Thanks Megan. That’s got me closer, but it only leaves the VM. I want the build container to pause, so I can debug from there if possible?
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 17:36, Megan Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd suggest just setting --on-error=abort; that will make Packer exit > without cleaning up the container so that you can get onto it and start > debugging. > > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 7:57 AM Adam Rush <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sure. For some context, I'm running Packer via a Jenkins pipeline, which >> spins up an ephemeral container within a Kubernetes cluster. >> As some builds can take an hour or more to run, I'd like Packer to pause >> when an error occurs, then I can attach to the container and start >> debugging the current environment. >> This would greatly improve the dev process and make debugging much faster. >> >> I believe this doesnt currently work as I thought as the container doesnt >> have a terminal attached, so I'm looking for possible solutions. >> >> On Thursday, 7 May 2020 15:50:08 UTC+1, Lesley Kimmel wrote: >>> >>> Can you describe more what you are trying to see and why you are unable >>> to? I'm currently using Packer inside a CI pipeline. The pipeline itself >>> usually gives me the Packer output at the end. I also found that, on the >>> Packer server itself, Packer has a log (/tmp/packer-logXXXXXX) that >>> contains all of it's normal CLI output. Packer logging is generally pretty >>> clear on what any issues are. >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 12:24:41 PM UTC-5, Adam Rush wrote: >>>> >>>> I know we can use `-debug` and `-on-error=ask` when doing local Packer >>>> builds, but they don't seem to work within a CI build pipeline (like >>>> Jenkins). >>>> >>>> Has anyone else found a solution for debugging within a CI pipeline? >>>> >>> -- >> 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/ac67577c-7c3b-4c8e-875d-1991c7e987d2%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/ac67577c-7c3b-4c8e-875d-1991c7e987d2%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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Packer" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/packer-tool/iizE3UkXMgo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAGPV1upTK2s-supCyM4%3DNCpQqnN8181UW4-nQd4dS4Ca7hgaHQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAGPV1upTK2s-supCyM4%3DNCpQqnN8181UW4-nQd4dS4Ca7hgaHQ%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/CABYej0-cX-c_ECXr4rneprzbR%2Bb9_QaXMtVXyt-5U%2BByHHS2mg%40mail.gmail.com.
