The set a upload a SSH pub key that you can use to AWS and set
ssh_private_key_file and ssh_keypair_name in packer and run packer build
-on-error=ask that will give you an opportunity to troubleshoot the network
manually.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 10:39 'Ganesh Katakam' via Packer <
packer-tool@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> I have changed the ssh_username from root to ubuntu, still it is same
>
> On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 2:22:15 PM UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen
> wrote:
>>
>> Ubuntu doesn't allow SSH'ing with root. And you need to use the user that
>> cloud-init set the ssh key for. In this case ssh_username should be ubuntu.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 06:32 'Ganesh Katakam' via Packer <
>> packe...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am very new to packer and this is my first script that too taken from
>>> packer website itself. While it is trying to do ssh with the instance it is
>>> failing. Can someone help me??
>>>
>>> This is my template file:
>>>
>>> {
>>> "variables": {
>>> "aws_access_key": "",
>>> "aws_secret_key": ""
>>> },
>>> "builders": [
>>> {
>>> "type": "amazon-ebs",
>>> "access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}",
>>> "secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}",
>>> "region": "ap-south-1",
>>> "source_ami_filter": {
>>> "filters": {
>>> "virtualization-type": "hvm",
>>> "name": "ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*",
>>> "root-device-type": "ebs"
>>> },
>>> "owners": [
>>> "099720109477"
>>> ],
>>> "most_recent": true
>>> },
>>> "instance_type": "t2.micro",
>>> "ssh_username": "root",
>>> "ami_name": "fcp-runwayci {{timestamp}}",
>>> "tags":{
>>> "Name": "GaneshK - {{timestamp}}"
>>> }
>>> }
>>> ],
>>> "provisioners": [
>>> {
>>> "type": "shell",
>>> "script": "install.sh"
>>> }
>>> ]
>>> }
>>>
>>> This is my console output:
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 [INFO] Packer version: 1.5.4 [go1.13.7 linux amd64]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Checking 'PACKER_CONFIG' for a config file path
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 'PACKER_CONFIG' not set; checking the default config
>>> file path
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Attempting to open config file:
>>> /home/ubuntu/.packerconfig
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 [WARN] Config file doesn't exist:
>>> /home/ubuntu/.packerconfig
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Setting cache directory:
>>> /home/ubuntu/packer/packer_cache
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Creating plugin client for path: /usr/bin/packer
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Starting plugin: /usr/bin/packer
>>> []string{"/usr/bin/packer", "plugin", "packer-builder-amazon-ebs"}
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Waiting for RPC address for: /usr/bin/packer
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Received unix RPC address for /usr/bin/packer: addr
>>> is /tmp/packer-plugin972069966
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] Packer
>>> version: 1.5.4 [go1.13.7 linux amd64]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Checking
>>> 'PACKER_CONFIG' for a config file path
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: 'PACKER_CONFIG'
>>> not set; checking the default config file path
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Attempting to open
>>> config file: /home/ubuntu/.packerconfig
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [WARN] Config file
>>> doesn't exist: /home/ubuntu/.packerconfig
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Setting cache
>>> directory: /home/ubuntu/packer/packer_cache
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: args:
>>> []string{"packer-builder-amazon-ebs"}
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Plugin address:
>>> unix /tmp/packer-plugin972069966
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Waiting for
>>> connection...
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Serving a plugin
>>> connection...
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Creating plugin client for path: /usr/bin/packer
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Starting plugin: /usr/bin/packer
>>> []string{"/usr/bin/packer", "plugin", "packer-provisioner-shell"}
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Waiting for RPC address for: /usr/bin/packer
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Received unix RPC address for /usr/bin/packer: addr
>>> is /tmp/packer-plugin020649790
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: [INFO] Packer
>>> version: 1.5.4 [go1.13.7 linux amd64]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: Checking
>>> 'PACKER_CONFIG' for a config file path
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: 'PACKER_CONFIG' not
>>> set; checking the default config file path
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: Attempting to open
>>> config file: /home/ubuntu/.packerconfig
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: [WARN] Config file
>>> doesn't exist: /home/ubuntu/.packerconfig
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: Setting cache
>>> directory: /home/ubuntu/packer/packer_cache
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: args:
>>> []string{"packer-provisioner-shell"}
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: Plugin address:
>>> unix /tmp/packer-plugin020649790
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: Waiting for
>>> connection...
