But as the VM gets its from DHCP, I will try to set a static ip address for it. Just need to check if I can do it via vmx_data and the correct property to use. (ESXi novice here)
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 8:18 AM Marc Pires <[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 >>>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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