gistfile1.txt

- Debug log output from `PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json`.

```
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:443, port 443 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address :::443, port 443 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:80, port 80 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address :::80, port 80 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address :::22, port 22 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:22, port 22 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address :::8000, port 8000 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address ::1:2233, port 2233 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:750, port 750 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address :::8100, port 8100 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address :::902, port 902 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:902, port 902 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Trying address: 192.168.1.10:5900...
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Timeout connecting to: 192.168.1.10:5900 (check firewall rules)
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Trying address: 192.168.1.10:5901...
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Timeout connecting to: 192.168.1.10:5901 (check firewall rules)
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Trying address: 192.168.1.10:5902...
### SNIP
#######
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Timeout connecting to: 192.168.1.10:5988 (check firewall rules)
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Port 5989 in use
#######
### SNIP
2017/06/27 12:34:47 packer: 2017/06/27 12:34:47 Timeout connecting to: 192.168.1.10:6000 (check firewall rules)
2017/06/27 12:34:47 ui error: ==> vmware-iso: Unable to find available VNC port between 5900 and 6000
2017/06/27 13:05:14 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vmware-iso
2017/06/27 13:05:14 [INFO] (telemetry) found error: Unable to find available VNC port between 5900 and 6000
2017/06/27 13:05:14 ui error: Build 'vmware-iso' errored: Unable to find available VNC port between 5900 and 6000
2017/06/27 13:05:14 Builds completed. Waiting on interrupt barrier...
2017/06/27 13:05:14 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"}
2017/06/27 13:05:14 ui error:
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
2017/06/27 13:05:14 machine readable: vmware-iso,error []string{"Unable to find available VNC port between 5900 and 6000"}
2017/06/27 13:05:14 ui error: --> vmware-iso: Unable to find available VNC port between 5900 and 6000
2017/06/27 13:05:14 ui:
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.

```

Note that this works just fine with packer version 0.12.3:

```
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:443, port 443 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address :::443, port 443 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:80, port 80 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address :::80, port 80 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address :::22, port 22 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:22, port 22 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address :::8000, port 8000 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address ::1:2233, port 2233 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:750, port 750 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address :::8100, port 8100 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address :::902, port 902 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 ESXi listening on address 0.0.0.0:902, port 902 unavailable for VNC
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Trying address: 192.168.1.10:5988...
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Found available VNC port: 5988
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Writing VMX to: /tmp/packer-vmx950105157/broken-build.vmx
2017/06/27 13:16:01 ui: ==> vmware-iso: Registering remote VM...
==> vmware-iso: Registering remote VM...
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 opening new ssh session
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Starting remote scp process:  scp -vt /vmfs/volumes/vm_nfs_packer/broken-build
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Started SCP session, beginning transfers...
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Copying input data into temporary file so we can read the length
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 [DEBUG] scp: Uploading broken-build.vmx: perms=C0644 size=2517
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 SCP session complete, closing stdin pipe.
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 Waiting for SSH session to complete.
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 scp stderr (length 34): Sink: C0644 2517 broken-build.vmx
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 opening new ssh session
2017/06/27 13:16:01 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:01 starting remote command: vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/vm_nfs_packer/broken-build/broken-build.vmx
2017/06/27 13:16:02 ui: ==> vmware-iso: Starting virtual machine...
==> vmware-iso: Starting virtual machine...
2017/06/27 13:16:02 ui:     vmware-iso: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want to
    vmware-iso: view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC with the password "zKo4apMY" to
    vmware-iso: vnc://192.168.1.10:5988
    vmware-iso: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want to
2017/06/27 13:16:02 packer: 2017/06/27 13:16:02 opening new ssh session
    vmware-iso: view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC with the password "zKo4apMY" to
    vmware-iso: vnc://192.168.1.10:5988
```



- The _simplest example template

```
{
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "vmware-iso",
      "vm_name": "broken-build",
      "guest_os_type": "centos-64",
      "iso_checksum_type": "none",
      "iso_url": "http://domain.com/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso",
      "ssh_password": "password",
      "ssh_username": "root",
      "ssh_wait_timeout": "50000s",
      "headless": "true",
      "boot_command": [
        "<tab> text ks=http://domain.com/7_2_1511.cfg<enter>"
      ],
      "shutdown_command": "shutdown -h 0",
      "remote_type": "esx5",
      "remote_host": "192.168.1.10",
      "remote_datastore": "vm_nfs_packer",
      "remote_cache_datastore": "/vm_nfs_packer",
      "remote_cache_directory": "packer_cache",
      "remote_username": "root",
      "remote_password": "password",
      "keep_registered": true,
      "disk_size": "124000",
      "boot_wait": "20s",
      "format": "ova",
      "vmx_data": {
        "ethernet0.virtualdev": "vmxnet3",
        "ethernet0.networkName": "VLANPacker",
        "memsize": "2048",
        "numvcpus": "2",
        "ethernet0.present": "true",
        "ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3",
        "ethernet0.startConnected": "true",
        "ethernet0.connectdAtPowerOn": "true",
        "ethernet0.addressType": "generated"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```