Packer (virtualbox-iso) sets HTTPIP to 10.0.2.2 but serves traffic on 10.0.2.3!

[hc-github-team-packer]

This issue was originally opened by @autumnjolitz in hashicorp/packer#12298 and has been migrated to this repository. The original issue description is below.

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Overview of the Issue

The ip address provided at variable HTTPIP is incorrect.

Reproduction Steps

1. packer build cerberus-dragonfly.pkr.hcl
2. wait for the VM to start and get to a shell
3. watch as it just hangs on fetch
4. Control-C out of it inside the vm and try curl http://10.0.2.3/init.sh instead

Packer version

Packer v1.8.6

Simplified Packer Template

https://github.com/autumnjolitz/cerberus_gateway/

Operating system and Environment details

Mac OSX 11.4, x86-64
Packer version: 1.8.6 [go1.19.6 darwin amd64]

Log Fragments and crash.log files

Log file: https://gist.github.com/autumnjolitz/276a5976ea085997ba0123e0df771069

[nareshsukhija]

The issue is affecting latest version of Virtualbox 7 package on RHEL8.9. Notably, the issue doesn't affect latet version Virtualbox version 6.1.

[nareshsukhija]

Since hashicorp/packer#12298 is locked/closed, it is not possible to add a comment there.

[nywilken]

Hi @autumnjolitz thanks for opening up this issue. The team and I have not been able to prioritize this work yet but I do understand how important it is to get it resolved. Would you or a member of the community be open taking a shot at opening a PR with the fix?

We can can help review and push the fix forward for sure.

[nywilken]

@nareshsukhija thanks for the bubbling up the issue again. The same offer to you if you would be interested in attempting to make a fix.

[nywilken]

Hey there apologies for the long delay on this issue. It looks like this particular issue was resolved by #122 but the fix has not yet been released.

I'm in the process of reviewing a few 7.0.x related issues and will get this change released as soon as possible.