Packer VMware guest options

[James Elmes]

Hi i want to be able to add a USB controlled as part of the build process, usually you do this in vSphere..

i couldn't find much on this but I was hoping some one had figured out how to add a USB controller as part of the build process.. this helps with mouse control when booting up the VM for the first time from console.

any response appreciated

James

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello,

Check the VMX file before/after you do the change so you can see the lines you need to add.

Then using 

• vmx_data_post (object of key/value strings) - Identical to vmx_data, except that it is run after the virtual machine is shutdown, and before the virtual machine is exported.

You can add those extra VMX values.

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[Rickard von Essen]

And see this PR for some hints on how to configure USB. 

https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/3417

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[James Elmes]

thanks again guys.

I don't really want to use the VMX builder in a separate template.. i am trying to do everything in my current vmware-iso template

Also i am building on a remote ESX host and i don't think vmware-vmx builder can do this??

I can live without the USB for now but really struggling to use the VMXNET3 adapter on boot as it requires specific drivers or VMtools installed during windows setup (unattend - before the machine has an IP address.) 

"Floppy" section to upload the whole VMtools executable and run it from there.. that might work

[Rickard von Essen]

You don't need vmware-vmx for this, see https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#vmx_data

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[James Elmes]

i swear that wasn't there last week..

ill give that a go.. hopefully it works with remote esx5 build enabled

thanks team

On Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:28:10 UTC+10, Rickard von Essen wrote:

You don't need vmware-vmx for this, see https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#vmx_data

On Aug 2, 2017 01:03, "James Elmes" <jamesro...@gmail.com> wrote:

thanks again guys.

I don't really want to use the VMX builder in a separate template.. i am trying to do everything in my current vmware-iso template

Also i am building on a remote ESX host and i don't think vmware-vmx builder can do this??

I can live without the USB for now but really struggling to use the VMXNET3 adapter on boot as it requires specific drivers or VMtools installed during windows setup (unattend - before the machine has an IP address.) 

"Floppy" section to upload the whole VMtools executable and run it from there.. that might work

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[James Elmes]

this works a treat by the way.. thank you