Packer GCP Error creating instance: time out while waiting for instance to create

[prudhviraj p]

Hello Packer Community,

This is regarding a timeout issue with packer build. I was trying packer build on GCP using service account with required roles (Compute Instance admin(v1) and ServiceAccountUser) still I am seeing this issue. Please help me if you have already encountered this issue.

Thanks & regards

Prudhvi

Details:

Packer Version: 1.8.2

Googlecompute Provider: 1.0.13

Code:

packer {

required_plugins {

googlecompute = {

version = ">= 1.0.12"

source = "github.com/hashicorp/googlecompute"

}

}

}

source "googlecompute" "demo-vm-instance" {

project_id = "my project"

source_image = "centos-7-v20220621"

zone = "us-east1-b"

ssh_username = "packer"

communicator = "ssh"

}

build {

sources = ["sources.googlecompute.demo-vm-instance"]

}

Error:

==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Checking image does not exist...
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing after run of step 'StepCheckExistingImage'. Press enter to continue.
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Creating temporary RSA SSH key for instance...
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing after run of step 'StepSSHKeyGen'. Press enter to continue.
    googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Saving key for debug purposes: gce_autogenerated_1.pem
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing after run of step 'StepDumpSSHKey'. Press enter to continue.
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing after run of step 'StepImportOSLoginSSHKey'. Press enter to continue.
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Using image: debian-10-buster-v20201112
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Creating instance...
    googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Loading zone: us-east1-d
    googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Loading machine type: n1-standard-2
    googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Requesting instance creation...
    googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Waiting for creation operation to complete...
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Error creating instance: time out while waiting for instance to create
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing before cleanup of step 'StepImportOSLoginSSHKey'. Press enter to continue.
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing before cleanup of step 'StepDumpSSHKey'. Press enter to continue.
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing before cleanup of step 'StepSSHKeyGen'. Press enter to continue.
==> googlecompute.autogenerated_1: Pausing before cleanup of step 'StepCheckExistingImage'. Press enter to continue.
Build 'googlecompute.autogenerated_1' errored after 20 minutes 45 seconds: Error creating instance: time out while waiting for instance to create