New OS boots after provisioned - Packer never finishes?

[Mike]

I have a basic kickstart file (using the "qemu" builder) that installs a minimal Centos6 installation. Once the installation is complete, QEmu restarts the VM and the new OS boots. This doesn't seem right, as Packer never actually finishes. The provisioned OS boots and I'm left at the login prompt.

Did I miss something obvious to finish the process?

Thanks

[Mike]

I changed reboot to shutdown. Now qemu exits but Packer continues, constantly logging about SSH.

[Rickard von Essen]

You should use reboot in your kickstart file.

The general way packer is supposed to work is:

1) boot strap installation with kickstart/preseed

2) Reboot with sshd enabled and the user used by packer to connect setup.

3) After the reboot packer connects over ssh and run every provisioner

4) Packer runs the shutdown_command and after that packages the VM into an image.

For some high quality reference templates see [1]. Generally it's recommended to start with a known working packer template and then evolve it to what you need.

[1] https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/centos/centos-7.6-x86_64.json#L132-L151

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 1:00 AM Mike <sto...@gmail.com> wrote:

I changed reboot to shutdown. Now qemu exits but Packer continues, constantly logging about SSH.

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[Mike]

Ah of course, thank you. That's so obvious now that you wrote it out. Thanks!

On Thursday, 30 May 2019 07:27:58 UTC-4, Rickard von Essen wrote:

You should use reboot in your kickstart file.

The general way packer is supposed to work is:

1) boot strap installation with kickstart/preseed

2) Reboot with sshd enabled and the user used by packer to connect setup.

3) After the reboot packer connects over ssh and run every provisioner

4) Packer runs the shutdown_command and after that packages the VM into an image.

For some high quality reference templates see [1]. Generally it's recommended to start with a known working packer template and then evolve it to what you need.

[1] https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/centos/centos-7.6-x86_64.json#L132-L151

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 1:00 AM Mike <sto...@gmail.com> wrote:

I changed reboot to shutdown. Now qemu exits but Packer continues, constantly logging about SSH.

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[Mike]

It works now - the image is built although it won't boot with qemu due to:

"Boot failed: not a bootable disk"

But it's definitely a step further.

Thanks

On Thursday, 30 May 2019 07:27:58 UTC-4, Rickard von Essen wrote:

You should use reboot in your kickstart file.

The general way packer is supposed to work is:

1) boot strap installation with kickstart/preseed

2) Reboot with sshd enabled and the user used by packer to connect setup.

3) After the reboot packer connects over ssh and run every provisioner

4) Packer runs the shutdown_command and after that packages the VM into an image.

For some high quality reference templates see [1]. Generally it's recommended to start with a known working packer template and then evolve it to what you need.

[1] https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/centos/centos-7.6-x86_64.json#L132-L151

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 1:00 AM Mike <sto...@gmail.com> wrote:

I changed reboot to shutdown. Now qemu exits but Packer continues, constantly logging about SSH.

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