Hi, I'm trying to get Packer to build a CentOS image in Rackspace and I'm having some problems that I haven't seen described elsewhere.
Hopefully someone here will know what is going wrong or can give me a pointer on how I might be able to further debug this.
For what it's worth we are using RackConnect v2, I'm not sure if that changes anything beyond the `ssh_interface` and `rackconnect_wait` variables.
I took the values for:
identity_endpoint
tenant_id
region
username
password
directly from my `~/.supernova` file.
Just to validate that my supernova config works:
```
supernova qa image-list
[SUPERNOVA] Running nova against qa...
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| ID | Name | Status | Server |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 9a479ce0-6524-46c5-9d35-109f8fec13d0 | CentOS 6 (PVHVM) | ACTIVE | |
| dd844d58-8eac-4fa8-a44d-cd56105b12dd | CentOS 7 (PVHVM) | ACTIVE | |
| 398c5f65-23e2-44da-97d8-d28ff5ec583b | CentOS 7 (PVHVM) (Orchestration) | ACTIVE | |
| 73a9359a-990e-4a32-b50f-286935e0c986 | Debian 7 (Wheezy) (PVHVM) | ACTIVE | |
```
I used the following minimal Packer config file:
```json
{
"_comment": "This Packer file is intended to generate a CentOS 7.4 image with Docker on Rackspace",
"_comment": "Build with `PACKER_LOG=1 packer build --only=openstack rackspace.json` for Rackspace images",
"builders": [
{
"type": "openstack",
"openstack_provider": "rackspace",
"tenant_id": "1234567",
"region": "ORD",
"username": "abcdefg",
"password": "##############################",
"flavor": "general1-1",
"ssh_username": "automation",
"ssh_password": null,
"ssh_private_key_file": "./ssh/automation.private",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_interface": "private",
"source_image": "398c5f65-23e2-44da-97d8-d28ff5ec583b",
"image_name": "centos74-base",
"rackconnect_wait": "true"
}
]
}
```
which when run gave me the following output:
```
PACKER_LOG=1 packer build --only=openstack rackspace.json
2018/01/15 10:09:42 [INFO] Packer version: 1.1.3
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Packer Target OS/Arch: linux amd64
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Built with Go Version: go1.9
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for amazon-chroot
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for lxc
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for parallels-iso
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for vmware-iso
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for amazon-ebssurrogate
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for cloudstack
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for hyperv-vmcx
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for triton
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for amazon-instance
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for file
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for virtualbox-ovf
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for hyperv-iso
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for null
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for profitbricks
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for amazon-ebs
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for lxd
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for digitalocean
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for oneandone
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for oracle-oci
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for azure-arm
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for openstack
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for virtualbox-iso
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for vmware-vmx
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for alicloud-ecs
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for amazon-ebsvolume
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for docker
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for googlecompute
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for parallels-pvm
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for qemu
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for chef-client
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for chef-solo
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for converge
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for windows-shell
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for puppet-server
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for ansible-local
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for powershell
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for puppet-masterless
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for salt-masterless
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for shell
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for windows-restart
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for ansible
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for file
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for shell-local
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for amazon-import
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for atlas
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for compress
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for shell-local
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for vagrant-cloud
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for docker-tag
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for vagrant
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for vsphere-template
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for alicloud-import
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for docker-push
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for googlecompute-export
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for manifest
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for vsphere
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for artifice
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for checksum
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for docker-import
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Using internal plugin for docker-save
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Attempting to open config file: /home/pslattery/.packerconfig
2018/01/15 10:09:42 [WARN] Config file doesn't exist: /home/pslattery/.packerconfig
