Hyperv-iso builder doesn't get an IP addres for the host machine

[Patrick van der Velde]

Hi All

I'm trying to build a Ubuntu VM on Hyper-V using the hyperv-iso builder. The VM starts correctly but the VM gets the wrong IP address for the local HTTP server. The console output says:

 OpsToolsBuild_Build_Pack_Packer_Run:
      Building E:\documents\Petrik\documents\operations\calvinverse\base.linux\src\ubuntu_1604\hyperv.json ...
      [1;32mhyperv-iso output will be in this color. [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Creating temporary directory... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Downloading or copying ISO [0m
      [0;32m    hyperv-iso: Downloading or copying: file:///F:/iso/linux/ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8872 [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Creating switch 'External switch' if required... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso:     switch 'External switch' already exists. Will not delete on cleanup... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Creating virtual machine... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Enabling Integration Service... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Setting boot drive to os dvd drive F:/iso/linux/ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso ... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Mounting os dvd drive F:/iso/linux/ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso ... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Skipping mounting Integration Services Setup Disk... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Mounting secondary DVD images... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Configuring vlan... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Starting the virtual machine... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Waiting 5s for boot... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Host IP for the HyperV machine: False [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Typing the boot command... [0m
      [1;31m==> hyperv-iso: Error preparing boot command: template: root:1:22: executing "root" at <user `host_ip`>: error calling user: test [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Clean up os dvd drive... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Unregistering and deleting virtual machine... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Deleting output directory... [0m
      [1;32m==> hyperv-iso: Deleting temporary directory... [0m

I don't think 'False' is the correct IP address for my host machine.

My JSON file is:

{
    "variables": {
        "iso_checksum": null,
        "iso_url": null,
        "vm_ram_size_in_mb": "2048",
        "vm_switch_name": "internal_switch",
        "admin_username": "admin",
        "admin_password": "admin",
        "dir_deploy": null,
        "dir_scripts_user": null,
        "dir_temp_packer": null
    },
    "builders": [
        {
            "boot_wait": "5s",
            "boot_command": [
                "<esc><wait10><esc><esc><enter><wait>",
                "set gfxpayload=1024x768<enter>",
                "linux /install/vmlinuz ",
                "preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{.HTTPPort}}/preseed.cfg ",
                "debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ",
                "hostname={{.Name}} ",
                "fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
                "keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ",
                "keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false <enter>",
                "initrd /install/initrd.gz<enter>",
                "boot<enter>"
            ],
            "communicator": "ssh",
            "enable_secure_boot": false,
            "generation": 2,
            "guest_additions_mode": "disable",
            "http_directory": "{{ user `dir_scripts_user` }}/ubuntu/http/",
            "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
            "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
            "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
            "ram_size": "{{user `vm_ram_size_in_mb`}}",
            "shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S -E shutdown -P now",
            "ssh_password": "{{user `admin_password`}}",
            "ssh_timeout": "4h",
            "ssh_username": "{{user `admin_username`}}",
            "switch_name": "{{user `vm_switch_name`}}",
            "type": "hyperv-iso",
            "vm_name": "base-ubuntu1604"
        }
    ],
    "provisioners": [
        {
            "type": "shell",
            "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S -E sh {{.Path}}",
            "scripts": [
                "{{ user `dir_scripts_user` }}/ubuntu/update.sh",
                "{{ user `dir_scripts_user` }}/ubuntu/network.sh",
                "{{ user `dir_scripts_user` }}/ubuntu/cleanup.sh"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "post-processors": [
        [
            {
                "output": "manifest.json",
                "strip_path": true,
                "type": "manifest"
            },
            {
                "inline": [
                    "jq \".builds[].files[].name\" manifest.json | xargs tar cfz artifacts.tgz"
                ],
                "type": "shell-local"
            }
        ]
    ]
}

and my additional configuration is

{
    "iso_checksum": "737AE7041212C628DE5751D15C3016058B0E833FDC32E7420209B76CA3D0A535",
    "iso_url": "F:/iso/linux/ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso",

    "vm_ram_size_in_mb": "2048",
    "vm_switch_name": "External switch",

    "admin_username": "TheBigKahuna",
    "admin_password": "TheB1gK@huna",

    "dir_deploy": "E:/documents/Petrik/documents/operations/calvinverse/base.linux/build/deploy",
    "dir_scripts_user": "E:/documents/Petrik/documents/operations/calvinverse/base.linux/build/temp/scripts",
    "dir_temp_packer": "E:/documents/Petrik/documents/operations/calvinverse/base.linux/build/temp/packer"
}

I'm on a Windows 10 machine with two network cards, one for the machine itself and one for Hyper-V. The host machine has only got 1 IP address (not two).

Thanks

Petrik

[Patrick van der Velde]

Oh and if I got to http://localhost:<PACKER_PORT> then I can see the files that are served up so the http server is definitely up.