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vsphere-iso: output will be in this color.

2020-09-16T23:15:10+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Retrieving ISO
2020-09-16T23:15:10+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Trying http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/18.04.5/release/ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso
2020-09-16T23:15:10+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Trying http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/18.04.5/release/ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso?checksum=sha256%3A8c5fc24894394035402f66f3824beb7234b757dd2b5531379cb310cedfdf0996
ver-amd64.iso 951.00 MiB / 951.00 MiB [=========================================================] 100.00% 1m30s
2020-09-16T23:16:44+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/18.04.5/release/ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso?checksum=sha256%3A8c5fc24894394035402f66f3824beb7234b757dd2b5531379cb310cedfdf0996 => /tmp/base-vm-image--vsphere--test-dc--ubuntu18--8ps8yyjg/packer_cache/a37af95ab12e665ba168128cde2f3662740b21a2.iso
2020-09-16T23:16:45+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Uploading a37af95ab12e665ba168128cde2f3662740b21a2.iso to packer_cache/a37af95ab12e665ba168128cde2f3662740b21a2.iso
2020-09-16T23:16:46+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: File already uploaded; continuing
2020-09-16T23:16:47+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Creating VM...
2020-09-16T23:16:52+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Customizing hardware...
2020-09-16T23:16:53+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Mounting ISO images...
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Adding configuration parameters...
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Creating floppy disk...
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00:     vsphere-iso: Copying files flatly from floppy_files
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00:     vsphere-iso: Copying file: preseed.cfg
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00:     vsphere-iso: Done copying files from floppy_files
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00:     vsphere-iso: Collecting paths from floppy_dirs
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00:     vsphere-iso: Resulting paths from floppy_dirs : []
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00:     vsphere-iso: Done copying paths from floppy_dirs
2020-09-16T23:16:57+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Uploading created floppy image
2020-09-16T23:17:02+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Adding generated Floppy...
2020-09-16T23:17:03+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Set boot order...
2020-09-16T23:17:05+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Power on VM...
2020-09-16T23:17:07+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Waiting 10s for boot...
2020-09-16T23:17:17+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Typing boot command...
2020-09-16T23:18:20+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Waiting for IP...
2020-09-16T23:24:15+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: IP address: 10.11.0.54
2020-09-16T23:24:15+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Using ssh communicator to connect: 10.11.0.54
2020-09-16T23:24:15+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Waiting for SSH to become available...
2020-09-16T23:24:17+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Connected to SSH!
2020-09-16T23:24:17+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Provisioning with shell script: /tmp/packer-shell414931904
2020-09-16T23:24:20+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Provisioning step had errors: Running the cleanup provisioner, if present...
2020-09-16T23:24:20+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Power off VM...
2020-09-16T23:24:21+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Deleting Floppy image ...
2020-09-16T23:24:22+03:00: ==> vsphere-iso: Destroying VM...
2020-09-16T23:24:24+03:00: Build 'vsphere-iso' errored after 9 minutes 16 seconds: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1.Allowed exit codes are: [0]

==> Wait completed after 9 minutes 16 seconds

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> vsphere-iso: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1.Allowed exit codes are: [0]

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.

packer.json

{
  "builders": [
    {
      "CPUs": 1,
      "RAM": 1024,
      "RAM_reserve_all": true,
      "boot_command": [
        "<enter><wait><f6><wait><esc><wait>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs>",
        "/install/vmlinuz",
        " initrd=/install/initrd.gz",
        " priority=critical",
        " locale=en_US",
        " preseed/file=/media/preseed.cfg",
        "<enter>"
      ],
      "boot_order": "disk,cdrom",
      "convert_to_template": "true",
      "datacenter": "***redacted***",
      "datastore": "datastore1",
      "disk_controller_type": "pvscsi",
      "floppy_files": [
        "preseed.cfg"
      ],
      "folder": "Templates",
      "guest_os_type": "ubuntu64Guest",
      "host": "10.11.0.10",
      "insecure_connection": "true",
      "iso_checksum": "sha256:8c5fc24894394035402f66f3824beb7234b757dd2b5531379cb310cedfdf0996",
      "iso_urls": "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/18.04.5/release/ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso",
      "network_adapters": [
        {
          "network": "VM Network",
          "network_card": "vmxnet3"
        }
      ],
      "password": "***redacted***",
      "ssh_password": "***redacted***",
      "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
      "storage": [
        {
          "disk_size": 10240,
          "disk_thin_provisioned": true
        }
      ],
      "type": "vsphere-iso",
      "username": "Administrator@vsphere.local",
      "vcenter_server": "10.11.0.11",
      "vm_name": "ubuntu18-{{ user `hash` }}"
    }
  ],
  "variables": {
    "hash": "c63f4d4199adf8ab88e58ca549fdf99e20386ab6"
  },
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "inline": [
        "false"
      ],
      "type": "shell"
    }
  ]
}