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Hyper-V provider #119

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50 changes: 50 additions & 0 deletions http/hyperv-preseed.cfg
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# Ubuntu preseed file - preseed.cfg
# Works for Ubuntu 10.x, 11.x & 12.x
#
# For more information on preseed syntax and commands, refer to:
# https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/i386/appendix-preseed.html
#
# For testing, you can fire up a local http server temporary.
# Download the preseed.cfg file locally, cd to the directory where the
# preseed.cfg resides and run hte following command:
# $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
# You don't have to restart the server every time you make changes. Python
# will reload the file from disk every time there is a request. As long as you
# save your changes they will be reflected in the next HTTP download. Then to
# test with a PXE boot server, use the following kernel boot parameters:
# > linux auto url=http://<your_ip>:8000/preseed.cfg hostname=<hostname> locale=en_US keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP
#
# NOTE: If you netboot/PXE boot Ubuntu, it will ignore the value in hostname,
# but you must provide a hostname as a boot parameter to prevent the Ubuntu
# install from prompting for a hostname

choose-mirror-bin mirror/http/proxy string
d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-server
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i clock-setup/utc-auto boolean true
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false

#d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server cryptsetup build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev linux-source dkms
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server ntp curl nfs-common linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential perl dkms linux-tools-$(uname -r) linux-cloud-tools-$(uname -r)
d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
# Policy for applying updates. May be "none" (no automatic updates),
# "unattended-upgrades" (install security updates automatically), or
# "landscape" (manage system with Landscape).
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
d-i time/zone string UTC
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, server
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"ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
"type": "parallels-iso",
"vm_name": "{{ user `vm_name` }}"
},
{
"boot_command": [
"{{ user `boot_command_prefix` }}",
"/install/vmlinuz noapic ",
"file=/floppy/hyperv-{{ user `preseed` }} ",
"debian-installer={{ user `locale` }} auto locale={{ user `locale` }} kbd-chooser/method=us ",
"hostname={{ user `hostname` }} ",
"grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda<wait> ",
"fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
"keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ",
"keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false ",
"passwd/user-fullname={{ user `ssh_fullname` }} ",
"passwd/user-password={{ user `ssh_password` }} ",
"passwd/user-password-again={{ user `ssh_password` }} ",
"passwd/username={{ user `ssh_username` }} ",
"initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
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I'm trying your pull request with a cherry-pick to update to 16.04.3 ISO URL's (could you please rebase your PR?).

It seems that Packer has some problems with the boot_command. The last key strokes show some errors and I only get initrd=/installngz
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I had this several times. After manually fixing the string to initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- and pressing ENTER the Packer build seems to work. I remember that other providers also had timing issues typing long boot commands.

My setup is an Azure VM running Windows Server 2016 with Packer 1.0.4.

One other thing to mention. We have to quote the file name for the -var-file option. Otherwise PowerShell ignores the .json extension. So my command to run your PR was:

 packer build -only=hyperv-iso -var-file="ubuntu1604.json" ubuntu.json

The Azure VM was created using a Terraform template: https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows/tree/my/hyperv/terraform

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Hi Stefan, I have just merged my branch with master to upgrade to 16.04.3 ISO (no issue there). I can reproduce issues with boot_command you are mentioning on Azure VM as well. On physical machine this works as expected.

I have quickly tested "generation": "2" VM where boot_command seems to be more reliable. Since floppy is not supported I had to use preseed/url.

When testing, you will probably need to:

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Thanks. In the meantime I've opened hashicorp/packer#5291 and it seems a bug in Packer. I went through the sources, but couldn't find the right place. It seems the hyperv builder uses some PowerShell code where the delay between each key stroke should be added.

My Azure VM has the DHCP feature installed and running, so this shouldn't be a problem. And yes, packer.exe should have a firewall exception as for other providers as well.
I will try your latest commit tomorrow.

],
"cpu": "{{ user `cpus` }}",
"disk_size": "{{ user `disk_size` }}",
"floppy_files": [
"http/hyperv-{{ user `preseed` }}"
],
"generation": 1,
"guest_additions_mode": "disable",
"http_directory": "http",
"iso_checksum": "{{ user `iso_checksum` }}",
"iso_checksum_type": "{{ user `iso_checksum_type` }}",
"iso_urls": [
"{{ user `iso_path` }}/{{ user `iso_name` }}",
"{{ user `iso_url` }}"
],
"output_directory": "output-{{ user `vm_name` }}-hyperv-iso",
"ram_size": "{{ user `memory` }}",
"shutdown_command": "echo '{{ user `ssh_password` }}'|sudo -S shutdown -P now",
"ssh_password": "{{ user `ssh_password` }}",
"ssh_username": "{{ user `ssh_username` }}",
"ssh_timeout" : "10000s",
"switch_name": "{{ user `hyperv_switch_name` }}",
"type": "hyperv-iso",
"vm_name": "{{ user `vm_name` }}"
}
],
"post-processors": [
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"disk_size": "65536",
"ftp_proxy": "{{env `ftp_proxy`}}",
"headless": "",
"hyperv_switch_name": "",
"http_proxy": "{{env `http_proxy`}}",
"https_proxy": "{{env `https_proxy`}}",
"install_vagrant_key": "true",
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