In the vsphere-iso documentation, it mentions Export option should still work and when specifying format=ovf, unknown configuration key error is thrown. How do we export the image to OVF using the new vsphere-iso builder?
./packer_darwin_amd64 build -var-file=photon-builder.json -var-file=photon-version.json vsphere-iso-packer-build.json
2020/02/16 05:58:12 Build 'vsphere-iso' prepare failure: 1 error occurred:
1 error occurred:
* unknown configuration key: "format"; raws is []interface {}{map[string]interface {}{"CPUs":"2", "RAM":"4096", "boot_command":[]interface {}{"<esc><wait>", "vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 loglevel=3 ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/photon-kickstart.json photon.media=cdrom", "<enter>"}, "boot_wait":"10s", "cluster":"Supermicro-Cluster", "datacenter":"Primp-Datacenter", "datastore":"sm-vsanDatastore", "disk_size":"12288", "disk_thin_provisioned":true, "firmware":"bios", "format":"ovf", "guest_os_type":"otherGuest", "http_directory":"http", "insecure_connection":true, "iso_checksum":"93d0cde8da51f9208713d895b5b85b86980d2a72e710f55f0e65bc82c299dd9a7ebedc8f30d5f4d18c1a389c76a961e8a14b02416692204d31d77e1e4792f37d", "iso_checksum_type":"sha512", "iso_paths":[]interface {}{"[sm-vsanDatastore] packer_cache/a3b59ec87af86d5595419065d04f73f156ad4cfe.iso"}, "iso_url":"http://dl.bintray.com/vmware/photon/3.0/GA/iso/photon-3.0-26156e2.iso", "network":"VM Network", "network_card":"vmxnet3", "password":"VMware1!", "shutdown_command":"/sbin/shutdown -h now", "shutdown_timeout":"1000s", "ssh_password":"VMware1!", "ssh_port":22, "ssh_username":"root", "username":"administrator@vsphere.local", "vcenter_server":"192.168.30.200", "vm_name":"PhotonOS_Appliance", "vm_version":"13"}, map[string]interface {}{"packer_build_name":"vsphere-iso", "packer_builder_type":"vsphere-iso", "packer_debug":false, "packer_force":false, "packer_on_error":"", "packer_template_path":"/Volumes/Storage/Software/photonos-appliance/photon.json", "packer_user_variables":map[interface {}]interface {}{"builder_host":"192.168.30.200", "builder_host_cluster":"Supermicro-Cluster", "builder_host_datacenter":"Primp-Datacenter", "builder_host_datastore":"sm-vsanDatastore", "builder_host_folder":"Dev", "builder_host_password":"VMware1!", "builder_host_portgroup":"VM Network", "builder_host_username":"administrator@vsphere.local", "description":"PhotonOS Appliance", "guest_password":"VMware1!", "guest_username":"root", "iso_checksum":"93d0cde8da51f9208713d895b5b85b86980d2a72e710f55f0e65bc82c299dd9a7ebedc8f30d5f4d18c1a389c76a961e8a14b02416692204d31d77e1e4792f37d", "iso_checksum_type":"sha512", "iso_url":"http://dl.bintray.com/vmware/photon/3.0/GA/iso/photon-3.0-26156e2.iso", "numvcpus":"2", "ovftool_deploy_vcenter":"192.168.30.200", "ovftool_deploy_vcenter_password":"VMware1!", "ovftool_deploy_vcenter_username":"administrator@vsphere.local", "photon_ovf_template":"photon.xml.template", "ramsize":"4096", "version":"0.1.0", "vm_name":"PhotonOS_Appliance"}}}
Overview of the Issue
In the vsphere-iso documentation, it mentions Export option should still work and when specifying
format=ovf, unknown configuration key error is thrown. How do we export the image to OVF using the new vsphere-iso builder?Reproduction Steps
./packer_darwin_amd64 build -var-file=photon-builder.json -var-file=photon-version.json vsphere-iso-packer-build.json
Packer version
Packer v1.5.3-dev
Simplified Packer Buildfile
https://gist.github.com/lamw/b4ea5dc271da02ec2289205db7198641
Operating system and Environment details
MacOS Catalina
Log Fragments and crash.log files