Packer Hyperv-iso build for Centos8 - Waiting for SSH

[Santhosh Ganesan]

==> hyperv-iso: Creating build directory...

==> hyperv-iso: Retrieving ISO

==> hyperv-iso: Trying C:/San/SV65/CentOS/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-boot.iso

==> hyperv-iso: Trying file://C:/San/SV65/CentOS/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-boot.iso?checksum=sha256%3A7fea13202bf2f26989df4175aace8fdc16e1137f7961c33512cbfad844008948

==> hyperv-iso: file://C:/San/SV65/CentOS/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-boot.iso?checksum=sha256%3A7fea13202bf2f26989df4175aace8fdc16e1137f7961c33512cbfad844008948 => C:\San\SV65\hyper-packer\hyper-packer\packer_cache\90f663ae9e6efa846d32fef93d7a21fac2d5236a.iso

==> hyperv-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8601

==> hyperv-iso: Creating switch 'vSwitch' if required...

==> hyperv-iso:     switch 'vSwitch' already exists. Will not delete on cleanup...

==> hyperv-iso: Creating virtual machine...

==> hyperv-iso: Enabling Integration Service...

==> hyperv-iso: Setting boot drive to os dvd drive C:\San\SV65\hyper-packer\hyper-packer\packer_cache\90f663ae9e6efa846d32fef93d7a21fac2d5236a.iso ...

==> hyperv-iso: Mounting os dvd drive C:\San\SV65\hyper-packer\hyper-packer\packer_cache\90f663ae9e6efa846d32fef93d7a21fac2d5236a.iso ...

==> hyperv-iso: Skipping mounting Integration Services Setup Disk...

==> hyperv-iso: Mounting secondary DVD images...

==> hyperv-iso: Configuring vlan...

==> hyperv-iso: Determine Host IP for HyperV machine...

==> hyperv-iso: Host IP for the HyperV machine: 169.254.78.116

==> hyperv-iso: Attempting to connect with vmconnect...

==> hyperv-iso: Starting the virtual machine...

==> hyperv-iso: Waiting 5s for boot...

==> hyperv-iso: Typing the boot command...

==> hyperv-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available...

@ VM End , It stops with dracut-intiqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts

Could not boot.

/dev/root/ doest not exist

Entering emergency mode.

ks.cfg are 

#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T

#version=DEVEL

# Install OS instead of upgrade

install

# X Window System configuration information

xconfig  --startxonboot

# Keyboard layouts

# old format: keyboard us

# new format:

keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us','pl'

# Root password

rootpw password

# Use network installation

#url --url="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64"

# Use cdrom

cdrom

# System language

lang en_US --addsupport=en_GB.UTF-8

# Firewall configuration

firewall --disabled

# System authorization information

auth  --useshadow  --passalgo=sha512

# Use graphical install

# graphical

# Use text install

text

# Run the Setup Agent on first boot

firstboot --disable

# SELinux configuration

selinux --disabled

# License agreement

eula --agreed

# System services

services --enabled="chronyd"

services --enabled="sshd"

services --enabled="NetworkManager"

ignoredisk --only-use=sda

# Network information

network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --noipv6 --activate

# Reboot after installation

reboot

# System timezone

timezone Australia/Sydney --ntpservers=3.centos.pool.ntp.org,0.centos.pool.ntp.org,2.centos.pool.ntp.org,1.centos.pool.ntp.org

# System bootloader configuration

bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda

# autopart --type=lvm

# Clear the Master Boot Record

zerombr

# Partition clearing information

clearpart --all --initlabel

# Disk partitioning information

part /boot/efi --fstype="vfat" --size=200

part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=1024

part swap --fstype="swap" --size=16384

part / --fstype="ext4" --grow --size=1

# pre part

%pre

%end

# post part

%post

systemctl enable sshd

# systemctl start sshd

systemctl set-default multi-user.target

systemctl disable initial-setup-text

systemctl disable initial-setup-graphical

sed -i 's/__all__ = \["EULAspoke"\]/__all__ = \["LicenseScreen"\]/' /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/tui/spokes/eula.py

# secure boot files

cp -pr /boot/efi/EFI/centos/* /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/

# delete libvirt

systemctl stop libvirtd

systemctl disable libvirtd

%end

%packages

@^graphical-server-environment

@base

@compat-libraries

@core

@desktop-debugging

@development

@dial-up

@fonts

@gnome-desktop

@guest-agents

@guest-desktop-agents

@hardware-monitoring

@input-methods

@internet-browser

@multimedia

@network-file-system-client

@performance

@print-client

@security-tools

@x11

chrony

mc

curl

wget

yum-priorities

yum-versionlock

yum-utils

yum-cron

openssh-server

openssh-clients

openssh

%end

Please guide thru - why its failing to load the OS

Is this something related to harddisk not being created?

[Dan Linder]

Please share the packer file you're using, too.

[Santhosh Ganesan]

attached now, 

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 6:33 AM Dan Linder <d...@linder.org> wrote:

Please share the packer file you're using, too.

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[Santhosh Ganesan]

with revised switch values , now getting a error like 

curl failed to connect to packer set http server , which failed to fetch ks.cfg and which aborted the linux boot

pls guide

On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7:47:39 AM UTC+11, Santhosh Ganesan wrote:

attached now, 

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 6:33 AM Dan Linder <d...@linder.org> wrote:

Please share the packer file you're using, too.

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[Dan Linder]

So the curl error might be due to a local firewall on your build system - can you try turning it off as a quick test. Report of that helps any.

Can you hit the inst.ks URL from your build system and see the kickstart file?

Additionally, the inst.stage2 looks like it is for the CentOS7 ISO, so that will need to be checked.

[Santhosh Ganesan]

Hi Dan, 

am able to access the file with http on my machine,

tried with having the firewall rules specifically for a port, tried a turn around way as well, but didnt work, wondering something related file share on windows? error says it couldnot fetch the file, RTNETLINK confirms the file exists, wondering!!

inst.stage2 - would chk that for sure

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[Santhosh Ganesan]

tried windows file sharing ticked as well but still the same error, what could be the possible solution to this issue?

updated inst.stage2 for centos8 

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[Santhosh Ganesan]

curl from my local results

C:\San\SV65\CentOS>curl http://172.28.158.113:8330
<pre>
<a href="gen1-lv/">gen1-lv/</a>
<a href="gen2-centos/">gen2-centos/</a>
</pre>

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[Rafael Tomelin]

Hi, I have some problems too with Hyper-v and CentOS8.

My script read ks.cfg after return this error.