winrm communicator in GCE

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Jul 21, 2017, 5:22:44 AM7/21/17

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I have a trouble with winRM connectivity, my configuration:

{

"variables": {

"startup_script": "winrm quickconfig -quiet & net user /add packer & net localgroup administrators packer /add & netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name=\"Windows Remote Management (HTTP-In)\" profile=public new remoteip=any & winrm set winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted=\"true\"} & winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic=\"true\"} & powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command \"Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy bypass -Force\""

},

"builders": [{

"type": "googlecompute",

"account_file": "acc.json",

"project_id": "test-project",

"source_image": "windows-server-2016-dc-v20170711",

"disk_size": "50",

"machine_type": "n1-standard-1",

"zone": "us-central1-a",

"network": "default",

"subnetwork": "default",

"omit_external_ip": true,

"use_internal_ip": true,

"instance_name": "win-base",

"communicator": "winrm",

"winrm_username": "packer",

"winrm_insecure": true,

"winrm_timeout": "3m",

"winrm_use_ssl": false,

"metadata": { "windows-startup-script-cmd": "{{user `startup_script`}}" }

}],

"provisioners": [{

"type": "powershell",

"inline": [

"dir c:\\"

]

}]

}

in logs:

2017/07/21 09:13:20 packer: 2017/07/21 09:13:20 [INFO] Attempting WinRM connection...

2017/07/21 09:13:20 packer: 2017/07/21 09:13:20 [DEBUG] connecting to remote shell using WinRM

2017/07/21 09:13:20 packer: 2017/07/21 09:13:20 [ERROR] connection error: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

2017/07/21 09:13:20 packer: 2017/07/21 09:13:20 [ERROR] WinRM connection err: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

when i'm trying to use "winrm_use_ssl": true, i recive trouble with i/o timeout.

But more interesting fact was вiscovered on page https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/powershell.html:

"The PowerShell Packer provisioner runs PowerShell scripts on Windows machines. It assumes that the communicator in use is WinRM."

Which means: if i haven't ready-to-use WinRM - i haven't any provisioning.

Could anybody look at the issue?

Alvaro Miranda Aguilera

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Jul 21, 2017, 6:26:51 AM7/21/17

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so, did you check this thread?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/packer-tool/oCv78n2jcok

is the firewall open?

where you are running packer need to be able to reach that vm on the winrm port

Virusvrij. www.avast.com

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Jul 21, 2017, 9:12:59 AM7/21/17

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yep, saw that. it doesn't work for some reason.

Actuay, i don't care about ssl in winRM session, but 401 is really strange response..

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Jul 21, 2017, 9:22:35 AM7/21/17

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So, seems the 401 cames because Auth basic is not enabled.

Can you confirm that got applied?

There are the commands that should make it work:

winrm set winrm/config/service/Auth '@{Basic="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="1024"}'

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Rickard von Essen

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Jul 21, 2017, 3:28:40 PM7/21/17

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Added ing a working example for HTTPS for reference:

{

"variables": {

"startup_script": "winrm quickconfig -quiet & net user /add packer & net localgroup administrators packer /add & winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic=\"true\"}"

},

"builders": [{

"type": "googlecompute",

"project_id": "packer-test-141600",

"source_image": "windows-server-2016-dc-v20170711",

"disk_size": "50",

"machine_type": "n1-standard-1",

"zone": "europe-west1-b",

"network": "default",

"subnetwork": "default",

"communicator": "winrm",

"winrm_username": "packer",

"winrm_insecure": true,

"winrm_timeout": "30m",

"winrm_use_ssl": true,

"metadata": { "windows-startup-script-cmd": "{{user `startup_script`}}" }

}],

"provisioners": [{

"type": "powershell",

"inline": [

"dir c:\\"

]

}]

}

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Jul 24, 2017, 6:56:12 AM7/24/17

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Rickard, i took your config and still have:

2017/07/24 10:49:51 packer: 2017/07/24 10:49:51 [DEBUG] connecting to remote shell using WinRM

2017/07/24 10:50:21 packer: 2017/07/24 10:50:21 [ERROR] connection error: unknown error Post https://10.132.0.2:5986/wsman: dial tcp 10.132.0.2:5986: i/o timeout

2017/07/24 10:50:21 packer: 2017/07/24 10:50:21 [ERROR] WinRM connection err: unknown error Post https://10.132.0.2:5986/wsman: dial tcp 10.132.0.2:5986: i/o timeout

2017/07/24 10:50:26 packer: 2017/07/24 10:50:26 [INFO] Attempting WinRM connection...

2017/07/24 10:50:26 packer: 2017/07/24 10:50:26 [DEBUG] connecting to remote shell using WinRM

2017/07/24 10:50:56 packer: 2017/07/24 10:50:56 [ERROR] connection error: unknown error Post https://10.132.0.2:5986/wsman: dial tcp 10.132.0.2:5986: i/o timeout

2017/07/24 10:50:56 packer: 2017/07/24 10:50:56 [ERROR] WinRM connection err: unknown error Post https://10.132.0.2:5986/wsman: dial tcp 10.132.0.2:5986: i/o timeout

2017/07/24 10:51:01 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:01 [INFO] Attempting WinRM connection...

2017/07/24 10:51:01 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:01 [DEBUG] connecting to remote shell using WinRM

2017/07/24 10:51:02 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:02 [ERROR] connection error: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

2017/07/24 10:51:02 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:02 [ERROR] WinRM connection err: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

2017/07/24 10:51:07 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:07 [INFO] Attempting WinRM connection...

2017/07/24 10:51:07 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:07 [DEBUG] connecting to remote shell using WinRM

2017/07/24 10:51:08 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:08 [ERROR] connection error: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

2017/07/24 10:51:08 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:08 [ERROR] WinRM connection err: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

2017/07/24 10:51:13 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:13 [INFO] Attempting WinRM connection...

2017/07/24 10:51:13 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:13 [DEBUG] connecting to remote shell using WinRM

2017/07/24 10:51:15 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:15 [ERROR] connection error: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

2017/07/24 10:51:15 packer: 2017/07/24 10:51:15 [ERROR] WinRM connection err: http response error: 401 - invalid content type

only "project_id" and "account_file" was changed...

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Jul 24, 2017, 7:13:13 AM7/24/17

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OHHHH! it works.

I shuld have much more patience!

Thanks for help!

Rickard von Essen

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Jul 24, 2017, 7:27:30 AM7/24/17

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Yeah, Windows is sloooow...

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