vmware-samples/packer-examples-for-vsphere

Not able to create Rhel-8 Image its getting timed out after IP allocation

abhisheklearnsjava opened this issue · 2 comments

abhisheklearnsjava commented

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Project Version

latest

VMware vSphere

8.0

HashiCorp Packer

1.10.0

HashiCorp Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere

1.2.5

Guest Operating System

RHEL8.8

Environment Details

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Description

When trying to build a RHEL 8.8 image on vsphere. It getting timed out with below logs. The script is able to provision a VM, silent boot is going through and IP allocation is also working fine with DHCP. But after that its not moving futher.

2024/03/25 10:36:08 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:36:08 [INFO] Waiting 1s
2024/03/25 10:36:09 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:36:09 Special code '' found, replacing with: CodeLeftControl
2024/03/25 10:36:09 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:36:09 Sending char 'x', code CodeX, shift false
2024/03/25 10:36:09 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:36:09 Special code '' found, replacing with: CodeLeftControl
2024/03/25 10:36:09 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:36:09 [INFO] Waiting for IP, up to total timeout: 45m0s, settle timeout: 45m0s
==> vsphere-iso.linux-rhel: Waiting for IP...
2024/03/25 10:41:44 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:41:44 VM IP acquired: 10.151.101.195
2024/03/25 10:41:44 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:41:44 VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195
2024/03/25 10:42:14 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:42:14 VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195
2024/03/25 10:42:44 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:42:44 VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195
2024/03/25 10:43:14 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:43:14 VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195
2024/03/25 10:43:44 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:43:44 VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195
2024/03/25 10:44:14 -plugin-vsphere_v1.2.5_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2024/03/25 10:44:14 **VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195_VM IP is still the same: 10.151.101.195**

Expected Behavior

It should proceed further and create an image.

Actual Behavior

Its getting timed out and waiting for another IP.

Steps to Reproduce

Run packer build with main branch rhel 8.8. scripts.

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Additional Context

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abhisheklearnsjava commented

This issue got fixed after I change common_ap_settle_timeout to 5s. Earlier it was same as the common_ip_wait_timeout=45m.

This issue can be closed. Would appreciate if someone can explain logic behind it.

Thanks

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