On top of what Alvaro mentioned.. I will recommend to check the firewall rules you have in the ESXi.. usually the firewall is enabled by default so either you disable this or put in place a rule to allow traffic from wherever you are deploying your VM to the ESXi
On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 7:42:10 AM UTC+12, [email protected] wrote: > > thank you Mr Alvaro for repley I'll follow your advice and i ll share the > result to you .. > have a good day. > > On Monday, April 30, 2018 at 8:38:42 AM UTC+1, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera > wrote: >> >> hello >> >> that won't do what you want to do. >> >> I suggest please have a working install using dhcp >> >> then move to use floppy to pass the kickstart otherwise you wont be able >> to download the kickstart file, >> >> and the ip= netmask= gateway= on the boot command will do nothing, those >> are not valid boot commands for anaconda, >> >> so is not packer issue is a rh configuration misinformation. >> >> Alvaro. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 3:43 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> is that a packer issue or esxi issue >>> >>> >>> On Monday, April 30, 2018 at 2:41:30 AM UTC+1, [email protected] >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> im building a vm in esxi6 >>>> with template >>>> >>>> { >>>> "builders": [ >>>> { >>>> "name": "vmware", >>>> "type": "vmware-iso", >>>> "iso_url": >>>> "/home/yucef/wspace/devOps/packer/iso/CentOS-6.9-x86_64-minimal.iso", >>>> "iso_checksum": >>>> "422af57b493b8af49d485885a730c5a1d955f803fac85aa51311c393168b9080", >>>> "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", >>>> "ssh_host":"10.0.0.140", >>>> "ssh_username": "root", >>>> "ssh_password": "vagrant", >>>> "ssh_wait_timeout": "12000s", >>>> "vnc_disable_password": true, >>>> "disk_size": "16000", >>>> "tools_upload_flavor": "linux", >>>> "guest_os_type": "centos-64", >>>> "http_directory": "http", >>>> "vmdk_name": "centos7", >>>> "boot_command": [ >>>> "<tab> ip=10.0.0.140 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.0.0.1 text >>>> ks=hd:fd0:/centos6.cfg<enter><wait> " >>>> ], >>>> "floppy_files": [ >>>> "./http/centos6.cfg" >>>> ], >>>> "shutdown_command": "echo 'shutdown -P now' > /tmp/shutdown.sh; echo >>>> 'vagrant'|sudo -S sh '/tmp/shutdown.sh'", >>>> >>>> "remote_type": "esx5", >>>> "remote_host": "{{user `esxi_host`}}", >>>> "remote_datastore": "{{user `esxi_datastore`}}", >>>> "remote_username": "{{user `esxi_username`}}", >>>> "remote_password": "{{user `esxi_password`}}", >>>> "keep_registered": true, >>>> "vmx_data": { >>>> "memsize": "512", >>>> "numvcpus": "1", >>>> "vhv.enable": "TRUE", >>>> "ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3", >>>> "ethernet0.present":"true", >>>> "ethernet0.startConnected": "true", >>>> "ethernet0.addressType": "generated", >>>> "ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network" >>>> } >>>> } >>>> ], >>>> "provisioners": [ >>>> { >>>> "type": "shell", >>>> "scripts": [ >>>> "scripts/vmware-tools.sh", >>>> "scripts/cleanup.sh" >>>> ], >>>> "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S bash '{{.Path}}'" >>>> } >>>> ] >>>> } >>>> and kickstart >>>> install >>>> text >>>> cdrom >>>> lang en_US.UTF-8 >>>> keyboard us >>>> network --onboot=yes --bootproto=static --ip=10.0.0.140 >>>> --netmask=255.255.255.0 >>>> --gateway=10.0.0.1 --nameserver=8.8.8.8 --noipv6 >>>> rootpw vagrant >>>> firewall --disabled >>>> authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 >>>> selinux --disabled >>>> timezone --utc America/Chicago >>>> zerombr >>>> clearpart --all >>>> part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=512 >>>> part pv.01 --grow --size=1 >>>> volgroup vg_vagrantcentos --pesize=4096 pv.01 >>>> logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_vagrantcentos --size=1024 >>>> logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_vagrantcentos --grow >>>> --size=1 >>>> bootloader --location=mbr --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet" >>>> user --name=vagrant --plaintext --password=vagrant >>>> reboot >>>> >>>> %packages --nobase --ignoremissing --excludedocs >>>> # vagrant needs this to copy initial files via scp >>>> openssh-clients >>>> sudo >>>> kernel-headers >>>> kernel-devel >>>> gcc >>>> make >>>> perl >>>> wget >>>> nfs-utils >>>> virt-what >>>> -fprintd-pam >>>> -intltool >>>> >>>> # unnecessary firmware >>>> -aic94xx-firmware >>>> -atmel-firmware >>>> -b43-openfwwf >>>> -bfa-firmware >>>> -ipw2100-firmware >>>> -ipw2200-firmware >>>> -ivtv-firmware >>>> -iwl100-firmware >>>> -iwl1000-firmware >>>> -iwl3945-firmware >>>> -iwl4965-firmware >>>> -iwl5000-firmware >>>> -iwl5150-firmware >>>> -iwl6000-firmware >>>> -iwl6000g2a-firmware >>>> -iwl6050-firmware >>>> -libertas-usb8388-firmware >>>> -ql2100-firmware >>>> -ql2200-firmware >>>> -ql23xx-firmware >>>> -ql2400-firmware >>>> -ql2500-firmware >>>> -rt61pci-firmware >>>> -rt73usb-firmware >>>> -xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware >>>> -zd1211-firmware >>>> -kernel-firmware >>>> >>>> %end >>>> >>>> %post --nochroot >>>> cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/sysimage/etc/resolv.conf >>>> %end >>>> %post >>>> # Force to set SELinux to a permissive mode >>>> sed -i -e 's/\(^SELINUX=\).*$/\1permissive/' /etc/selinux/config >>>> # sudo >>>> echo "%vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/vagrant >>>> %end >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> and packer hangs with error >>>> handshake failed: read tcp 10.0.0.1:41616->10.0.0.140:22: read: >>>> connection reset by peer >>>> any one can help me pleaze >>>> >>> -- >>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >>> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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