Ending a template

[Mauricio Tavares]

Stupid question: my test template

{
  "variables": {
      "ssh_name" : "bubba",
      "ssh_pass" : "supersecret",
      "hostname": "testcentos",
[...]
  },

  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "vmware-iso",
      "guest_os_type" : "{{user `guest_os`}}",
      "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
      "iso_checksum_url": "{{user `iso_checksum_url`}}",
      "ssh_username" : "{{user `ssh_name`}}",
      "ssh_password" : "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
      "ssh_port": 22,
      "ssh_timeout": "1000s",
      "headless": "TRUE",
      "disk_size": "10240",
      "disk_type_id": "thin",
      "vmdk_name": "test",
      "vmx_data" : {
        "memsize": "1024",
        "cpuid.coresPerSocket": "1",
        "numvcpus": "1",
        "ethernet0.networkName": "LAN",
        "ethernet0.present": "TRUE",
        "ethernet0.startConnected": "TRUE",
        "ethernet0.virtualDev": "e1000",
        "ethernet0.addressType": "generated",
        "ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset": "0",
        "ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv": "FALSE"
      },
      "vnc_port_min": 5900,
      "vnc_port_max": 5999,
      "vnc_disable_password": true,
      "remote_type": "esx5",
      "remote_host": "{{user `vm_hostname`}}",
      "remote_datastore": "{{user `vm_disk`}}",
      "remote_username": "{{user `vm_admin`}}",
      "remote_password": "{{user `vm_pw`}}",
      "boot_command": [
        "<tab> text ks=http://{{ user `kickstart_ip` }}:{{ user `kickstart_port` }}/ks.cfg  <enter><return><wait5>"
      ],
      "boot_wait": "8s",
      "shutdown_command": "echo {{user `ssh_pass`}} | sudo -S shutdown -P -h now"
    }
  ]
}

which is nothing special. When I unleash it, vm is created and run. I can even login to it from console. And then it destroys itself. Why? Because I have a shutdown command on it? I am trying to understand what I can get out of packer: a running machine and/or a vm image I can then deploy later?

[Megan Marsh]

Yes, the purpose of Packer is to get a vm image that you can deploy later.  The VM that is created is only transient, and the true artifact of the build is an image that contains all the changes made while the image was running. You should see log output that says what files were created by the build.

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[Mauricio Tavares]

On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 3:07:54 PM UTC-4, Megan Marsh wrote:

Yes, the purpose of Packer is to get a vm image that you can deploy later.  The VM that is created is only transient, and the true artifact of the build is an image that contains all the changes made while the image was running. You should see log output that says what files were created by the build.

      Thank you for the reply! https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html says I should end up with "a directory containing all the files necessary to run the virtual machine." Where should this directory be hiding at?

 

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[Megan Marsh]

whatever you've set as output_directory in your template, or a directory in your current working directory named "output-" + the name of your build. https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#output-configuration

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