SSHPublicKey created too late for cd_content #177
Description
Overview of the Issue
#96 added support for StepSSHKeyGen, but runs it quite late in the sequence (most notably, after StepCreateFloppy and StepCreateCD).
This means the SSHPublicKey template variable isn't avilable in time to use in something like cloud-init metadata, e.g.
https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/datasources/nocloud.html
cd_content = {
meta-data = "instance-id: \"ubuntu-${uuidv4()}\""
user-data = <<-EOF
#cloud-config
manage_etc_hosts: localhost
disable_root: false
ssh_authorized_keys:
- {{ .SSHPublicKey }}
EOF
}Reproduction Steps
packer.exe build -debug ubuntu-jammy.pkr.hcl
After reaching
Pausing after run of step 'StepCreateCD'
inspect %TEMP%\packer##########.iso and observe that it says
#cloud-config
manage_etc_hosts: localhost
disable_root: false
ssh_authorized_keys:
- <no value>
I.e. {{ .SSHPublicKey }} substituted <no value> instead of having a public key to use (because it hasn't been generated yet).
Plugin and Packer version
From packer version
packer-plugin-vmware_v1.0.11_x5.0_windows_amd64.exe
Simplified Packer Buildfile
source "vmware-vmx" "vmware" {
cd_content = {
meta-data = "instance-id: \"ubuntu-${uuidv4()}\""
user-data = <<-EOF
#cloud-config
manage_etc_hosts: localhost
disable_root: false
ssh_authorized_keys:
- {{ .SSHPublicKey }}
EOF
}
cd_label = "cidata"
communicator = "ssh"
display_name = "ubuntu"
headless = "true"
output_directory = "ubuntu"
shutdown_command = "shutdown -P now"
source_path = "ubuntu-jammy-cloudimg/ubuntu-jammy-cloudimg.vmx"
ssh_username = "root"
vm_name = "ubuntu"
vmx_data = {
"bios.bootOrder" = "hdd"
"bios.hddOrder" = "scsi0"
"ide1:0.startConnected" = "TRUE"
"rtc.diffFromUTC" = "0"
}
}
build {
sources = ["source.vmware-vmx.vmware"]
}
source_path is imported from e.g. https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/jammy/release/ubuntu-22.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova
Operating system and Environment details
Windows 10 x64
Log Fragments and crash.log files
This ordering can also be clearly seen in the output of C:\inclement\packer.exe build -debug ubuntu-jammy.pkr.hcl
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepPrepareTools'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Configuring output and export directories...
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepOutputDir'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepCreateFloppy'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Creating CD disk...
vmware-vmx.vmware: Warning: creating filesystem with (nonstandard) Joliet extensions
vmware-vmx.vmware: but without (standard) Rock Ridge extensions.
vmware-vmx.vmware: It is highly recommended to add Rock Ridge
vmware-vmx.vmware: Total translation table size: 0
vmware-vmx.vmware: Total rockridge attributes bytes: 0
vmware-vmx.vmware: Total directory bytes: 156
vmware-vmx.vmware: Path table size(bytes): 10
vmware-vmx.vmware: 182 extents written (0 MB)
vmware-vmx.vmware: Done copying paths from CD_dirs
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepCreateCD'. Press enter to continue. ==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepRemoteUpload'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Creating required virtual machine disks
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepCreateDisks'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Cloning source VM...
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepCloneVMX'. Press enter to continue. ==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepConfigureVMX'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepSuppressMessages'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepHTTPIPDiscover'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepHTTPServer'. Press enter to continue.
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Creating temporary RSA SSH key for instance...
==> vmware-vmx.vmware: Pausing after run of step 'StepSSHKeyGen'. Press enter to continue.