Actually this functionality has been extended a bit and it supports VirtualBox now at least. See https://packer.io/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html#ssh-key-pair-automation
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 13:39 Jason Beranek <[email protected]> wrote: > Rickard, > > Probably worth a documentation update to capture the > behavior/limitations. I looked at the code, since I thought this was > something that maybe used to work with the Virtualbox builders, and it > looks like that code even generates the key pairs that it probably never > uses. > > V/r, > > Jason A. Beranek > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:23 AM Rickard von Essen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It's not applicable. It's just for builders where ssh public keys are >> served by the API to instances to that will be added by cloud-init (or >> something similar) will automatically add them to a authorized_keys file. >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 04:15 Lesley Kimmel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I noticed that this SSH communicator option is available for several >>> builders (based on the Packer docs). Specifically, I am using the >>> vsphere-iso builder. I was playing with this option but it doesn't seem to >>> do anything. When I search about it, it is generally in the context of >>> Amazon builders. Is this option even applicable to the VMware builders? If >>> so, how does it work? >>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in >>> violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing >>> list. >>> >>> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >>> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Packer" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/464b36a7-6d64-4227-86c0-4fb24c086e08%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/464b36a7-6d64-4227-86c0-4fb24c086e08%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in >> violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing >> list. >> >> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Packer" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt9nTr190TrUnCb5v1p6%2BPN8ZyxHj0BoO1pWxRsvLhL3iQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt9nTr190TrUnCb5v1p6%2BPN8ZyxHj0BoO1pWxRsvLhL3iQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues > IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Packer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAE_nh6nSOkQ5EqAfdEVgjAvQc6khDtwD48Mva2amo-akHfEg2Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAE_nh6nSOkQ5EqAfdEVgjAvQc6khDtwD48Mva2amo-akHfEg2Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt-7r%2BynA1dkLMkzYqbTzUYuEFy07CgLMoTiVGmB2EgN7g%40mail.gmail.com.
