In the posted zip script bundle, download and extract it. In my case it took me around 21 minutes to deploy a new VM template on vCenter with just single packer command from scratch with all the defined configurations and scripts. For Windows guest OS type check and use required value, for ISO checksum use above PowerShell script and for ISO URL you will need to follow Step 2. To deploy the new unattended template file you will need to use below highlighted text code in red, same content are there in PowerShell file Build-WindowsTemplate.ps1. Get-FileHash $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\ Modified_Windows_2022_SERVER_EVAL_圆4FRE_en-us.iso So it is installed by default with Windows OS installation.īefore starting I need modified ISO file's hash/checksum value, which I can get with below PowerShell command. I have downloaded this modified ISO file from web server locally as shown in Step 2. For this reason I modified and customized Windows Server ISO to add/inject/slipstream VMware tools. This happens because of VMware tools are missing in the Windows OS inside Virtual machine and packer is not able to get IP from vCenter VM details as they are not exposed without VMTools. Why above article Part 1 is necessary, because when I tried to install Virtual Machine Template on vCenter Server with HashiCorp Packer, It was getting stuck/freeze indefinitely at the stage vsphere-iso.windows: Waiting for IP. Part 3: Using HashiCorp Packer to build a Windows Server VM template for VMware vSphere Part 2: Configure IIS server to allow download. Part 1: Inject and install VMware Tools During Install by modifying Microsoft Windows ISO You can refer to below article and they are prerequisite. This is last and final (3rd) part of How to use HashiCorp Packer to automate and create a Windows Server Virtual Machine template on VMware vCenter server. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and is highly efficient, creating Master/Base machine images for several platforms in parallel. HashiCorp Packer.exe is an open source tool for building identical Virtual machine golden images for various platforms from a single source configuration.
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