build.json

{
  "builders": [
    {
      "CPUs": 4,
      "RAM": 4096,
      "RAM_reserve_all": true,
      "ip_wait_timeout": "15m",
      "ip_settle_timeout": "5s",
      "boot_wait": "5s",
      "boot_command": [
        "<enter><enter><f6><esc><wait> ",
        " ipv6.disable=1 autoinstall ds=nocloud",
        "<enter><wait>"
      ],
      "boot_order": "disk,cdrom",
      "cluster": "{{user `cluster`}}",
      "convert_to_template": "true",
      "datacenter": "{{user `datacenter`}}",
      "datastore": "{{user `datastore`}}",
      "disk_controller_type": "pvscsi",
      "floppy_label": "cidata",
      "floppy_files": [
        "./user-data",
        "./meta-data"
      ],
      "folder": "{{user `folder`}}",
      "guest_os_type": "ubuntu64Guest",
      "insecure_connection": "true",
      "iso_paths": "[{{ user `datastore` }}] {{user `iso_path` }}",
      "network_adapters": [
        {
          "network": "{{user `template_network`}}",
          "network_card": "vmxnet3"
        }
      ],
      "password": "{{user `password`}}",
      "ssh_password": "ubuntu",
      "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
      "ssh_timeout": "20m",
      "ssh_handshake_attempts": "200",
      "storage": [
        {
          "disk_size": 40000,
          "disk_thin_provisioned": true
        }
      ],
      "type": "vsphere-iso",
      "username": "{{user `vcenter_username`}}",
      "vcenter_server": "{{user `vcenter_server`}}",
      "vm_name": "{{user `template_name`}}"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "playbook_file": "./playbooks/standard.yml",
      "type": "ansible",
      "command": "./run-ansible.sh",
      "user": "ubuntu",
      "extra_arguments": [ "-b" ]
    },
    {
      "override": {
        "vsphere-iso": {
          "execute_command": "sudo bash {{.Path}}"
        }
      },
      "script": "./scripts/cleanup.sh",
      "type": "shell"
    }
  ],
  "variables": {
    "cluster": "{{env `VSPHERE_CLUSTER`}}",
    "datacenter": "{{env `VSPHERE_DATACENTER`}}",
    "datastore": "{{env `VSPHERE_DATASTORE`}}",
    "folder": "{{env `VSPHERE_FOLDER`}}",
    "iso_path": "{{env `VSPHERE_ISO_PATH`}}",
    "packer_bastion_host": "{{env `PACKER_BASTION_HOST`}}",
    "packer_bastion_key": "{{env `PACKER_BASTION_KEY`}}",
    "password": "{{env `VSPHERE_PASSWORD`}}",
    "template_name": "{{env `VSPHERE_TEMPLATE_NAME`}}",
    "template_network": "{{env `VSPHERE_NETWORK`}}",
    "vcenter_server": "{{env `VSPHERE_SERVER`}}",
    "vcenter_username": "{{env `VSPHERE_USERNAME`}}"
  }
}