Please check below for the log.
```
2020/09/19 07:00:36 [INFO] Packer version: 1.5.6 [go1.14.2 darwin amd64]
2020/09/19 07:00:36 Checking 'PACKER_CONFIG' for a config file path
2020/09/19 07:00:36 'PACKER_CONFIG' not set; checking the default config
file path
2020/09/19 07:00:36 Attempting to open config file:
/Users/gowgopal/.packerconfig
2020/09/19 07:00:36 [WARN] Config file doesn't exist:
/Users/gowgopal/.packerconfig
2020/09/19 07:00:36 Setting cache directory:
/Users/gowgopal/Cisco/dcloud-devops/packer-generic/packer_cache
2020/09/19 07:00:36 Creating plugin client for path: /usr/local/bin/packer
2020/09/19 07:00:36 Starting plugin: /usr/local/bin/packer
[]string{"/usr/local/bin/packer", "plugin", "packer-builder-vsphere-iso"}
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Waiting for RPC address for: /usr/local/bin/packer
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: [INFO] Packer
version: 1.5.6 [go1.14.2 darwin amd64]
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Checking
'PACKER_CONFIG' for a config file path
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: 'PACKER_CONFIG' not
set; checking the default config file path
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Attempting to open
config file: /Users/gowgopal/.packerconfig
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: [WARN] Config file
doesn't exist: /Users/gowgopal/.packerconfig
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Setting cache
directory: /Users/gowgopal/packer-generic/packer_cache
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: args:
[]string{"packer-builder-vsphere-iso"}
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Plugin address: unix
/var/folders/p2/yryvx2wx1dvbwzz6rg4whzg80000gn/T/packer-plugin144997911
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Waiting for
connection...
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Received unix RPC address for /usr/local/bin/packer:
addr is
/var/folders/p2/yryvx2wx1dvbwzz6rg4whzg80000gn/T/packer-plugin144997911
2020/09/19 07:00:37 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Serving a plugin
connection...
2020/09/19 07:00:37 ui: Debug mode enabled. Builds will not be parallelized.
2020/09/19 07:00:37 ui: vsphere-iso: output will be in this color.
2020/09/19 07:00:37 ui:
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Build debug mode: true
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Force build: false
2020/09/19 07:00:37 On error:
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Preparing build: vsphere-iso
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Debug enabled, so waiting for build to finish:
vsphere-iso
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Starting build run: vsphere-iso
2020/09/19 07:00:37 Running builder: vsphere-iso
2020/09/19 07:00:37 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting builder vsphere-iso
2020/09/19 07:00:38 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepConnect'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:00:56 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Creating VM...
2020/09/19 07:00:58 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepCreateVM'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:00:58 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Customizing hardware...
2020/09/19 07:00:59 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepConfigureHardware'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:00:59 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Mounting ISO images...
2020/09/19 07:00:59 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Creating CD-ROM on
controller '&{{{} 200 0xc00092a280 <nil> <nil> <nil> 0 <nil>} 0 []}' with
iso '[nfs_iso_100] centos/CentOS-8.2.2004-x86_64-minimal.iso'
2020/09/19 07:01:00 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepAddCDRom'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:10 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepConfigParams'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:11 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: No floppy files
specified. Floppy disk will not be made.
2020/09/19 07:01:11 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepCreateFloppy'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:18 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepAddFloppy'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:19 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Found available
port: 8852 on IP: 0.0.0.0
2020/09/19 07:01:19 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8852
2020/09/19 07:01:19 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepHTTPServer'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:19 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Set boot order temporary...
2020/09/19 07:01:20 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Power on VM...
2020/09/19 07:01:21 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepRun'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:21 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Waiting 10s for boot...
2020/09/19 07:01:31 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: HTTP server is working at
http://192.168.1.64:8852/
2020/09/19 07:01:31 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Typing boot command...
