Stupid question: my test template
{
"variables": {
"ssh_name" : "bubba",
"ssh_pass" : "supersecret",
"hostname": "testcentos",
[...]
},
"builders": [
{
"type": "vmware-iso",
"guest_os_type" : "{{user `guest_os`}}",
"iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
"iso_checksum_url": "{{user `iso_checksum_url`}}",
"ssh_username" : "{{user `ssh_name`}}",
"ssh_password" : "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_timeout": "1000s",
"headless": "TRUE",
"disk_size": "10240",
"disk_type_id": "thin",
"vmdk_name": "test",
"vmx_data" : {
"memsize": "1024",
"cpuid.coresPerSocket": "1",
"numvcpus": "1",
"ethernet0.networkName": "LAN",
"ethernet0.present": "TRUE",
"ethernet0.startConnected": "TRUE",
"ethernet0.virtualDev": "e1000",
"ethernet0.addressType": "generated",
"ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset": "0",
"ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv": "FALSE"
},
"vnc_port_min": 5900,
"vnc_port_max": 5999,
"vnc_disable_password": true,
"remote_type": "esx5",
"remote_host": "{{user `vm_hostname`}}",
"remote_datastore": "{{user `vm_disk`}}",
"remote_username": "{{user `vm_admin`}}",
"remote_password": "{{user `vm_pw`}}",
"boot_command": [
"<tab> text ks=http://{{ user `kickstart_ip` }}:{{ user
`kickstart_port` }}/ks.cfg <enter><return><wait5>"
],
"boot_wait": "8s",
"shutdown_command": "echo {{user `ssh_pass`}} | sudo -S shutdown -P
-h now"
}
]
}
which is nothing special. When I unleash it, vm is created and run. I can
even login to it from console. And then it destroys itself. Why? Because I
have a shutdown command on it? I am trying to understand what I can get out
of packer: a running machine and/or a vm image I can then deploy later?
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