ubuntu_esx.json

{
  "variables": {
    "boot_command_prefix": "",
    "esxi_remote_host": "",
    "esxi_remote_password": "",
    "esxi_remote_username": "",
    "iso_checksum": "",
    "iso_checksum_type": "",
    "iso_url": "",
    "vcenter_datacenter": "",
    "vcenter_datastore": "",
    "vcenter_host": "",
    "vcenter_insecure": "",
    "vcenter_password": "",
    "vcenter_username": "",
    "vm_disk_adapter_type": "",
    "vm_disk_size": "",
    "vm_guest_os_type": "ubuntu-64",
    "vm_memory": "",
    "vm_name": "",
    "vm_network": "",
    "vm_ssh_password": "",
    "vm_ssh_username": "",
    "vm_vcpu": ""
  },
  "builders": [
    {
      "boot_command": [
        "{{ user `boot_command_prefix` }}",
        "/install/vmlinuz <wait>",
        "auto <wait>",
        "console-setup/ask_detect=false <wait>",
        "console-setup/layoutcode=us <wait>",
        "console-setup/modelcode=pc105 <wait>",
        "debconf/frontend=noninteractive <wait>",
        "debian-installer=en_US <wait>",
        "fb=false <wait>",
        "initrd=/install/initrd.gz <wait>",
        "kbd-chooser/method=us <wait>",
        "keyboard-configuration/layout=USA <wait>",
        "keyboard-configuration/variant=USA <wait>",
        "locale=en_US <wait>",
        "netcfg/get_domain=vm <wait>",
        "netcfg/get_hostname=packer <wait>",
        "grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda <wait>",
        "noapic <wait>",
        "preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ubuntu/preseed.cfg <wait>",
        "-- <wait>",
        "<enter><wait>"
      ],
      "disk_adapter_type": "{{ user ` vm_disk_adapter_type` }}",
      "disk_size": "{{ user `vm_disk_size` }}",
      "disk_type_id": "thin",
      "guest_os_type": "{{ user `vm_guest_os_type` }}",
      "http_directory": "http",
      "iso_checksum_type": "{{ user `iso_checksum_type` }}",
      "iso_checksum": "{{ user `iso_checksum` }}",
      "iso_url": "{{ user `iso_url` }}",
      "name": "{{ user `vm_name` }}-{{ timestamp }}",
      "output_directory": "{{ user `vm_name` }}-{{ timestamp }}",
      "remote_datastore": "{{ user `vcenter_datastore` }}",
      "remote_host": "{{ user `esxi_remote_host` }}",
      "remote_password": "{{ user `esxi_remote_password` }}",
      "remote_type": "esx5",
      "remote_username": "{{ user `esxi_remote_username` }}",
      "shutdown_command": "echo '/sbin/halt -h -p' > shutdown.sh; echo 'packer'|sudo -S bash 'shutdown.sh'",
      "ssh_password": "{{ user `vm_ssh_password` }}",
      "ssh_username": "{{ user `vm_ssh_username` }}",
      "ssh_wait_timeout": "60m",
      "type": "vmware-iso",
      "vm_name": "{{ user `vm_name` }}-{{ timestamp }}",
      "vnc_disable_password": true,
      "vmx_data": {
        "memsize": "{{ user `vm_memory` }}",
        "numvcpus": "{{ user `vm_vcpu` }}",

        "ethernet0.networkName": "{{ user `vm_network` }}",
        "ethernet0.present": "TRUE",
        "ethernet0.startConnected": "TRUE",
        "ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3",
        "ethernet0.addressType": "generated",
        "ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv": "FALSE"
      }
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "shell",
      "scripts": ["scripts/base.sh", "scripts/vmware.sh", "scripts/cleanup.sh"]
    }
  ],
  "post-processors": [
    {
      "datacenter": "{{ user `vcenter_datacenter` }}",
      "host": "{{ user `vcenter_host` }}",
      "insecure": "{{ user `vcenter_insecure`}}",
      "password": "{{ user `vcenter_password` }}",
      "type": "vsphere-template",
      "username": "{{ user `vcenter_username` }}"
    },
    {
      "type": "manifest",
      "output": "manifest.json",
      "strip_path": true
    }
  ]
}