Hi Manish
I believe the double quotes around the list may be the issue here.
Have you tried removing the quotes?
When specifying the list var on the cli you will need to drop the additional
quotes so that it is read in as a list.
-var 'storage=[”51200”,”25600”]’
Also for string list types you should specify the type as `list(string)` as
opposed to using a default=[].
variable “storage” {
type=list(string)
}
Let me know if that helps.
> On Sep 10, 2020, at 18:15, Manish Garedia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Here's what I am trying to achieve it.
>
> dynamic "storage" {
> for_each = var.storage
> content {
> disk_size = storage.key disk_thin_provisioned = true }
> }
> and storage is defined as list variable in variables.pkr.hcl
>
> variable "storage" { default = [] }
> Running Packer like this:
>
> packer build -var ks-file='"ks-2disk.cf"' -var storage='"["51200","25600"]"' .
> Getting this error at this time: Error: Extra characters after expression
>
> on line 1: (source code not available)
>
> An expression was successfully parsed, but extra characters were found after
> it.
>
>
>> On Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 1:23:52 PM UTC-5 Manish Garedia wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply!
>>
>> I have converted now everything to hcl2 templates. Can you please suggest
>> what's the best way to pass storage as a MAP based on if there is going to a
>> single disk or two disk?
>>
>> source "vsphere-iso" "centos" {
>> CPUs = var.vm-cpu-num
>> RAM = var.vm-mem-size
>> RAM_reserve_all = false
>> boot_command = [
>> "<tab> inst.text inst.ks=hd:fd0:/${ var.ks-file } <enter><wait>"
>> ]
>> boot_order = "disk,cdrom,floppy"
>> boot_wait = "10s"
>> cluster = var.vsphere-cluster
>> communicator = "ssh"
>> convert_to_template = true
>> datastore = var.vsphere-datastore
>> disk_controller_type = ["pvscsi"]
>> floppy_files = [
>> var.ks-file
>> ]
>> guest_os_type = "centos7_64Guest"
>> host = var.vsphere-host
>> insecure_connection = "true"
>> iso_paths = [
>> var.iso_url
>> ]
>> network_adapters {
>> network = var.vsphere-network
>> network_card = "vmxnet3"
>> }
>> notes = "Build via Packer"
>> password = var.vsphere-password
>> ssh_password = var.ssh_password
>> ssh_username = "root"
>> storage {
>> disk_size = var.vm-disk-size
>> disk_thin_provisioned = true
>> }
>> storage {
>> disk_size = var.vm-disk-size2
>> disk_thin_provisioned = true
>> }
>> ..
>> build {
>> sources = [
>> "source.vsphere-iso.centos"
>> ]
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 12:47:40 PM UTC-5 Megan Marsh wrote:
>>> var-files only support string variables, not maps. If you want to use map
>>> variables, consider upgrading to hcl2 templates.
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:17 AM Manish Garedia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Had to wrong json posted. here's the right one.
>>>>
>>>> "storage": [
>>>> {
>>>> "disk_size": "{{user `vm-disk-size`}}",
>>>> "disk_thin_provisioned": true
>>>> },
>>>> {
>>>> "disk_size": "{{user `vm-disk-size`}}",
>>>> "disk_thin_provisioned": true
>>>> }
>>>> ],
>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 1:15:21 PM UTC-5 Manish Garedia wrote:
>>>>>> Is there any way of using map in var-file:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have something like this in packer.json
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "storage": [
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "disk_size": "{{user `vm-disk-size`}}",
>>>>>> "disk_thin_provisioned": true
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> ],
>>>>>> "storage": [
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "disk_size": "{{user `vm-disk-size`}}",
>>>>>> "disk_thin_provisioned": true
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> ],
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what's the best way to have this in var-file. FYI, I have tried to
>>>>>> flatten the json but doesn't work.
>>>>>
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