ovf transfer failed while building image on a remote host

[Jiatong Wang]

Hi, I am trying to use `packer` to build images in a remote esxi host. The build process succeeded but error happened while transferring ovf back to my local machine.

==> centos-7: Exporting virtual machine...
    centos-7: Executing: ovftool --noSSLVerify=true --skipManifestCheck -tt=ovf vi://username:****@hostname/centos-7 ./output/centos-7
==> centos-7: Error exporting virtual machine: exit status 1
==> centos-7: Opening VI source: vi://username@hostname:443/centos-7
==> centos-7: Opening OVF target: ./output/centos-7
==> centos-7: Writing OVF package: ./output/centos-7/centos-7/centos-7.ovf
Transfer Failed                      
==> centos-7: Error: Failed to open file stream: https://hostname:443/ha-nfc/524c1678-4260-5e2e-ce08-de46e3abcdb0/centos-7.nvram
==> centos-7: Deleting directory tree below: ./output/centos-7/centos-7
==> centos-7: Completed with errors

==> centos-7:
==> centos-7:
==> centos-7: Destroying virtual machine...

packer version: v1.4.3

I am sure that I opened 433 port in the esxi host. Anyone has some insights on this? Thanks

[Rickard von Essen]

Which builder are you using?

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[Jiatong Wang]

Hi, I am using vmware workstation

[Rickard von Essen]

So you are using vmware-iso? Can you please supply your template json file and and a full Packer log from running Packer with PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json. 

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 22:52 Jiatong Wang <cod...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, I am using vmware workstation

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[Jiatong Wang]

Hi, yes. 

The issue is also opened in github https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/8010 and @SwampDragons is working on this. Thanks!