There are several ways to get the IP address of a virtual machine without VMware tools installed.
It seems these are the "simplest" ways: 1. Configure the virtual machine's network adapter to use a static IP address. 2. Query the DNS server and look up the IP address of the virtual machine by its host name. On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 11:16:34 AM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Yuya, > > I was considering using packer through vsphere as well and would be > interested in contributing to the development as well (if I manage to > allocate the time for that ;) ). Couldn't you pull the MAC address of the > VM from the HW config through the API and then send an ARP request to that > MAC (assuming net setup allows to pass it on)? Don't know how much code > would be involved, but would it be an option? Alternatively one could > transfer the responsibility of installing VMware tools to the boot/PE phase > of the VM (in the same sense as activating WinRM is). > I'd be happy to know if there is any work done on that topic. > > Cheers, > > Eike > > Am Dienstag, 23. Februar 2016 00:37:51 UTC+1 schrieb 日下部雄也: >> >> I know we can get IP via API, if VMware tools is running on a VM. But we >> needs to get IP from the VM that VMware tools isn't running. >> After installing OS, packer connects to the VM via ssh or winrm for the >> first time for provisioning. At that time VMware tools is not installed. So >> packer uses GuestIPHack. For details about GuestIPHack, please read this >> VMware's article: >> http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/01/network-troubleshooting-using-esxcli-5-1.html >> >> 2016年2月23日(火) 2:23 Matt <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> >>> Thank you for your answer Yuya! >>> >>> I am not an expert, however to retrieve the IP from the esxcli should be >>> possible possible. >>> Afaik VMware Tools needs to run in the OS running on that virtual >>> machine. >>> The data object description of VMWare >>> <https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vim.vm.GuestInfo.html> >>> >>> should provide some more information about it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 16 February 2016 14:52:47 UTC+1, Matt wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Packer currently uses SSH to communicate to the ESXi machine rather >>>> than the vSphere API. >>>> This page <https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html> (par. >>>> "Building on a Remote vSphere Hypervisor") states that at some point, the >>>> vSphere API may be used. >>>> >>>> As we would like very much to implement our templating via Packer and >>>> our IT dept. can't provide us SSH access at hypervisor level (security >>>> reasons), we were wondering if there are active plans for implementing >>>> this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in >>> violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing >>> list. >>> >>> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >>> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Packer" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/2e13e26f-a36c-4aa0-8239-62fe45cd3a56%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/2e13e26f-a36c-4aa0-8239-62fe45cd3a56%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/dcac56c6-2c2b-4fba-a4e9-41237100a9c7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
