You mean something like packer build -var "AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS=100" whatever.json? Try specifying it in the command rather than the json file?
On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 12:41:01 PM UTC-5, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > Those are environment variables so try something like > > AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS=100 packer build... > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 17:58 Morgan Andrew Davis <[email protected] > <javascript:> wrote: > >> Hey, might anyone be able to help me with something? I am currently >> working on something for work using packer. I am attempting a series of >> steps with packer, the last of which is an import with the amazon import >> post processor. The issue I would like to ask about is the issue of >> timing out with the error: ResourceNotReady: exceeded wait attempts. I have >> tried to debug this myself and have come across the advice to set the >> AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS and AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS to values higher than the >> default. I have done so, or at least I have as far as I can tell, with >> adding the following section to my json file: >> "variables": { >> "AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS": "1000", >> "AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS" :"10" >> } >> Even after adding this though it still continues to fail. Does anyone >> have any advice on how I can proceed? Have I just screwed up the variables >> section or is there anything else I can try. I'll attach a copy of my file >> here minus the access and secret keys since I don't think I need to be >> sharing that. Thank you to anyone who can help. >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/c14e06a8-4afd-45f5-8386-763c80ee69f5%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/c14e06a8-4afd-45f5-8386-763c80ee69f5%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/640e669b-6677-463f-b14d-38c455ae5aab%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
