ESXi post processor abort trap

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Mike M

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May 28, 2018, 11:06:20 AM5/28/18
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Hello,

Im looking to do what I consider a fairly vanilla task in packer but i'm getting a error message that is not very helpful.   

Basically what i'm trying to do is build a VM and upload it to ESXi.  Im vcenter 6.5 update 1 if that plays into it.  From ESXi it looks like it doesn't even try to upload.  It appears that the build goes through fine but when it gets to the post-processor I get:

==> vmware-iso: Downloading or copying ISO
    vmware-iso: Found already downloaded, initial checksum matched, no download needed: http://centos.s.uw.edu/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1804.iso
==> vmware-iso: Creating virtual machine disk
==> vmware-iso: Building and writing VMX file
==> vmware-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8895
==> vmware-iso: Starting virtual machine...
==> vmware-iso: Waiting 10s for boot...
==> vmware-iso: Connecting to VM via VNC (127.0.0.1:5915)
==> vmware-iso: Typing the boot command over VNC...
==> vmware-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available...
==> vmware-iso: Connected to SSH!
==> vmware-iso: Executing local command: echo foo
    vmware-iso: foo
==> vmware-iso: Gracefully halting virtual machine...
    vmware-iso: Waiting for VMware to clean up after itself...
==> vmware-iso: Deleting unnecessary VMware files...
    vmware-iso: Deleting: output-vmware-iso/startMenu.plist
    vmware-iso: Deleting: output-vmware-iso/test_vm.plist
    vmware-iso: Deleting: output-vmware-iso/vmware.log
==> vmware-iso: Compacting the disk image
==> vmware-iso: Cleaning VMX prior to finishing up...
    vmware-iso: Unmounting floppy from VMX...
    vmware-iso: Detaching ISO from CD-ROM device...
    vmware-iso: Disabling VNC server...
==> vmware-iso: Skipping export of virtual machine (export is allowed only for ESXi and the format needs to be specified)...
==> vmware-iso: Running post-processor: vsphere
    vmware-iso (vsphere): Uploading output-vmware-iso/test_vm.vmx to vSphere
Build 'vmware-iso' errored: 1 error(s) occurred:

* Post-processor failed: Failed: signal: abort trap


Here is my config

Enter code here...

{

  "builders":  [
    {
     "type": "vmware-iso",
     "iso_url": "http://centos.s.uw.edu/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1804.iso",
     "iso_checksum": "714acc0aefb32b7d51b515e25546835e55a90da9fb00417fbee2d03a62801efd",
     "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
     "ssh_username": "packer",
     "ssh_password": "packer",
     "ssh_wait_timeout":"60000s",
      "vmx_data": {
       "memsize": "4096",
       "numvpus": "4",
       "disk_size": "50000"
      },
      "shutdown_command": "sudo shutdown -P now",
      "http_directory": "http",
      "vm_name": "test_vm",
      "boot_command": [
        "<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.cfg<enter><wait>"
      ]

    }
  ],

  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "shell-local",
      "command": "echo foo"
    }
   ],

  "post-processors": [
    {
      "type": "vsphere",
      "insecure": true,
      "cluster":   "Cluster",
      "datacenter": "Cluster",
      "datastore": "Synology",
      "host": "10.75.1.210",
      "username": "admin",
      "password": "xxxxxxx",
      "vm_name": "test_packer",
      "vm_network": "network"
    }
  ]
}

Rickard von Essen

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May 28, 2018, 3:20:51 PM5/28/18
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Rerun with PACKER_LOG=1 packer build ... and supply the output.

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Mike M

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May 28, 2018, 5:59:19 PM5/28/18
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Attached is the log file.  Thanks for the help!
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packer_log2.txt

Mike M

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May 28, 2018, 8:19:51 PM5/28/18
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Looks like I got it figured out.  I wasnt aware that ovftool was more than one binary.  Its not ok to just copy the binary to /usr/local/bin on a mac.  There are is a lib directory etc to be concerned with.  I ended up putting the /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool in the path.  Removing the spaces to make it easier.  Live and learn :)


Thanks 

Gabo Kete

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May 28, 2018, 8:28:04 PM5/28/18
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Starting ovftool with parameters: --acceptAllEulas --name=test_packer --datastore=Synology --noSSLVerify=true --diskMode=thick --network=network output-vmware-iso/test_vm.vmx vi://packer:<password>@10.75.1.210/Cluster/host/Cluster

This is where is failing, try running this manually and see how it goes.. I reckon there is something wrong when packer tries to use ovftool...

Gabo Kete

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May 28, 2018, 9:02:27 PM5/28/18
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Ohhh just saw your reply... all good.. glad you figured it out.. 
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