Packer SSH handshake failed

[dhatc...@gmail.com]

Hi,

Im getting ssh connectivity error while building RHEL 7.5 please find the below logs. my packer vm running in vmware esxi  server. please suggest.

Packer version:

packer.io --version

1.3.3

2018/12/13 06:24:20 packer: 2018/12/13 06:24:20 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:24:20 packer: 2018/12/13 06:24:20 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:24:20 packer: 2018/12/13 06:24:20 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:25:20 packer: 2018/12/13 06:25:20 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:25:27 packer: 2018/12/13 06:25:27 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:25:27 packer: 2018/12/13 06:25:27 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:25:27 packer: 2018/12/13 06:25:27 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:26:27 packer: 2018/12/13 06:26:27 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:26:34 packer: 2018/12/13 06:26:34 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:26:34 packer: 2018/12/13 06:26:34 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:26:34 packer: 2018/12/13 06:26:34 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:27:34 packer: 2018/12/13 06:27:34 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:27:41 packer: 2018/12/13 06:27:41 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:27:41 packer: 2018/12/13 06:27:41 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:27:41 packer: 2018/12/13 06:27:41 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:28:41 packer: 2018/12/13 06:28:41 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:28:48 packer: 2018/12/13 06:28:48 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:28:48 packer: 2018/12/13 06:28:48 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:28:48 packer: 2018/12/13 06:28:48 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:29:48 packer: 2018/12/13 06:29:48 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:29:55 packer: 2018/12/13 06:29:55 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:29:55 packer: 2018/12/13 06:29:55 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:29:55 packer: 2018/12/13 06:29:55 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:30:55 packer: 2018/12/13 06:30:55 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:31:02 packer: 2018/12/13 06:31:02 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:31:02 packer: 2018/12/13 06:31:02 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:31:02 packer: 2018/12/13 06:31:02 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:32:02 packer: 2018/12/13 06:32:02 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:32:09 packer: 2018/12/13 06:32:09 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:32:09 packer: 2018/12/13 06:32:09 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:32:09 packer: 2018/12/13 06:32:09 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:33:09 packer: 2018/12/13 06:33:09 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

2018/12/13 06:33:16 packer: 2018/12/13 06:33:16 [INFO] Attempting SSH connection...

2018/12/13 06:33:16 packer: 2018/12/13 06:33:16 [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH

2018/12/13 06:33:16 packer: 2018/12/13 06:33:16 [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH

2018/12/13 06:34:16 packer: 2018/12/13 06:34:16 [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: Timeout during SSH handshake

[Rickard von Essen]

Please provide the template, Kickstart file, and scripts you are using. And the full log when running a build with PACKER_LOG=1.

What do you see if you open the VM's console in VMware while packer tries to connect? (screenshot) 

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[Dhatchinamoorthy M]

Hi Rickard,

Please find the attached logs and templates,json.

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[Rickard von Essen]

So you are running a VM on ESXi which run QEMU inside? Have you tried to run this on a non-virtualized system with only QEMU? What do you see in the VM console for QEMU?

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[Dhatchinamoorthy M]

for with only QEMU its not working. is there any way to clear this ssh issue.

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[Dhatchinamoorthy M]

While building process im getting this error this could be issue for ssh issue.

[Dhatchinamoorthy M]

Hi Rickard,

When i connect the build image through VNC its struck on operating system installation. packer not doing automatic installation.

[Rickard von Essen]

You probably need to adjust the settings in your automatic install for qemu or adjust your qemu settings. 

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[Dhatchinamoorthy M]

Hi Rickard

If i create vm using kvm, im able to create it but using packer still ssh fails. could you please help on network settings in host vm(which is running in vmware esx). 

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[Rickard von Essen]

Provide which steps you have taken to troubleshoot this issue. How did you check the network?

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[Dhatchinamoorthy M]

Hi Rickard,

During build Qemu emulator coming up and linux services are showing stop/start but when its tries to download kickstart file which is serving by 10.0.2.2 ip not able to reach. I dont find this IP in my network by default its serving http in this address. could please tell me how to change the 10.0.2.2 ip and server http in different ips.

thanks,

Dhatchina

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

i did reply in the other thread you shared

seems your host is misconfigured and its confusing packer

you have an ip 10.X in the loopback interface, that shouldn't be there

alvaro

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