Using template examples I wanted to automate deployment of vm's on vSphere.
However regardless of what I try, I keep getting the error "Build
'vsphere-iso.autogenerated_1' errored after 4 seconds 41 milliseconds:
ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or
password.".
Now, I know for a fact that the username and password are correct. I can
use the credentials on the vSphere WebUI and they work.
In my hcl, I tried the "Administrator@vsphere.local", with and without
capitals. I tried without the domain. I tried
"VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator", in different combo's.
I made a local user, added it to administrators. I can login on the webUI
as either "packer" or "packer@localos".
In vSphere Event Console, I can see this:
User packer@127.0.0.1 logged in as VMware vim-java 1.0
When I use Packer, I see this or something similar:
Cannot login packer@1.2.3.102 Error 12/03/2023, 8:19:56 PM
esxi.internal.domain.net
packer vim.event.BadUsernameSessionEvent
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Date Time:
12/03/2023, 8:19:56 PM
Type:
Error
User:
packer
Target:
esxi.internal.domain.net
Description:
Cannot login packer@10.2.3.102
Event Type Description:
A user attempted to log in with an unknown or invalid username
Possible Causes:
- The username is unknown to the system Action: If you are using Active
Directory, check the health of the domain controller
- The user provided an invalid password Action: Supply the correct
password
Related events:
There are no related events.
At the start of my hcl file, I declared my variables:
cat packer-test.json.pkr.hcl
─╯
# See https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/blocks/packer for
more info
packer {
required_plugins {
vsphere = {
source = "github.com/hashicorp/vsphere"
version = "~> 1"
}
}
}
#
https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/variables#type-constraints
for more info.
variable "HTTP_IP" {
type = string
default = "10.2.3.10:81"
}
variable "HTTP_PATH" {
type = string
default = "packer-test/ks.cfg"
}
variable "version" {
type = string
default = "0.0.3"
}
variable "vsphere_endpoint" {
type = string
default = "1.2.3.13"
}
variable "vsphere_username" {
type = string
default = "packer"
}
variable "vsphere_password" {
type = string
default = "L3tM3In@once"
}
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong?
Thanks!
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