Vspere template not found

[Stefaans Mostert]

Morning all
I use vagrant-vsphere to provision vmware boxen to my environment.
https://github.com/nsidc/vagrant-vsphere

Now........
It constantly gives me "tempate not found" error
I have admin rights on the vsphere.compute_resource_name and on vsphere.host
I specify the path correctly, to my knowledge and my metadata.json file is done correctly.
When I log into vsphere via the interface I can see the file where I put it.
I have used this to trouble shoot https://github.com/nsidc/vagrant-vsphere/issues/79
No luck.

I include my Vagrantfile and metadata.json with this.

Vagrantfile:
--------------------------------------
agrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.box = 'Baseubuntu14.04.box'
  #config.vm.box_url = 'ubuntu/trusty64 '

config.vm.provider :vsphere do |vsphere|
    # The host we're going to connect to
    vsphere.host = '10.1.202.246'                           

   # The host for the new VM
    vsphere.compute_resource_name = '10.1.202.246'         

    vsphere.resource_pool_name = ''

    # The template we're going to clone       
    vsphere.template_name = 'Baseubuntu14.04'

    # Top level where to create
    #vsphere.data_center_name = '10.1.202.10'

    # Where to create machine
    vsphere.vm_base_path = 'Dev Ops'

    # The name of the new machine
    vsphere.name = 'Vagrant'                                    

    # vSphere login
    vsphere.user = 'bigcorp\myuser'                                   

    # vSphere password
    vsphere.password = 'mypass'                        

    # If you don't have SSL configured correctly, set this to 'true'
    vsphere.insecure = true                                   
  end
end


metadat.json:
--------------------------------------------
{
  "name": "Baseubuntu14.04",
  "description": "This box contains Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit.",
  "versions": [{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "providers": [{
      "name": "vsphere",
    }]
  }]
}


Tree of my files, excluding Ansible:
--------------------------------------------------------
├── Baseubuntu14.04
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04.box
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04-disk1.vmdk
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04.mf
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04.ovf
│   └── metadata.json
├── Baseubuntu14.04.box
├── metadata.json
└── Vagrantfile

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello there.

Are you missing the datastore?
Where are you telling the plugin you want to use template vs machine?


What I have found is template and VM should be on the same datastore.

Alvaro.

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[stefaans...@gmail.com]

Hi

My latest issue..........

Where is it ooking for the metadata.json file?

I have it right next to the Vagrantfile.

── Baseubuntu14.04
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04.box
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04-disk1.vmdk
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04.mf
│   ├── Baseubuntu14.04.ovf
│   └── metadata.json
├── Baseubuntu14.04.box
├── metadata.json
└── Vagrantfile

vagrant up --provider=vsphere
==> default: Box 'Baseubuntu14.04.box' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    default: Box Provider: vsphere
    default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> default: Adding box 'Baseubuntu14.04.box' (v0) for provider: vsphere
    default: Unpacking necessary files from: file:///home/stefaansm/trusty64/Baseubuntu14.04.box
The "metadata.json" file for the box 'Baseubuntu14.04.box' was not found.
Boxes require this file in order for Vagrant to determine the
provider it was made for. If you made the box, please add a
"metadata.json" file to it. If someone else made the box, please
notify the box creator that the box is corrupt. Documentation for
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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello,

Please check the Readme of the plugin. you need to use a dummy box in vagrant

and then use a template or vm on vmware vsphere.

https://github.com/nsidc/vagrant-vsphere

Usage

After installing the plugin, you must create a vSphere box. The
example_box directory contains a metadata.json file that can be used
to create a dummy box with the command:

tar cvzf dummy.box ./metadata.json

This can be installed using the standard Vagrant methods or specified
in the Vagrantfile.

After creating the dummy box, make a Vagrantfile that looks like the following:

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = 'dummy'
config.vm.box_url = './example_box/dummy.box'

config.vm.provider :vsphere do |vsphere|
vsphere.host = 'HOST NAME OF YOUR VSPHERE INSTANCE'
vsphere.compute_resource_name = 'YOUR COMPUTE RESOURCE'
vsphere.resource_pool_name = 'YOUR RESOURCE POOL'
vsphere.template_name = '/PATH/TO/YOUR VM TEMPLATE'
vsphere.name = 'NEW VM NAME'
vsphere.user = 'YOUR VMWARE USER'
vsphere.password = 'YOUR VMWARE PASSWORD'
end
end

And then run vagrant up --provider=vsphere.

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