On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 3:07:54 PM UTC-4, Megan Marsh wrote:
>
> Yes, the purpose of Packer is to get a vm image that you can deploy
> later. The VM that is created is only transient, and the true artifact of
> the build is an image that contains all the changes made while the image
> was running. You should see log output that says what files were created by
> the build.
>
>
Thank you for the reply!
https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html says I should end up
with "a directory containing all the files necessary to run the virtual
machine." Where should this directory be hiding at?
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:25 AM Mauricio Tavares <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Stupid question: my test template
>>
>> {
>> "variables": {
>> "ssh_name" : "bubba",
>> "ssh_pass" : "supersecret",
>> "hostname": "testcentos",
>> [...]
>> },
>>
>> "builders": [
>> {
>> "type": "vmware-iso",
>> "guest_os_type" : "{{user `guest_os`}}",
>> "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
>> "iso_checksum_url": "{{user `iso_checksum_url`}}",
>> "ssh_username" : "{{user `ssh_name`}}",
>> "ssh_password" : "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
>> "ssh_port": 22,
>> "ssh_timeout": "1000s",
>> "headless": "TRUE",
>> "disk_size": "10240",
>> "disk_type_id": "thin",
>> "vmdk_name": "test",
>> "vmx_data" : {
>> "memsize": "1024",
>> "cpuid.coresPerSocket": "1",
>> "numvcpus": "1",
>> "ethernet0.networkName": "LAN",
>> "ethernet0.present": "TRUE",
>> "ethernet0.startConnected": "TRUE",
>> "ethernet0.virtualDev": "e1000",
>> "ethernet0.addressType": "generated",
>> "ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset": "0",
>> "ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv": "FALSE"
>> },
>> "vnc_port_min": 5900,
>> "vnc_port_max": 5999,
>> "vnc_disable_password": true,
>> "remote_type": "esx5",
>> "remote_host": "{{user `vm_hostname`}}",
>> "remote_datastore": "{{user `vm_disk`}}",
>> "remote_username": "{{user `vm_admin`}}",
>> "remote_password": "{{user `vm_pw`}}",
>> "boot_command": [
>> "<tab> text ks=http://{{ user `kickstart_ip` }}:{{ user
>> `kickstart_port` }}/ks.cfg <enter><return><wait5>"
>> ],
>> "boot_wait": "8s",
>> "shutdown_command": "echo {{user `ssh_pass`}} | sudo -S shutdown
>> -P -h now"
>> }
>> ]
>> }
>>
>> which is nothing special. When I unleash it, vm is created and run. I can
>> even login to it from console. And then it destroys itself. Why? Because I
>> have a shutdown command on it? I am trying to understand what I can get out
>> of packer: a running machine and/or a vm image I can then deploy later?
>>
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