2020/09/19 07:01:31 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Special code '<tab>'
found, replacing with: CodeTab
2020/09/19 07:01:41 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Special code
'<enter>' found, replacing with: CodeReturnEnter
2020/09/19 07:01:41 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Waiting 1 second
2020/09/19 07:01:42 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step
'StepBootCommand'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:01:42 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: [INFO] Waiting for
IP, up to total timeout: 30m0s, settle timeout: 5s
2020/09/19 07:01:42 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Waiting for IP...
2020/09/19 07:07:11 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: Received interrupt
signal (count: 1). Ignoring.
2020/09/19 07:07:11 ui error: Cancelling build after receiving interrupt
2020/09/19 07:07:11 Cancelling builder after context cancellation context
canceled
2020/09/19 07:07:11 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: [WARN] Interrupt
detected, quitting waiting for IP.
2020/09/19 07:07:11 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepBootCommand'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:11 packer-builder-vsphere-iso plugin: VM IP aquired:
2020/09/19 07:07:13 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepRun'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:13 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Clear boot order...
2020/09/19 07:07:14 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Power off VM...
2020/09/19 07:07:15 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepHTTPServer'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:15 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepAddFloppy'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:15 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepCreateFloppy'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:15 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepConfigParams'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:16 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepAddCDRom'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:16 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepConfigureHardware'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:16 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepCreateVM'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:17 ui: ==> vsphere-iso: Destroying VM...
2020/09/19 07:07:17 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing before cleanup of
step 'StepConnect'. Press enter to continue.
2020/09/19 07:07:17 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vsphere-iso
2020/09/19 07:07:17 ui: Build 'vsphere-iso' finished.
2020/09/19 07:07:17 Waiting on builds to complete...
2020/09/19 07:07:17 ui: Cleanly cancelled builds after being interrupted.
2020/09/19 07:07:17 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.
2020/09/19 07:07:18 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
2020/09/19 07:07:18 /usr/local/bin/packer: plugin process exited
gowgopal@GOWGOPAL-M-H0VS /tmp
```
---
Best regards,
Gowtham
07798838879
=====================
Learn from mistakes....
Please consider the environment before printing this email - Thanks
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:17 PM Megan Marsh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you set the environment var PACKER_LOG=1 and share the verbose logs
> you get from it?
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:08 AM [email protected] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Team,
>>
>> Am using the following JSON and KS.cfg to build the centos 8 templates.
>> But facing an error with floppy disks (which am not using in the config).
>> Can someone help me with this?
>>
>> CentOS 8 JSON
>> ```
>> {
>> "variables": {
>> "vsphere_uid": "Null",
>> "vsphere_passwd": "Null",
>> "vm_superuser_passwd" : "Null",
>> "vsphere_vm_name": "Null",
>> "bastion_host": "",
>> "bastion_user": "",
>> "bastion_password":"Null",
>> "datacenter": "",
>> "cluster": "",
>> "datastore": "",
>> "network": "",
>> "iso_paths": ""
>> },
