VSphere Post-processor failed

Mic Le

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Feb 10, 2016, 4:30:27 PM2/10/16

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Hi All,

I am trying to create a post-processor for uploading the VM image to vSphere server.

My template section looks like this:

```

"post-processors": [

{

"type": "vsphere",

"username": "user",

"password": "xxxxxxx",

"vm_name": "template-vm",

"datastore": "vm-store",

"vm_network": "vm-lan",

"disk_mode": "thin",

"vm_folder": "vm-folder",

"datacenter": "vm_dc",

"host": "vsphere-host.net",

"cluster": "vm-cluster"

}

]

```

After running packer build command, I got this error

```

...

==> vmware-iso: Compacting the disk image

==> vmware-iso: Running post-processor: vsphere

vmware-iso (vsphere): Uploading output-vmware-iso/packer-vmware-iso.vmx to vSphere

Build 'vmware-iso' errored: 1 error(s) occurred:

* Post-processor failed: Failed: exit status 1

Stdout: Opening VMX source: output-vmware-iso/packer-vmware-iso.vmx

Error: File (/var/folders/6k/35ncms113gj32qjptgpllgsrt8cpnk/T/packer012297839) could not be found.

Completed with errors

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:

--> vmware-iso: 1 error(s) occurred:

* Post-processor failed: Failed: exit status 1

Stdout: Opening VMX source: output-vmware-iso/packer-vmware-iso.vmx

Error: File (/var/folders/6k/35ncms113gj32qjptgpllgsrt8cpnk/T/packer012297839) could not be found.

Completed with errors

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.

```

Can you point me to what can be the problem here?

P.S. I am running packer on OSX.

Thanks!

Andrew Langhorn

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Feb 10, 2016, 4:40:29 PM2/10/16

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Hi,

Please can you post your entire Packer JSON? I'd like to get some context about where /var/folders... comes from.

Thanks,

Andrew

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Mic Le

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Feb 10, 2016, 4:45:27 PM2/10/16

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Looks like it is related to this issue : https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows/issues/27

Which is still open ..

Mic Le

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Feb 10, 2016, 5:08:27 PM2/10/16

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Just figured that vsphere post-processor should be run after OVF post-processor (which creates the missing temp file)

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