Hello Alvaro, hope you're having a great day. Can you please take a look at my file, and tell me what's wrong?
Thanks. On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 4:33:57 PM UTC-7, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera wrote: > > Hello, > > on top of the password not being set on the kickstart, please check the > name of the interface. > > your code is enabling eth0, but in centos7 the names will be different. > ens32 or ens33 usually, check bento as reference. > > this: > https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/http/centos-7.2/ks.cfg#L5-L6 > > > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Rickard von Essen <rickard....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I don't see that you modify /etc/sshd_config in your kickstart file to >> allow root login neither that you set roots password. >> >> If that doesn't help run with PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json and >> gist the output and link here. Or if you have a console access >> (VMRC/vSphere/ESXi Embedded Host Client) login there and check if the >> network is up in the VM, you can access the outside world and check if you >> get any messages in the logs about auth fail etc. >> >> >> On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 7:24:44 PM UTC+2, Rjaydee wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to deploy and set a vm using packer and a kickstart file. >>> This packer code: >>> >>> { >>> "builders": [ >>> { >>> "type": "vmware-iso", >>> "format": "ovf", >>> "vm_name": "PACKERTEST2", >>> "iso_url": >>> "http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso";, >>> "iso_checksum": >>> "907e5755f824c5848b9c8efbb484f3cd945e93faa024bad6ba875226f9683b16", >>> "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", >>> "disk_size": "10240", >>> "disk_type_id": "thin", >>> "remote_host": "host", >>> "remote_datastore": "ds", >>> "remote_username": "root", >>> "remote_password": "pw", >>> "remote_type": "esx5", >>> "ssh_username": "root", >>> "guest_os_type": "centos-64", >>> "ssh_password": "ps", >>> "ssh_port": 22, >>> "ssh_wait_timeout": "800s", >>> "shutdown_command": "shutdown -h now", >>> "headless": false, >>> "floppy_files": [ >>> "kickstart/ks.cfg" >>> ], >>> "boot_command": "<esc> linux inst.text inst.ks=hd:fd0:/ks.cfg >>> <enter><wait>", >>> "boot_wait": "20s", >>> "keep_registered": "true", >>> "vmx_data": { >>> "config.version": 8, >>> "virtualHW.version": 8, >>> "ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3", >>> "ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network", >>> "ethernet0.addressType": "generated", >>> "ethernet0.present": "TRUE", >>> "ethernet1.virtualDev": "vmxnet3", >>> "ethernet1.networkName": "VLAN100", >>> "ethernet1.addressType": "generated", >>> "ethernet1.present": "TRUE", >>> "ethernet0.pciSlotNumber": "9", >>> "ethernet1.pciSlotNumber": "224", >>> "memsize": "2048", >>> "numvcpus": "2", >>> "cpuid.coresPerSocket": "1", >>> "RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled": "TRUE", >>> "RemoteDisplay.vnc.port": "5900" >>> >>> } >>> } >>> ] >>> } >>> >>> This is the ks.cfg file I have: >>> >>> >>> # SELinux configuration >>> selinux --enforcing >>> >>> # Installation logging level >>> logging --level=info >>> >>> >>> # Run the Setup Agent on first boot >>> firstboot --enable >>> >>> # Reboot after installation >>> reboot >>> >>> # System timezone >>> timezone --isUtc America/Los_Angeles >>> # Network information >>> network --activate --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --gateway=8.1.132.254 >>> --netmask=255.255.255.0 --ip= 8.1.132.18 —hostname=myhost.com >>> >>> # System bootloader configuration >>> bootloader --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet" --location=mbr >>> --driveorder="sda" >>> >>> # Partition clearing information >>> zerombr >>> clearpart --all --drives=sda >>> >>> # Disk partitioning information >>> part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=500 >>> part pv.008002 --grow --size=1 >>> volgroup vg_centos --pesize=4096 pv.008002 >>> logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_centos --grow --size=1024 >>> --maxsize=51200 >>> logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_centos --grow --size=3072 >>> --maxsize=3072 >>> >>> %packages --nobase >>> @^minimal >>> @core >>> kexec-tools >>> >>> %end >>> >>> I however keep getting this error when I run it. >>> >>> => vmware-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available... >>> ==> vmware-iso: Timeout waiting for SSH. >>> ==> vmware-iso: Stopping virtual machine... >>> ==> vmware-iso: Destroying virtual machine... >>> Build 'vmware-iso' errored: Timeout waiting for SSH. >>> Why do I getting this error message? Is it because my code in the ks.cfg >>> file to connect to a static ip address correct? Any thought would be >>> greatly appreciated. >>> >>> -- >> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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