Because the machine boots with Network as "Nat" and may be because of that
the pressed.file is not accessible for the VM
Correct me if i'm wrong and what could be the problem to retrieve the
preseed file.
Regards
Valli
On Sunday, 26 November 2017 01:03:09 UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote:
>
> Just to clearify, why do you need a bridged network?
>
> On Nov 25, 2017 20:04, "valli nayagam" <vall...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm newbie to packer, I'm trying to install debian os in virtualbox. But
> it looks network is not connected with host machine and failed to retrieve
> the preseed file.
>
> Json file:
> {
> "variables":{
> "hostname": "testmachine",
> "packerhost": "192.168.0.5",
> "ip": "192.168.0.125",
> "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
> "gateway": "192.168.0.1",
> "domain": "test.net",
> "nameservers": "192.168.0.1",
> "language_country": "en_US",
> "keyboard": "en"
> },
>
> "builders": [
> {
> "type": "virtualbox-iso",
> "guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
> "iso_url":
> "file:///../resources/operatingSystem_ISO/debian-9.2.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso",
> "iso_checksum": "a6e3743a6df3e69851fd5a3e7f6f1466",
> "iso_checksum_type": "md5",
> "http_directory": "http",
> "http_port_min": "9001",
> "http_port_max": "9001",
> "ssh_username": "packer",
> "ssh_password": "packer",
> "shutdown_command": "echo 'packer' | sudo -S shutdown -P now",
> "vboxmanage": [
> [ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "2048" ],
> [ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--vram", "36" ],
> [ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "2" ],
> [ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--hardwareuuid",
> "02f110e7-369a-4bbc-bbe6-6f0b6864ccb6" ],
> [ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nic0","bridged"]
> ],
> "boot_command": [
> "<esc><wait>",
> "install ",
> "preseed/url=http://192.168.0.105:8080/preseed-deb9.cfg ",
> "hostname={{user `hostname`}} ",
> "netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true ",
> "netcfg/get_domain={{user `domain`}} ",
> "netcfg/confirm_static=true ",
> "netcfg/get_ipaddress={{user `ip`}} ",
> "netcfg/get_netmask={{user `netmask`}} ",
> "netcfg/get_gateway={{user `gateway`}} ",
> "netcfg/get_nameservers={{user `nameservers`}} ",
> "debian-installer={{user `language_country`}} auto locale={{user
> `language_country`}} ",
> "keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap={{user `keyboard`}} ",
> "fb=false ",
> "debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
> "console-setup/ask_detect=false ",
> "<enter><wait>"
> ]
> }]
>
> So, I tried to add a nic card to vbox but it failed with error
>
>
>
> H:\VMWare_Installation\packer>packer build -on-error=abort
> packer-test-valli.json
> virtualbox-iso output will be in this color.
>
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying Guest additions
> virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying:
> file:///C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying ISO
> virtualbox-iso: Downloading or copying:
> file:///H:/VMWare_Installation/resources/operatingSystem_ISO/debian-9.2.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 9001
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for communicator (SSH,
> WinRM, etc) (host port 2376)
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1511636150
> --memory 2048
> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1511636150
> --vram 36
> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1511636150
> --cpus 2
> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1511636150
> --hardwareuuid 02f110e7-369a-4bbc-bbe6-6f0b6864ccb6
> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1511636150
> --nic0 bridged
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Error executing command: VBoxManage error:
> VBoxManage.exe: error: Invalid NIC number 0
> ==> virtualbox-iso: Step "StepVBoxManage" failed, aborting...
> Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: unexpected EOF
>
> ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
> --> virtualbox-iso: unexpected EOF
>
> ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
>
>
> What's the problem and how to retrive the preseed file?
>
>
>
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