It can connect via SSH with no problem, but saw here that when it gets to
the provisioning part it's running on the ESXi host not the packer is
creating. Maybe I need to set a static ip for this VM.
{
"variables": {
"environment": "dev",
"release": "stable",
"iso_url": "https://stable.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr";,
"iso_version": "2605.8.0",
"ssh_pty": "true",
"ssh_host": "redacted",
"ssh_username": "redacted",
"ssh_password": "redacted",
"ssh_port": "22",
"ssh_wait_timeout": "5m",
"ssh_timeout": "10m",
"iso_checksum": "0bbcff5b70ada79e46fc6f761a4d25c5",
"iso_checksum_type": "md5",
"disk_size": "20000",
"memory": "2048",
"cpu": "2",
"boot_wait": "1m",
"headless": "false",
"ignition": "templates/ignition_esxi.json"
},
"builders": [
{
"type": "vmware-iso",
"tools_upload_flavor":"linux",
"vm_name": "VMTEST{{ user `environment` }}",
"vmdk_name": "VMTEST{{ user `environment` }}",
"format": "ova",
"memory": "{{user `memory`}}",
"communicator": "ssh",
"pause_before_connecting": "1m",
"iso_url": "{{ user `iso_url` }}/{{user `iso_version`}}
/flatcar_production_iso_image.iso",
"iso_checksum": "{{ user `iso_checksum` }}",
"output_directory": "artifatcs-esxi/base",
"shutdown_command": "sudo shutdown now",
"disk_size": "{{ user `disk_size` }}",
"boot_wait": "{{ user `boot_wait` }}",
"ssh_host": "{{ user `ssh_host` }}",
"ssh_username": "{{ user `ssh_username` }}",
"ssh_port": "{{ user `ssh_port` }}",
"ssh_password": "{{ user `ssh_password`}}",
"disk_type_id": "thin",
"headless": "{{ user `headless` }}",
"boot_command": [
"sudo echo \"redacted\" > /home/core/.ssh/authorized_keys<enter>",
"sudo chown core:core /home/core/.ssh/authorized_keys<enter>",
"sudo systemctl start sshd.service<enter>"
],
"remote_type": "esx5",
"remote_host": "redacted",
"remote_port": "22",
"remote_datastore": "DataStorage",
"remote_username": "redacted",
"remote_password": "redacted",
"keep_registered": true,
"vnc_port_min": 5900,
"vnc_port_max": 6000,
"vnc_disable_password": true,
"vnc_over_websocket": true,
"insecure_connection": true,
"vmx_data": {
"ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network"
},
"ovftool_options": [
"--noSSLVerify=yes"
]
}
],
"provisioners": [
{
"type": "file",
"source": "{{ user `ignition` }}",
"destination": "/tmp/ignition_esxi.json"
},
{
"type": "shell",
"inline": [
"flatcar-install -d /dev/vda -C {{user `release` }} -i
/tmp/ignition_esxi.json -o vmware_json"
]
}
]
}
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 8:57 AM Gabo Kete <[email protected]> wrote:
> will probably recommend you to change to a simpler password.. like
> uppercase, lowercase and numbers and see if that works.. then add special
> characters..
>
> On Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 12:18:56 PM UTC+1 [email protected]
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>
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