>>
>> "builders": [
>> {
>> "type": "vsphere-iso",
>>
>> "vcenter_server": "{{user `vsphere_server` }}",
>> "username": "{{user `vsphere_uid` }}",
>> "password": "{{user `vsphere_passwd` }}",
>> "insecure_connection": "true",
>> "datacenter": "{{user `datacenter` }}",
>> "cluster": "{{user `cluster` }}",
>> "datastore": "{{user `datastore` }}",
>> "network": "{{user `network` }}",
>> "vm_name": "{{user `vsphere_vm_name` }}",
>>
>> "guest_os_type": "centos7_64Guest",
>>
>> "ssh_username": "nubi-admin",
>> "ssh_password": "{{user `vm_superuser_passwd` }}",
>> "ssh_bastion_host": "{{user `bastion_host` }}",
>> "ssh_bastion_username": "{{user `bastion_user` }}",
>> "ssh_bastion_agent_auth": true,
>>
>> "CPUs": 2,
>> "RAM": 5120,
>> "RAM_reserve_all": false,
>>
>> "convert_to_template": true,
>>
>> "disk_controller_type": "pvscsi",
>> "disk_size": 102400,
>> "disk_thin_provisioned": true,
>> "network_card": "vmxnet3",
>> "http_directory" : "httpks",
>> "iso_paths": [
>> "[nfs] centos/CentOS-8.2.2004-x86_64-minimal.iso"
>> ],
>> "iso_checksum": "e15fb0e51726de0a4128448b9bd63e7b",
>> "iso_checksum_type": "md5",
>> "boot_command": "<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort
>> }}/ks.cfg <enter><wait>"
>> }
>> ]
>>
>> }
>> ```
>>
>> And ks.cfg is
>>
>> ```
>> #version=RHEL8
>> ignoredisk --only-use=sda
>> #autopart --type=lvm
>>
>> zerombr
>> clearpart --all --initlabel
>> clearpart --all --drives=sda
>> ignoredisk --only-use=sda
>> part /boot --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --size=512
>> part / --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --grow --size=1
>>
>> # Partition clearing information
>> clearpart --none --initlabel
>> # Use graphical install
>> text
>> repo --name="AppStream" --baseurl=file:///run/install/repo/AppStream
>> # Use CDROM installation media
>> cdrom
>> # Keyboard layouts
>> keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us'
>> # System language
>> lang en_US.UTF-8
>>
>> firewall --disabled
>> selinux --enforcing
>>
>> # Network information
>> #network --bootproto=dhcp --device=enp0s3 --ipv6=auto --activate
>> #network --hostname=centos9
>>
>> network --device enp0s3 --bootproto=static --ip=10.1.23.18
>> --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=10.1.23.1 --noipv6
>> network --hostname=centos9
>> # Root password
>> rootpw --iscrypted
>> $6$F7bzgUtNYJpooIdfgsferfgdfggdf56hhbAYgcPdgKCj3OAhOF27zWr6EBt1JU87Uqz.sRP9mcOesxf4xKZoyzI./
>> # Run the Setup Agent on first boot
>> firstboot --disabled
>>
>> reboot
>> # Do not configure the X Window System
>> skipx
>> # System services
>> services --disabled="chronyd"
>> # System timezone
>> timezone Pacific/Auckland --isUtc --nontp
>>
>> %packages
>> @^server-product-environment
>> #@container-management
>> @performance
>> #@remote-system-management
>> #@rpm-development-tools
>> @security-tools
>> @system-tools
>>
>> %end
>>
>> %addon com_redhat_kdump --disable --reserve-mb='auto'
>>
>> %end
>>
>> %anaconda
>> pwpolicy root --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --notempty
>> pwpolicy user --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --emptyok
>> pwpolicy luks --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --notempty
>> %end
>>
>> %post
>> # Install open-vm-tools, required to detect IP when building on ESXi
>> yum -y install open-vm-tools
>> systemctl enable vmtoolsd
>> ```
>> Error is :
>>
>> ```
>> dracut-pre-udev{585}: modprobe: FATAL: Module floppy not found in
>> directory /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.2l8.x86_64 — 2020/09/17 05:17:40 ui: ask:
>> ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step 'StepConfigParams'. Press enter
>> to continue. 2020/09/17 05:17:40 packer-builder-vsphere-iso.linux:
>> 2020/09/17 05:17:40 No floppy files specified. Floppy disk will not be
>> made. 2020/09/17 05:17:40 ui: ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of
>> step 'StepCreateFloppy'. Press enter to continue. 2020/09/17 05:17:40 ui:
>> ask: ==> vsphere-iso: Pausing after run of step 'StepAddFloppy'. Press
>> enter to continue. — Dracut-initqueue: warning : could not boot Entering
>> Emergency mode.
>>
>> ```
>>
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