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Stavros_S
Stavros_S

Reputation: 2235

packer vmware-iso local ubuntu build hangs when waiting for SSH to become available

Packer version: Packer v1.3.3

Host Platform: MacOS Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54)

Hello, I'm trying to build a really simple vmware-iso (local not remote). The build starts, gets through the first couple of steps but then hangs on ==> vmware-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available... until the shh_wait timeout is reached (I've tried several different wait times). If running with headless set to false, the ubuntu provisioning vm shows a screen in which it's setting up the drives and is about to format them. Any ideas what would cause ssh availability to hang even though it looks as though it worked fine in a previous step?

{
  "variables": {},
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "vmware-iso",
      "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/bionic/ubuntu-18.04.1.0-live-server-amd64.iso",
      "iso_checksum": "188741f61c23d112a2564b0a864e25a3",
      "iso_checksum_type": "MD5",
      "guest_os_type": "ubuntu-64",
      "ssh_username": "dev",
      "ssh_password": "dev",
      "vm_name": "sqldb-vmware",
      "ssh_port": 22,
      "ssh_wait_timeout": "10m",
      "vmx_data": {
        "numvcpus": "2",
        "memsize": "2048"
      },
      "http_directory" : "http",
      "boot_command": [
        "<esc><wait>",
        "<esc><wait>",
        "<enter><wait>",
        "/install/vmlinuz<wait>",
        " auto<wait>",
        " console-setup/ask_detect=false<wait>",
        " console-setup/layoutcode=us<wait>",
        " console-setup/modelcode=pc105<wait>",
        " debconf/frontend=noninteractive<wait>",
        " debian-installer=en_US<wait>",
        " fb=false<wait>",
        " initrd=/install/initrd.gz<wait>",
        " kbd-chooser/method=us<wait>",
        " keyboard-configuration/layout=USA<wait>",
        " keyboard-configuration/variant=USA<wait>",
        " locale=en_US<wait>",
        " netcfg/get_domain=vm<wait>",
        " netcfg/get_hostname=ubuntubase<wait>",
        " grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda<wait>",        
        " preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/preseed.cfg<wait>",
        " -- <wait>",
        "<enter><wait>"
      ],
      "boot_wait": "20s",
      "shutdown_command": "echo 'packer' | sudo -S shutdown -P now"
    }
  ]
}

Packer Debug Log: https://gist.github.com/spstratis/73f4d662fd93917fb7e4a2278a5854f5

This is what is displayed on the builder VM while waiting for SSH to become available. Display on VM while waiting for SSH

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2346

Answers (1)

Rickard von Essen
Rickard von Essen

Reputation: 4278

You need to have a preseed.cfg in the http directory with instructions for the installer howto install Ubuntu, see Preseed wiki for more info on Preseed.

Upvotes: 2

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