example packer file

standard.pkr.hcl

source "vsphere-iso" "standard" {
  CPUs                 = "${var.pkr-cpu-num}"
  RAM                  = "${var.vm-mem-size}"
  RAM_reserve_all      = "true"

  boot_command         = [
    "c<wait30>",
    "linux /casper/vmlinuz",
    " autoinstall",
    " ip=\"::::${var.vm-name-standard}:eth0:dhcp\"",
    " ds=\"nocloud-net;s=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/\"",
    " net.ifnames=0",
    " ---",
    " net.ifnames=0",
    "<enter>",
    "initrd /casper/initrd<enter><wait5>",
    "boot<enter>",
    "<wait300>"
  ]
  boot_wait            = "2s"
  cluster              = "${var.cluster}"
  convert_to_template  = "true"
  datacenter           = "${var.datacenter}"
  datastore            = "${var.datastore_pkr}"
  disk_controller_type = ["pvscsi"]
  folder               = "${var.folder}"
  guest_os_type        = "ubuntu64Guest"
  http_port_min = 40000
  http_port_max = 41000
//  http_interface = "tun0"
  http_bind_address = "192.168.122.23"
  http_content = {
    "/meta-data" = ""
    "/user-data" = templatefile("user-data.tpl", {
      ssh-public-key = "${local.ssh-public-key}"
      ssh-username   = "${local.ssh-username}"
      ssh-pwhash     = "${local.ssh-pwhash}"
      hostname       = "${var.vm-name-standard}"
    })
  }
  insecure_connection  = "true"
  iso_checksum         = "${var.iso-checksum-type}:${var.iso-checksum}"
  iso_urls             = ["${var.iso-url}"]
  network_adapters {
    network      = "${var.network}"
    network_card = "vmxnet3"
  }
  password     = local.vault_vc_pass
  ssh_username = local.ssh-username
  ssh_password = local.ssh-password
  ssh_pty      = "true"
  storage {
    disk_size             = "${var.vm-disk-size-boot}"
    disk_thin_provisioned = "false"
  }
  storage {
    disk_size             = "${var.vm-disk-size-standard}"
    disk_thin_provisioned = "false"
  }
  username       = local.vault_vc_user
  vcenter_server = "${var.vcenter-server}"
  vm_name        = "${var.vm-name-standard}"
}

build {
  sources = ["source.vsphere-iso.standard"]

  provisioner "shell-local" {
    inline = ["./provision.sh ${local.ssh-username} ${local.ssh-password} ${var.vm-name-standard}"]
  }
}