Just a quick update on this one - I ended up writing a short PowerShell
script to download the cookbooks directly from the Chef Marketplace and
extract them on the target VM. This is working OK and I can bypass the
cookbook upload, but it's not ideal as it precludes using Berkshelf to
determin
Hi Sean,
Sure, the template is this one, authored by Matt Wrock:
https://github.com/mwrock/packer-templates/blob/master/vbox-2016.json
Based on some additional research, it looks like this is a long-standing
issue with the performance of the WinRM transport in Packer. However, I'm
only trying
Hi James,
What template are you using, is it possible to provide a link?
Cheers
Sean.
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Subject: [packer] Chef-solo provisioner very slow to upload cookbooks
