Hi
I am using packer (Windows) to build and deploy virtual box VMs with
Windows 2012 installations. This has worked very well for our automated
deployment and test of control applications.
I am trying to add a hostonly network interface as part of the virtual box
builder and have run into errors.
I wish to add the host-only interface in the builder, as opposed to a
provisioner or post builder so that resources on the host only network can
be used by the provisioners.
My builder vboxmanage is as follows (full builder below)
"vboxmanage": [
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--natpf1", "winrm,tcp,,55985,,5985" ],
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "{{user
`target_MemorySize`}}" ],
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "{{user `target_Cpu`}}" ],
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nic2", "hostonly --hostonlyadapter1
vboxnet1" ]
],
Packer is responding as following with an error.
I have tried the vboxmanage command from a shell and this works ok on a
test vm, so think that my command syntax is ok.
> vboxmanage modifyvm "C:\Users\sbp\VirtualBox VMs\hostTest"\hostTest.vbox
--nic2 hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1
Would anybody please be able to advise me how to make this feature work.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
*Packer Output*
E:\svn-mirror\projects\Home\Steve_Pinfold\PackerWindowsBuilder\branches\TLS-amd64>packer.exe
build Output.json
virtualbox-iso output will be in this color.
==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving Guest additions
virtualbox-iso: Using file in-place:
file:///C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving ISO
virtualbox-iso: Using file in-place:
file:///E:/usr/tools/WindowsInstallers/SW_DVD5_WIN_PRO_7W_SP1_64BIT_ENGLISH_-2_MLF_X17-59279.ISO
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating floppy disk...
virtualbox-iso: Copying files flatly from floppy_files
virtualbox-iso: Copying file: AutoUnattend.xml
virtualbox-iso: Done copying files from floppy_files
virtualbox-iso: Collecting paths from floppy_dirs
virtualbox-iso: Resulting paths from floppy_dirs : []
virtualbox-iso: Done copying paths from floppy_dirs
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
==> virtualbox-iso: Attaching floppy disk...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for communicator (SSH,
WinRM, etc) (host port 2840)
==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1539588999
--natpf1 winrm,tcp,,55985,,5985
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1539588999
--memory 2048
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1539588999
--cpus 2
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1539588999
--nic2 hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1
==> virtualbox-iso: Error executing command: VBoxManage error:
VBoxManage.exe: error: Invalid type 'hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1'
specfied for NIC 2
==> virtualbox-iso: Deregistering and deleting VM...
==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Error executing command: VBoxManage error:
VBoxManage.exe: error: Invalid type 'hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1'
specfied for NIC 2
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: Error executing command: VBoxManage error:
VBoxManage.exe: error: Invalid type 'hostonly --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet1'
specfied for NIC 2
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
*Full Builder*
"builders": [
{
"type": "virtualbox-iso",
"vboxmanage": [
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--natpf1", "winrm,tcp,,55985,,5985" ],
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "{{user
`target_MemorySize`}}" ],
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "{{user `target_Cpu`}}" ],
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nic2", "hostonly --hostonlyadapter1
vboxnet1" ]
],
"vboxmanage_post": [
[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nic1", "bridged", "--bridgeadapter1", "{{user
`host_NetworkAdaptor`}}" ]
],
"guest_os_type": "{{user `OS_Type`}}",
"iso_url": "{{user `OS_Iso`}}",
"iso_checksum": "{{user `Os_Checksum`}}",
"iso_checksum_type": "md5",
"disk_size": "{{user `target_DiskSize`}}",
"communicator": "winrm",
"winrm_username": "vagrant",
"winrm_password": "vagrant",
"winrm_port": "5985",
"winrm_timeout": "10h",
"guest_additions_mode": "attach",
"post_shutdown_delay": "3m",
"shutdown_command": "shutdown -s -t 3000",
"shutdown_timeout": "5h",
"floppy_files": [
"AutoUnattend.xml"
],
"export_opts": [
"--manifest",
"--vsys",
"0",
"--description",
"{{user `vm_description`}}",
"--version",
"{{user `vm_version`}}"
]
}
],
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