These should be quoted like this: "skip_compaction": "true", "keep_registered": "true",
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:37 PM Andrew Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Like this? > > [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': json: cannot unmarshal bool into Go value of type > string > [andrew.meyer@automation01 vmware]$ > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 8:18:28 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen wrote: >> >> true should be quoted, all variables are string pairs. >> >> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 15:15 Andrew Meyer <[email protected] wrote: >> >>> I found the issue. For some reason packer doesn't like me using a >>> variable for the remote_type. Fixed that but now getting this: >>> >>> packer build centos-esxi.json >>> output will be in this color. >>> >>> 2 error(s) occurred: >>> >>> * remote_host must be specified >>> * exporting the vm (with ovftool) requires that you set a value for >>> remote_password >>> >>> So I tried running it with this syntax: >>> $ packer build -var-file=variables.json centos-esxi.json >>> And got this: >>> >>> 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': json: cannot unmarshal bool into Go value of >>> type string >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 3:56:00 AM UTC-6, Rickard von Essen >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just open your json file in an editor which checks your syntax. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 03:56 Andrew Meyer <[email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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] 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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