whatever you've set as output_directory in your template, or a directory in your current working directory named "output-" + the name of your build. https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#output-configuration
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:56 PM Mauricio Tavares <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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]> >> 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? >>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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