Stuck on lanaguage selection (no cloud-init usage)

[3sky]

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Project Version

latest

VMware vSphere

8.0.2.0

HashiCorp Packer

1.9.4

HashiCorp Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere

1.2.2

Guest Operating System

Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS

Environment Details

New testing environment, 3 hosts, for testing packer build.

Description

I'm trying to build Ubuntu image, based on ISO from internet(iso_url added), and without serving server, so common_data_source = disk.
I stuck on loading cloud-init, it just stops on language selection window.

Expected Behavior

Use cloud-init script(user-data) to auto install the system.

Actual Behavior

VM stuck on language selection window, however I'm able to see that under /dev/sr1 i have use-data as well as meta-data copied.
Packer stuck on waiting for IP stage.

Steps to Reproduce

Use disk data_source, and iso from URL. No other changes from my side.

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Additional Context

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[tenthirtyam]

This issue would be best served on the plugin's repository as this is outside the scope of the examples based on the change to iso_url, which was removed from this project due to prior issues.

[tenthirtyam]

Moved here to the discussions as this is an ask for help, not a bug.

[3sky]

Thanks @tenthirtyam, I was able to try build ubuntu without iso_urls, as it's not a hard requirement. And you're right, using "datastores" solved the issue.
Thanks for that!

[JingChen23]

Hi @tenthirtyam , I ran into the same issue. I have never set iso_urls and my common_data_source is disk.

I have uploaded the ubuntu 20.04 image in the datastore, and use the path to load the iso.

What information should I provider firthur to let you know how did my issue happen?

[3sky]

Hi, if you're using datastores, make sure that you provided correct iso_path variable. Default one it iso_path = "iso/linux/ubuntu", and it's not strict documented, as thing to change.

[JingChen23]

Hi @3sky , I'm sure about that my iso_path is correct, because I add a "0" at the end of the iso file name then it leads to a different result.

This time it stucks at this point, not at the selecting language step.

[JingChen23]

It turns out that because I'm new to cloud init, I made a mistake when editing the cloud init file, I remove the first line comment.

#cloud-config

That leads to the cloud-init program cannot recogonize that the file as a cloud-config file.

[tenthirtyam]

That would do it! 😀