Provisioner shell inline command does not run

[jz]

Pack 1.5.5

vsphere-iso v2.3

Photon 3

Running into an issue: the provisioner section seems never be executed. Here is the json file:

  "builders": [

    {

      "type": "vsphere-iso",

      "vcenter_server":      "vcsas11001.mycompany.com",

      "username":            "admini...@vsphere.local",

      "password":            "XXXXXXXXXXXXX",

      "insecure_connection": "true",

      "vm_name": "photon3-ga-1",

      "notes": "Build via Packer",

      "cluster": "VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-XXXXX",

      "host": "esxas11001.mycompany.com",

      "datastore": "VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Datastore-XXXXX",

      "folder": "MY VMs",

      "guest_os_type": "vmwarePhoton64Guest",

      "ssh_username": "sshuser",

      "ssh_password": "XXXXXX",

      "CPUs":             2,

      "RAM":              4096,

      "RAM_reserve_all": false,

      "network": "Management Network-XXXXX",

      "convert_to_template": false,

      "disk_controller_type":  "pvscsi",

      "disk_size":        25000,

      "disk_thin_provisioned": true,

      "network_card": "vmxnet3",

      "shutdown_command": "",

      "iso_paths": ["[VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Datastore-XXXXX] iso/photon-os-3.0-ga/photon-3.0-58f9c74-bundle.iso"],

      "floppy_files": [

        "{{user `ks_path`}}/photon_ks.cfg"

      ],

      "boot_command": ["<esc><wait>",

                                "vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 loglevel=3 ks=cdrom:/isolinux/photon_ks.cfg photon.media=cdrom",

                                "<enter>"]

      }

  ],

   "provisioners": [

   {

     "type": "shell",

     "inline": ["mkdir -p /tmp/threetimes"],

     "only": ["vsphere-iso"]

   }

  ]

}

All I am doing is to create a dummy directory under /tmp. With or without  "only": ["vsphere-iso"] is the same result - no directory is created. Anything wrong here?

Thanks,

J

[jz]

Just clarify - the reason I am doing this is try to run a command line to create a new user in inline. Also this user is meant to be a ssh user from Packer host to VM. I am using Photon so the root shh is blocked by default. Long story short - if provisioner shell relies on ssh between packer host and the VM this provisioner will not work anyway. Is this true that provisioner shell type depends on ssh?

[Rickard von Essen]

Yes provisioner depends on the communicator, in this case ssh. 

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[Lesley Kimmel]

Give your builder a name and then refer to the name (no the type) in the provisioner.