Qlik-Partner-Tools/qlik-base-os

Waiting for WinRM to become available.. Timeout error

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degan93 commented

Hello,

I have been struggling with using Packer to install the base OS on Oracle VM.
The instructions I followed are:

  • Install Packer, Vagrant, Oracle VB
    -I opened Autounattend.xml file but left the Key filed commented because I am using a trial ISO
  • Downloaded a Windows 2016 server .iso file (14393.0.161119-1705.RS1_REFRESH_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO) and placed it in C:\QMI\qlik-base-os\iso
  • I ran a checksum (using MD5 Checksum Tool) against the above .iso file
  • Edited the win2k16.json file to include the new iso_url and checksum and saved the file
  • Browsed to /qlik-base-os using Powershell and entered Packer build win2k16.json

Packer starts to build the box but eventually gets stuck on "virtualbox-iso: Waiting for WinRM to become available.." and eventually gets timed out.

I have attached an image of the Packer output.

packer_winrm_error

Has anyone come across this before?
Have I missed a vital step in the Packer setup process?

tarockx commented

I have the same problem... did you find any solution?

degan93 commented

I did.

In Win2k16.json, edit the headless field to say "False" so the VM launches and you can see errors.

In Autounattend.xml, the following command was commented:

SynchronousCommandwcm:action="add">
cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -File a:\enable-winrm.ps1
Enable WinRM
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So you need to uncomment it and add it to the end of the Sync commands and make sure the order is correct.