Clicking on the Datastore Browser button will open a new window Figure B , allowing access to the file structure. Though you may add your ISO files anywhere within the file structure, it is a good practice to keep them in a separate folder for ease of management Figure C.
To create a new directory, click on the Create Directory button and provide a name for the new folder. After navigating the browser and locating the ISO, it will be uploaded to the datastore and stored for future use. Click the Close button to return to the console after verifying that the file has uploaded completely Figure D , Figure E. Then, click on Actions Edit settings Figure F. The configuration screen will open in a separate window, allowing you to modify settings for one or many VMs.
If installing an operating system, when powering on the VM it will automatically boot the ISO and begin the installation process.
Is there something we missed? Do you have any favorite configuration tips for VMware? Please share them with us in the comments section below.
He brings 19 years of experience and multiple certifications from seve Editor's Picks. The best programming languages to learn in Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script. AUTO:direction - Specifies to use auto-detection to determine the parallel port. Direction can be BI to specify bidirectional communication or UNI to specify unidirectional communication.
NONE - Specifies to not use a parallel port. This may be relative or absolute. If relative, the path is relative to the working directory when packer is executed.
Packer will not create the remote datastore for you; it must already exist. However, Packer will create all directories defined in the option that do not currently exist. This option will be ignored unless you are building on a remote esx host. When this value is set to true, the machine will start without a console.
For VMware machines, Packer will output VNC connection information in case you need to connect to the console to debug the build process. Some users have experienced issues where Packer cannot properly connect to a VM if it is headless; this appears to be a result of not ever having launched the VMWare GUI and accepting the evaluation license, or supplying a real license.
If you experience this, launching VMWare and accepting the license should resolve your problem. By default packer will use If you wish to bind to all interfaces use 0.
Because Packer generally runs in parallel, Packer uses a randomly chosen port in this range that appears available. By default this is to The minimum and maximum ports are inclusive. This must be set to true if building on ESXi 6. Remote builds using ESXi 6. Valid values are darwin, linux, and windows.
By default, this is empty, which means VMware tools won't be uploaded. This is for advanced users who want to set properties that aren't yet supported by the builder. This is for advanced users who understand the ramifications, but is useful for building Vagrant boxes since Vagrant will create ethernet interfaces when provisioning a box. This will override the "displayname" value in your vmx file. This option is useful if you are chaining vmx builds and want to make sure that the display name of each step in the chain is unique.
This defaults to "ovf" for remote esx builds, and "vmx" for local builds. Before using this option, you need to install ovftool. If you are building locally, Packer will create a vmx and then export that vm to an ovf or ova. Packer will not delete the vmx and vmdk files; this is left up to the user if you don't want to keep those files. Each item in the array is a new argument. When true, Packer will not export the VM.
This can be useful if the build output is not the resultant image, but created inside the VM. In certain rare cases, this might actually end up making the resulting disks slightly larger. If you find this to be the case, you can disable compaction using this configuration value.
If this is set, most provisioners also can't be used. This is usually the default. In addition to the above, some builders have custom communicators they can use. For example, the Docker builder has a "docker" communicator that uses docker exec and docker cp to execute scripts and copy files.
By default, there is no pause. But once a connection attempt is successful, it will disconnect and then wait 10 minutes before connecting to the guest and beginning provisioning. This usually is automatically configured by the builder. This defaults to Required if using SSH. The default value is [ "aesgcm openssh.
Valid options for ciphers include: "aesctr", "aesctr", "aesctr", " aesgcm openssh. This is a mostly cosmetic option, since Packer will delete the temporary private key from the host system regardless of whether this is set to true unless the user has set the -debug flag. Defaults to "false"; currently only works on guests with sed installed. Acceptable values include: " curvesha libssh. This defaults to false. Packer uses this to determine when the machine has booted so this is usually quite long.
Example value: 10m. Defaults to Set to a negative value -1s to disable. Example value: 10s. Defaults to 5s. This might be useful if, for example, packer hangs on a connection after a reboot. Example: 5m. Disabled by default. This has the effect of bypassing any configured proxies when connecting to the remote host. Default to false. This defaults to 30m since setting up a Windows machine generally takes a long time.
Further reading for remote connection authentication can be found here. The strings are all typed in sequence. It is an array only to improve readability within the template.
There are a set of special keys available. If these are in your boot command, they will be replaced by the proper key:. This is useful if you have to generally wait for the UI to update before typing more. The format of XX is a sequence of positive decimal numbers, each with optional fraction and a unit suffix, such as ms , 1. Be sure to release them, otherwise they will be held down until the machine reboots.
Example boot command. This is actually a working boot command used to start an CentOS 6. The example shown below is a working boot command used to start an Ubuntu For more examples of various boot commands, see the sample projects from our community templates page. The boot command "typed" character for character over a VNC connection to the machine, simulating a human actually typing the keyboard. The delay alleviates issues with latency and CPU contention.
The value of this should be a duration. Examples are 5s and 1m30s which will cause Packer to wait five seconds and one minute 30 seconds, respectively. If this isn't specified, a sensible default value is picked depending on the builder type. If this isn't specified, the default is 10s or 10 seconds. The goal of these commands should be to type just enough to initialize the operating system installer.
Special keys can be typed as well, and are covered in the section below on the boot command. If this is not specified, it is assumed the installer will start itself. The heart of a VMware machine is the "vmx" file. This contains all the virtual hardware metadata necessary for the VM to function. Packer by default uses a safe, flexible VMX file. But for advanced users, this template can be customized. This allows Packer to build virtual machines of effectively any guest operating system type.
This is an advanced feature. Modifying the VMX template can easily cause your virtual machine to not boot properly. Please only modify the template if you know what you're doing. Within the template, a handful of variables are available so that your template can continue working with the rest of the Packer machinery. Using these variables isn't required, however. In addition to using the desktop products of VMware locally to build virtual machines, Packer can use a remote VMware Hypervisor to build the virtual machine.
When using a remote VMware Hypervisor, the builder still downloads the ISO and various files locally, and uploads these to the remote machine. If you want to use vSphere API, see the vsphere-iso builder. Packer also requires VNC to issue boot commands during a build, which may be disabled on some remote VMware Hypervisors. Please consult the appropriate documentation on how to update VMware Hypervisor's firewall to allow these connections. Please note that you should disable vMotion for the host you intend to run Packer builds on; a vMotion event will cause the Packer build to fail.
Additionally, there are some optional configurations that you'll likely have to modify as well:. This defaults to "ovf".
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