Checked and packer is connecting to the ESXi not be VM I am creating, because I have two shell provisioners one to copy a config file and the second to set the OS packages. And the config file was copied to the ESXi host not the VM.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 7:42 AM Marc Pires <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gabo, yes I can login to ESXi using the ssh_password and ssh_username > values. My password has an @ sign, not sure if it can be a problem. Checking > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:00 PM Gabo Kete <[email protected]> wrote: > >> looks like you access is being rejected when it tries to ssh into the >> vmware... can you look into your json file and find the *ssh_username * >> and* ssh_password entries *and try to logging into your vmware with >> those values and check if it works >> >> On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 8:51:13 PM UTC+1 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, I am building an image and during the build I have the >>> following error below. Any clue of what it can be ? >>> >>> 2021/02/02 16:44:57 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening >>> new ssh session >>> 2021/02/02 16:44:57 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting >>> remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 221 >>> 2021/02/02 16:44:58 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [ERROR] Remote >>> command exited with '1': vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 221 >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:17 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening >>> new ssh session >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:17 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting >>> remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 221 >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening >>> new ssh session >>> ==> vmware-iso: Error starting VM: Retry limit exceeded >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting >>> remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 221 >>> ==> vmware-iso: Destroying virtual machine... >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening >>> new ssh session >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting >>> remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/destroy 221 >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening >>> new ssh session >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting >>> remote command: test ! -e "/vmfs/volumes/DataStorage/Appliance2_dev" >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening >>> new ssh session >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting >>> remote command: test -e "/vmfs/volumes/DataStorage/Appliance2_dev" >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [ERROR] Remote >>> command exited with '1': test -e "/vmfs/volumes/DataStorage/Appliance2_dev" >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vmware-iso >>> ==> Wait completed after 3 minutes 44 seconds >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"} >>> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors: >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 machine readable: vmware-iso,error []string{"Error >>> starting VM: Retry limit exceeded"} >>> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. >>> 2021/02/02 16:45:19 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing. >>> Build 'vmware-iso' errored after 3 minutes 44 seconds: Error starting >>> VM: Retry limit exceeded >>> >> -- >> 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/hashicorp/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/2UxaWvpjbCs/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/4071302d-8f6b-4cbf-ab0c-f6d5bf0bc842n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/4071302d-8f6b-4cbf-ab0c-f6d5bf0bc842n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Desenvolvedor/DevOps practitioner > > https://www.credential.net/5yi8wpmv > -- Desenvolvedor/DevOps practitioner https://www.credential.net/5yi8wpmv -- 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/hashicorp/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/CAGokDNi_b55cFNqDuJ_tcQPqMP7G86VktyqmNq%3DqTe4chijTLA%40mail.gmail.com.
