Yes provisioner depends on the communicator, in this case ssh.
On Thu, May 7, 2020, 16:58 jz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just clarify - the reason I am doing this is try to run a command line to
> create a new user in inline. Also this user is meant to be a ssh user from
> Packer host to VM. I am using Photon so the root shh is blocked by default.
> Long story short - if provisioner shell relies on ssh between packer host
> and the VM this provisioner will not work anyway. Is this true that
> provisioner shell type depends on ssh?
>
> On Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 2:19:00 AM UTC-4, jz wrote:
>>
>> Pack 1.5.5
>> vsphere-iso v2.3
>> Photon 3
>>
>> Running into an issue: the provisioner section seems never be executed.
>> Here is the json file:
>>
>> "builders": [
>> {
>> "type": "vsphere-iso",
>>
>> "vcenter_server": "vcsas11001.mycompany.com",
>> "username": "[email protected]",
>> "password": "XXXXXXXXXXXXX",
>> "insecure_connection": "true",
>> "vm_name": "photon3-ga-1",
>> "notes": "Build via Packer",
>> "cluster": "VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-XXXXX",
>> "host": "esxas11001.mycompany.com",
>> "datastore": "VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Datastore-XXXXX",
>> "folder": "MY VMs",
>>
>> "guest_os_type": "vmwarePhoton64Guest",
>>
>> "ssh_username": "sshuser",
>> "ssh_password": "XXXXXX",
>>
>> "CPUs": 2,
>> "RAM": 4096,
>> "RAM_reserve_all": false,
>> "network": "Management Network-XXXXX",
>>
>> "convert_to_template": false,
>>
>> "disk_controller_type": "pvscsi",
>> "disk_size": 25000,
>> "disk_thin_provisioned": true,
>>
>> "network_card": "vmxnet3",
>> "shutdown_command": "",
>>
>> "iso_paths": ["[VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Datastore-XXXXX]
>> iso/photon-os-3.0-ga/photon-3.0-58f9c74-bundle.iso"],
>> "floppy_files": [
>> "{{user `ks_path`}}/photon_ks.cfg"
>> ],
>> "boot_command": ["<esc><wait>",
>> "vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram0
>> loglevel=3 ks=cdrom:/isolinux/photon_ks.cfg photon.media=cdrom",
>> "<enter>"]
>> }
>> ],
>>
>> "provisioners": [
>> {
>> "type": "shell",
>> "inline": ["mkdir -p /tmp/threetimes"],
>> "only": ["vsphere-iso"]
>> }
>> ]
>> }
>>
>> All I am doing is to create a dummy directory under /tmp. With or
>> without "only": ["vsphere-iso"] is the same result - no directory is
>> created. Anything wrong here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> J
>>
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