Please check and let me know what i am missing here
My Template:
{
"builders": [
{
"boot_command": [
"<enter><wait>",
"<f6><esc>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
"<bs><bs><bs>",
"/install/vmlinuz ",
"initrd=/install/initrd.gz ",
"net.ifnames=0 ",
"auto-install/enable=true ",
"debconf/priority=critical ",
"console-setup/ask_detect=false<wait>",
"console-setup/layoutcode=us<wait>",
"console-setup/modelcode=pc105<wait>",
"debconf/frontend=noninteractive<wait>",
"debian-installer=en_US.UTF-8<wait>",
"fb=false<wait>",
"initrd=/install/initrd.gz<wait>",
"kbd-chooser/method=us<wait>",
"keyboard-configuration/layout=USA<wait>",
"keyboard-configuration/variant=USA<wait>",
"locale=en_US.UTF-8<wait>",
"netcfg/get_domain=vm<wait>",
"netcfg/get_hostname=centos<wait>",
"noapic<wait>",
"preseed/url=http://{{.HTTPIP}}:{{.HTTPPort}}/preseed.cfg";
],
"boot_wait": "5s",
"skip_nat_mapping": false,
"disk_size": 20480,
"guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
"headless": "true",
"http_directory": "http",
"iso_checksum":
"sha256:937bf0a7b0932817f84f7230f15ed88911bbbd85c0c958680792b7f8d8f9c1a9",
"iso_url":
"https://vault.centos.org/7.5.1804/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1804.iso";,
"output_directory": "output-centos7.5-NetInstall-1",
"shutdown_command" : "echo 'centos' | sudo -S shutdown -P now",
"ssh_password": "centos",
"ssh_timeout": "10000s",
"ssh_username": "centos",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
"ssh_host": "centos",
"ssh_agent_auth":"false",
"type": "virtualbox-iso",
"format": "ovf",
"vboxmanage": [
[
"modifyvm",
"{{.Name}}",
"--memory",
"512"
],
[
"modifyvm",
"{{.Name}}",
"--cpus",
"1"
],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--natpf1", "centos,tcp,,3022,,22"]
],
"vm_name": "CentOS-7.5-netinstall-new1"
}
preseed file:
d-i network-console/password-again password centos
### Mirror settings
# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
# Suite to install.
#d-i mirror/suite string testing
# Suite to use for loading installer components (optional).
#d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing
### Account setup
# Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to
# use sudo).
#d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
# Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account.
#d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
# Root password, either in clear text
d-i passwd/root-password password centos
d-i passwd/root-password-again password centos
# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]
# To create a normal user account.
d-i passwd/user-fullname string centos
d-i passwd/username string centos
d-i passwd/user-uid string 1000
# Normal user's password, either in clear text
d-i passwd/user-password password centos
d-i passwd/user-password-again password centos
# or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash.
#d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash]
# Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default.
#d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010
# The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To
# override that, use this.
#d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video
### Clock and time zone setup
# Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC.
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
# You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of
# /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values.
d-i time/zone string US/Eastern
# Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
# NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here.
#d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.example.com
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
# You can define the amount of space that will be used for the LVM volume
# group. It can either be a size with its unit (eg. 20 GB), a percentage of
# free space or the 'max' keyword.
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
# If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned
# contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a
# warning. This can be preseeded away...
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
# The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array:
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
# And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions.
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
# You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes:
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home: separate /home partition
# - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true
# This will power off the machine instead of just halting it.
d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true
d-i preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh
On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:43:03 PM UTC+5:30 Megan Marsh wrote:
> The SSH credentials will be whatever you set in your preseed file. Without
> looking at your template I don't know what the sticking point is, but
> here's a basic guide on what your preseed file needs to contain for Packer
> to connect.
>
>
> https://www.packer.io/guides/automatic-operating-system-installs/preseed_ubuntu
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 8:55 PM shruthi kv <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> i am trying to conversion to ova file using packer virtual box. but this
>> s not happening it is stuck in ssh connection. Any idea what needs to be
>> done. What should be the authentication method for ssh
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving Guest additions checksums
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Trying
>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.42/SHA256SUMS
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Trying
>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.42/SHA256SUMS
>> ==> virtualbox-iso:
>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.42/SHA256SUMS =>
>> /home/ubuntu/####/ac7a9
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving Guest additions
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Trying
>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.42/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.42.iso
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Trying
>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.42/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.42.iso?checksum=ff784417295e48e3cee80a596faf05e3b0976e1b94d3b88427939912b0c1fc45
>> ==> virtualbox-iso:
>> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.42/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.42.iso?checksum=ff784417295e48e3cee80a596faf05e3b0976e1b94d3b88427939912b0c1fc45
>>
>> => /home/ubuntu/0886d03e673ac125c.iso
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving ISO
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Trying
>> https://vault.centos.org/7.5.1804/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1804.iso
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Trying
>> https://vault.centos.org/7.5.1804/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1804.iso?checksum=sha256%3A937bf0a7b0932817f84f7230f15ed88911bbbd85c0c958680792b7f8d8f9c1a9
>> ==> virtualbox-iso:
>> https://vault.centos.org/7.5.1804/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1804.iso?checksum=sha256%3A937bf0a7b0932817f84f7230f15ed88911bbbd85c0c958680792b7f8d8f9c1a9
>>
>> =>
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8952
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Mounting ISOs...
>> virtualbox-iso: Mounting boot ISO...
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for communicator
>> (SSH, WinRM, etc) (host port 4412)
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm CentOS-7.5-netinstall-new
>> --memory 512
>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm CentOS-7.5-netinstall-new --cpus 1
>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm CentOS-7.5-netinstall-new --nic1
>> hostonly
>> virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm CentOS-7.5-netinstall-new
>> --hostonlyadapter1 vboxnet0
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Starting the virtual machine...
>> virtualbox-iso: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you
>> want to
>> virtualbox-iso: view the screen of the VM, connect via VRDP without a
>> password to
>> virtualbox-iso: rdp://127.0.0.1:5955
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Waiting 5s for boot...
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Typing the boot command...
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Using ssh communicator to connect: 127.0.0.1
>> ==> virtualbox-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available...
>>
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