vmware esxi post-install errors

[dcarvalh04]

Hi all,

I've tried muliple ways to build a vmware esxi image using this template but always end up getting the error below. Also, it's looking for a scripts folder which does not exist anymore, does any of you have the same issue or found any solution ? I still get a "dd.gz" file that I'm going to test but wanted to bring this up anyway.

`2024/04/24 09:18:18 packer-post-processor-shell-local plugin: [INFO] (shell-local communicator): Executing local shell command [/bin/sh -c PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE='qemu' PACKER_BUILD_NAME='esxi' PACKER_HTTP_ADDR='10.0.2.2:0' PACKER_HTTP_IP='10.0.2.2' PACKER_HTTP_PORT='0' /tmp/packer-shell4017962310]
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ PACKER_OUTPUT=output-esxi/packer-esxi
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ IMG_FMT=raw
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ '[' '!' -f output-esxi/packer-esxi ']'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ sync -f output-esxi/packer-esxi
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): +++ mktemp -d /tmp/packer-maas-XXXX
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ TMP_DIR=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ trap cleanup EXIT
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ sleep 5
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/qemu-img.sock --format=raw --shared=10 output-esxi/packer-esxi
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ mkdir -p /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/root
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + source ./post.sh
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ BOOT_DIR=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ echo 'Adding curtin-hooks to image...'
qemu.esxi (shell-local): Adding curtin-hooks to image...
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ mount_part 1 /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot fusefat
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ PART=1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ MOUNTPOINT=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ FUSEDRV=fusefat
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ DEV=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ mkdir -p /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ mkdir -p /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ retries=0
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ '[' -f /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1/nbd ']'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ sleep 1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ nbdfuse /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1 --command nbdkit -s nbd socket=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/qemu-img.sock --filter=partition partition=1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ (( ++retries > 10 ))
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ '[' -f /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1/nbd ']'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ case "${FUSEDRV}" in
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ fusefat /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1/nbd /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot -o rw+ -s
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): volume mounted in rw mode
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): fat type: FAT16
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): root dir off : 205824
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): dataclusters :51091
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): first data byte : 222208
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): 1st fat off : 1024
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): 2nd fat off : 103424
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): fat_eoc_value: 65535
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): fat_eoc_value is eoc?: 1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ cp -rv curtin /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot
qemu.esxi (shell-local): 'curtin' -> '/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot/curtin'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ echo 'Adding post-install scripts to image...'
qemu.esxi (shell-local): 'curtin/curtin-hooks' -> '/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot/curtin/curtin-hooks'
qemu.esxi (shell-local): Adding post-install scripts to image...
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): ++ cp -v scripts.tar.xz /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot/curtin/
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): cp: cannot stat 'scripts.tar.xz': No such file or directory
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + cleanup
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + for dev in "${TMP_DIR}"/p*/ "${TMP_DIR}"/disk/ "${TMP_DIR}"/boot/
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + dev=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + '[' -d /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1 ']'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + fusermount -u -z /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + grep -qs '/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/p1 ' /proc/mounts
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + for dev in "${TMP_DIR}"/p*/ "${TMP_DIR}"/disk/ "${TMP_DIR}"/boot/
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + dev=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/disk
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + '[' -d /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/disk ']'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + for dev in "${TMP_DIR}"/p*/ "${TMP_DIR}"/disk/ "${TMP_DIR}"/boot/
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + dev=/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + '[' -d /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot ']'
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + fusermount -u -z /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + grep -qs '/tmp/packer-maas-HCVp/boot ' /proc/mounts
==> qemu.esxi (shell-local): + rm -rf /tmp/packer-maas-HCVp
2024/04/24 09:18:24 packer-post-processor-shell-local plugin: error: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]
2024/04/24 09:18:24 [INFO] (telemetry) ending shell-local
2024/04/24 09:18:24 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting post-processor compress
==> qemu.esxi: Running post-processor: (type compress)
==> qemu.esxi (compress): Using pgzip compression with 16 cores for vmware-esxi.dd.gz
==> qemu.esxi (compress): Archiving output-esxi/packer-esxi with pgzip
==> qemu.esxi (compress): Archive vmware-esxi.dd.gz completed
2024/04/24 09:18:40 [INFO] (telemetry) ending compress
2024/04/24 09:18:40 Deleting original artifact for build 'qemu.esxi'

Build 'qemu.esxi' errored after 6 minutes 22 seconds: 1 error(s) occurred:

• Post-processor failed: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]

==> Wait completed after 6 minutes 22 seconds
2024/04/24 09:18:41 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"}
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:

• Post-processor failed: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]
  2024/04/24 09:18:41 machine readable: qemu.esxi,error []string{"1 error(s) occurred:\n\n* Post-processor failed: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]"}

• Post-processor failed: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]
  ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
  2024/04/24 09:18:41 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.

==> Wait completed after 6 minutes 22 seconds

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> qemu.esxi: 1 error(s) occurred:

• Post-processor failed: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
2024/04/24 09:18:41 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
2024/04/24 09:18:41 /root/.config/packer/plugins/github.com/hashicorp/qemu/packer-plugin-qemu_v1.1.0_x5.0_linux_amd64: plugin process exited
2024/04/24 09:18:41 /usr/bin/packer: plugin process exited
2024/04/24 09:18:41 /usr/bin/packer: plugin process exited`

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[ironashram]

having this issue myself too

[ironashram]

ok i totally missed the Makefile

make scripts.tar.xz

is necessary in order to create it