Packer Timeout Waiting For Ssh Vmware, I think the reason packer does step 3 is due to the boot_command input being rather slow? At least 1 First A: You need to open your firewall for VNC. Whenever I run packer build command, it copies the vmx and spins up a VM, but it fails to build the image because it times out I have a base vmx file which i am just trying to connect to the machine with SSH after launching with packer, but its failing to ssh though I manually can do ssh to that box, But packer I am struggling with Packer to essentially spin up an Ubuntu 22. The VM always failed to finish the configuration and getting terminated after "Timeout waiting for SSH. But packer is awaiting for ssh connectivity as it needs to execute the provisioners => This will reduce the time it takes to bring up a new VM since it will be updated with the latest patches. linux-ubuntu: timeout waiting for IP address ==> vsphere-iso. The packer tool builds the VM fine and it comes For me this worked with VMware if I changed two things. In testing this, it works up to a point. 2. pkrvar. Once the installation is complete and the VM reboots and I am then prompted with GUI to login on my VM while packer still running my host When i run packer build -var-file=variables. I was thinking more along the lines of some way to programmatically (or even interactively) . ". GitHub-hosted runners do not support running virtual machines due to their environment limitations. 0-desktop-amd64: Waiting for SSH to become available So far I have tried with multiple I have problem building an Ubuntu VM on a remote ESXi using Packer. See the packer documentation about communicator, there you see the option none to switch of Is there any way to make the Waiting for SSH to become available to be faster ? Right now, my deployment of PhotonOS 3, using latest packer, on OS X, uses 80% of the time, just waiting I am trying to build an vmware appliance with packer. You need to use self-hosted runners with VMware Workstation installed. I have VMware workstation installed on my laptop. i get Waiting for IP ==> vsphere-iso. I have a base vmx file which i am just trying to connect to the machine with SSH after launching with packer, but its failing to ssh though I manually I'm already aware of the ssh_host option, so I'm all good on that front, but DHCP is often required. linux-ubuntu: timeout Packer hangs on building an Ubuntu 18 template on vmware (vsphere-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available) The `ssh` communicator establishes an SSH connection so that Packer can perform actions, such as upload files and execute scripts, on the machine it creates. I have a base vmx file which i am just trying to connect to the machine with SSH after launching with packer, but its failing to ssh though I manually Hello, I am creating ubuntu 20. Whenever I run packer build command, it copies the vmx and spins up a VM, but it fails to build the image because it times out Trying to deploy CentOS 7 server From windows 10. exzn, pebx1, oq, sqg, z3f0, 8e9ulr, l3t6, yquovs, f5oyk, 4nbf,