unknown configuration key: "tools_upload_flavor"

[אריק אמיר‎]

trying to create a packer template which will generate a VMware template on my vcenter cluster, the template uploads and installs the iso but get stuck waiting for an IP address

I notices that after installing VMTools it gets the IP address and continues

I am having trouble setting up VMTools on the installed OS, tried adding tools_upload_flavor but I am getting unknown configuration key: "tools_upload_flavor" when I try to build with this option and cannot figure out what am I missing

{

    "variables": {

        "vcenter": "",

        "username": "",

        "password": "",

        "vm_name": "example-windows",

        "cluster": "",

        "host": "",

        "datastore": "",

        "network": "",

        "iso": "D:/ISOs/Windows2012R2_Dell_Server_OS_3.0.0.1.ISO",

        "iso_checksum": "Windows2012R2_Dell_Server_OS_3.0.0.1.md5.txt",

        "iso_checksum_url": "D:/ISOs/Windows2012R2_Dell_Server_OS_3.0.0.1.md5.txt"

        

    },

    "builders": [

            {

                "type": "vsphere-iso",

                "tools_upload_flavor": "windows",

                "vcenter_server": "{{user `vcenter` }}",

                "username": " {{user `username` }}",

                "password": "{{user `password`}}",

                "insecure_connection": "true",

                "vm_name": "{{user `vm_name`}}",

                "convert_to_template": "true",

                "guest_os_type": "windows9_64Guest",

                "cluster": "{{user `cluster`}}",

                "host": "{{user `host`}}",

                "datastore": "{{user `datastore`}}",

                "network": "{{user `network` }}",

                "communicator": "winrm",

                "winrm_username": "Administrator",

                "winrm_password": "{{user `password`}}",

                "CPUs": 4,

                "RAM": 16384,

                "RAM_reserve_all": true,

                "disk_controller_type": "lsilogic-sas",

                "disk_size": 307200,

                "disk_thin_provisioned": true,

                "network_card": "e1000e",

                "boot_wait": "1m",

                "iso_urls": [

                    "{{user `iso`}}",

                    "{{user `vmtools_path`}}"

                ],

                "floppy_files": [

                    "setup/setup.ps1",

                    "setup/vmtools.cmd"

                ],

                "iso_checksum": "",

                "iso_checksum_type": "none",

                "iso_checksum_url": "",

                "boot_command": [ "<tab><tab><wait><enter>" ]

        }

    ]

    

}

Kind Regards

Arik Amir

[Megan Marsh]

Hi! The vsphere-iso builder (a third party builder created and currently supported by jetbrains: docs can be found here: https://github.com/jetbrains-infra/packer-builder-vsphere) is not the same as the vmware-iso builder, which is shipped with the Packer binary. "tools_upload_flavor" is a vmware-iso option, but you're using the vsphere-iso builder in your template. You'll have to either switch to using the vmware-iso builder, or make sure to only use options supported by the vsphere-iso builder. 

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