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Packer config: &{DisableCheckpoint:false DisableCheckpointSignature:false PluginMinPort:10000 PluginMaxPort:25000 Builders:map[hyperv-vmcx:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-hyperv-vmcx amazon-instance:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-instance vmware-vmx:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-vmware-vmx parallels-pvm:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-parallels-pvm profitbricks:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-profitbricks openstack:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-openstack virtualbox-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-virtualbox-iso amazon-ebsvolume:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-ebsvolume amazon-ebs:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-ebs qemu:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-qemu parallels-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-parallels-iso oneandone:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-oneandone amazon-chroot:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-chroot vmware-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-vmware-iso cloudstack:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-cloudstack null:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-null oracle-oci:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-oracle-oci azure-arm:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-azure-arm lxc:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-lxc alicloud-ecs:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-alicloud-ecs amazon-ebssurrogate:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-amazon-ebssurrogate triton:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-triton virtualbox-ovf:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-virtualbox-ovf hyperv-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-hyperv-iso docker:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-docker file:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-file lxd:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-lxd digitalocean:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-digitalocean googlecompute:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-builder-googlecompute] PostProcessors:map[amazon-import:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-amazon-import atlas:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-atlas docker-tag:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-tag vsphere:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vsphere checksum:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-checksum docker-import:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-import shell-local:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-shell-local alicloud-import:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-alicloud-import googlecompute-export:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-googlecompute-export artifice:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-artifice vagrant-cloud:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vagrant-cloud vsphere-template:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vsphere-template docker-save:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-save compress:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-compress vagrant:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-vagrant docker-push:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-docker-push manifest:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-post-processor-manifest] Provisioners:map[puppet-server:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-puppet-server puppet-masterless:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-puppet-masterless ansible:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-ansible file:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-file chef-solo:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-chef-solo ansible-local:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-ansible-local shell:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-shell windows-restart:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-windows-restart chef-client:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-chef-client shell-local:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-shell-local converge:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-converge windows-shell:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-windows-shell powershell:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-powershell salt-masterless:/usr/local/bin/packer-PACKERSPACE-plugin-PACKERSPACE-packer-provisioner-salt-masterless]}
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Setting cache directory: /home/pslattery/source/bitbucket/Automation/packer-templates/packer_cache
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Loading builder: openstack
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Plugin could not be found. Checking same directory as executable.
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Current exe path: /usr/local/bin/packer
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Creating plugin client for path: /usr/local/bin/packer
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Starting plugin: /usr/local/bin/packer []string{"/usr/local/bin/packer", "plugin", "packer-builder-openstack"}
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Waiting for RPC address for: /usr/local/bin/packer
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 [INFO] Packer version: 1.1.3
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Packer Target OS/Arch: linux amd64
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Built with Go Version: go1.9
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Attempting to open config file: /home/pslattery/.packerconfig
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 [WARN] Config file doesn't exist: /home/pslattery/.packerconfig
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Packer config: &{DisableCheckpoint:false DisableCheckpointSignature:false PluginMinPort:10000 PluginMaxPort:25000 Builders:map[] PostProcessors:map[] Provisioners:map[]}
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Setting cache directory: /home/pslattery/source/bitbucket/Automation/packer-templates/packer_cache
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 args: []string{"packer-builder-openstack"}
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Plugin minimum port: 10000
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Plugin maximum port: 25000
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Detected home directory from env var: /home/pslattery
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Plugin address: unix /tmp/packer-plugin409602167
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Waiting for connection...
2018/01/15 10:09:42 packer: 2018/01/15 10:09:42 Serving a plugin connection...
openstack output will be in this color.
2018/01/15 10:09:42 ui: openstack output will be in this color.
2018/01/15 10:09:42 ui:
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Build debug mode: false
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Force build: false
2018/01/15 10:09:42 On error:
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Preparing build: openstack
2018/01/15 10:09:42 Build 'openstack' prepare failure: 1 error(s) occurred:
* Invalid request due to incorrect syntax or missing required parameters.
2018/01/15 10:09:42 ui error: 1 error(s) occurred:
* Invalid request due to incorrect syntax or missing required parameters.
2018/01/15 10:09:42 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.
1 error(s) occurred:
* Invalid request due to incorrect syntax or missing required parameters.
2018/01/15 10:09:42 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
2018/01/15 10:09:42 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited
```
Thanks