a variable. However now I am getting the >>>> following error: >>>> >>>> output will be in this color. >>>> >>>> Warnings for build '': >>>> >>>> * Headless mode uses VNC to retrieve output. Since VNC has been >>>> disabled, >>>> you won't be able to see any output. >>>> >>>> Build '' errored: Failed creating VMware driver: Unable to initialize >>>> any driver for this platform. The errors >>>> from each driver are shown below. Please fix at least one driver >>>> to continue: >>>> * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> * exec: "vmplayer": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> * exec: "vmplayer": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> >>>> >>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors: >>>> --> : Failed creating VMware driver: Unable to initialize any driver >>>> for this platform. The errors >>>> from each driver are shown below. Please fix at least one driver >>>> to continue: >>>> * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> * exec: "vmware": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> * exec: "vmplayer": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> * exec: "vmplayer": executable file not found in $PATH >>>> >>>> >>>> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. >>>> >>>> Here is what the config looks like now: >>>> { >>>> "builders": [ >>>> { >>>> "name": "{{user `name`}}", >>>> "tools_upload_flavor": "{{user `tools_upload_flavor`}}", >>>> "headless": "true", >>>> "ovftool_options": [ "--allowExtraConfig", "--noSSLVerify=true", >>>> "true" ], >>>> "cpus": "1", >>>> "disk_size": "61440", >>>> "disk_type_id": "{{user `disk_type_id`}}", >>>> "guest_os_type": "{{user `guest_os_type`}}", >>>> "iso_checksum": >>>> "38d5d51d9d100fd73df031ffd6bd8b1297ce24660dc8c13a3b8b4534a4bd291c", >>>> "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", >>>> "iso_url": " >>>> http://10.150.1.9/isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso";, >>>> "keep_registered": true, >>>> "memory": "2048", >>>> "network_adapter_type": "{{user `network_adapter_type`}}", >>>> "disable_vnc": "true", >>>> "remote_datastore": "{{user `remote_datastore`}}", >>>> "remote_host": "{{user `remote_host`}}", >>>> "remote_username": "{{user `remote_username`}}", >>>> "remote_password": "{{user `remote_password`}}", >>>> "remote_type": "{{user `remote_type`}}", >>>> "skip_compaction": true, >>>> "usb": "true", >>>> "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_password`}}", >>>> "ssh_username": "root", >>>> "ssh_wait_timeout": "60m", >>>> "boot_wait": "7s", >>>> "type": "vmware-iso", >>>> "vm_name": "{{user `vm_name`}}", >>>> "shutdown_command": "echo 'shutdown -P now'" >>>> } >>>> ] >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>>> I tried running the packer json file with the following syntax: >>>> [andrew.meyer@automation01 vmware]$ packer build >>>> -var-file=variables.json centos-esxi.json >>>> Usage: packer build [options] TEMPLATE >>>> >>>> Will execute multiple builds in parallel as defined in the template. >>>> The various artifacts created by the template will be outputted. >>>> >>>> Options: >>>> >>>> -color=false Disable color output. (Default: color) >>>> -debug Debug mode enabled for builds. >>>> -except=foo,bar,baz Build all builds other than these. >>>> -only=foo,bar,baz Build only the specified builds. >>>> -force Force a build to continue if artifacts >>>> exist, deletes existing artifacts. >>>> -machine-readable Produce machine-readable output. >>>> -on-error=[cleanup|abort|ask] If the build fails do: clean up >>>> (default), abort, or ask. >>>> -parallel=false Disable parallelization. (Default: >>>> parallel) >>>> -timestamp-ui Enable prefixing of each ui output with >>>> an RFC3339 timestamp. >>>> -var 'key=value' Variable for templates, can be used >>>> multiple times. >>>> -var-file=path JSON file containing user variables. >>>> invalid value "variables.json" for flag -var-file: Error reading >>>> variables in 'variables.json': invalid character '"' after object >>>> key:value >>>> pair >>>> [andrew.meyer@automation01 vmware]$ >>>> >>>> >>>> The logs show that it has discovered the vmware plugin. 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