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-provisioner-shell plugin: Serving a plugin
>>> connection...
>>>
>>> *amazon-ebs: output will be in this color.*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Build debug mode: false
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Force build: false
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 On error:
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Preparing build: amazon-ebs
>>>
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Waiting on builds to complete...
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Starting build run: amazon-ebs
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 Running builder: amazon-ebs
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting builder amazon-ebs
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Found region
>>> ap-south-1
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] AWS Auth
>>> provider used: "EC2RoleProvider"
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:54 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] (aws): No
>>> AWS timeout and polling overrides have been set. Packer will default to
>>> waiter-specific delays and timeouts. If you would like to customize the
>>> length of time between retries and max number of retries you may do so by
>>> setting the environment variables AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS and
>>> AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS to your desired values.
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Prevalidating any provided VPC information*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Prevalidating AMI Name: fcp-runwayci 1584595374*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using AMI Filters {
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Filters: [{
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Name:
>>> "virtualization-type",
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Values:
>>> ["hvm"]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: },{
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Name:
>>> "name",
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Values:
>>> ["ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*"]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: },{
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Name:
>>> "root-device-type",
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Values:
>>> ["ebs"]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: }],
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Owners:
>>> ["099720109477"]
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: }
>>>
>>> amazon-ebs: Found Image ID: ami-011c09ac5e09ba22f
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Creating temporary keypair:
>>> packer_5e7301ae-cdca-4b7f-abb6-cd895a22eae1*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Creating temporary security group for this instance:
>>> packer_5e7301af-ac07-b652-d8aa-c156c957fea3*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:55 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] Waiting
>>> for temporary security group: sg-01acbbe25bb8333cc
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:22:56 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] Found
>>> security group sg-01acbbe25bb8333cc
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Authorizing access to port 22 from [0.0.0.0/0
>>> <http://0.0.0.0/0>] in the temporary security groups...*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Launching a source AWS instance...*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Adding tags to source instance*
>>>
>>> amazon-ebs: Adding tag: "Name": "Packer Builder"
>>>
>>> amazon-ebs: Instance ID: i-0362ec79eb337ebea
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Waiting for instance (i-0362ec79eb337ebea) to become
>>> ready...*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:23:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] Not using
>>> winrm communicator, skipping get password...
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Using ssh communicator to connect: 3.6.38.50*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:23:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] Waiting for
>>> SSH, up to timeout: 5m0s
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Waiting for SSH to become available...*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:23:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:23:42 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:23:47 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:24:02 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:24:07 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:24:22 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:24:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:24:42 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:24:47 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:25:02 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:25:07 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:25:22 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:25:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:25:42 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:25:47 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:26:02 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:26:07 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:26:22 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:26:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:26:42 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:26:47 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:27:02 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:27:07 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:27:22 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:27:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:27:42 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:27:47 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:02 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:07 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using host value:
>>> 3.6.38.50
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:22 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] TCP
>>> connection to SSH ip/port failed: dial tcp 3.6.38.50:22: i/o timeout
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Timeout waiting for SSH.*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Terminating the source AWS instance...*
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:27 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] SSH wait
>>> cancelled. Exiting loop.
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Cleaning up any extra volumes...*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: No volumes to clean up, skipping*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary security group...*
>>>
>>> *==> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary keypair...*
>>>
>>> *Build 'amazon-ebs' errored: Timeout waiting for SSH.*
>>>
>>>
>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:58 [INFO] (telemetry) ending amazon-ebs
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:58 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"}
>>>
>>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:58 machine readable: amazon-ebs,error []string{"Timeout
>>> waiting for SSH."}
>>>
>>> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:58 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.
>>>
>>> --> amazon-ebs: Timeout waiting for SSH.
>>>
>>>
>>> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:59 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:59 /usr/bin/packer: plugin process exited
>>>
>>> 2020/03/19 05:28:59 /usr/bin/packer: plugin process exited
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