# Packer vmware-vmx: SSH timeout **URL:** \ **Category:** Packer\ **Created:** [June 17, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-vmware-vmx-ssh-timeout/10083 "2020-06-17T13:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![krshnakp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/krshnakp/32/8041_2.png) [@krshnakp](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/krshnakp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-vmware-vmx-ssh-timeout/10083/1 "2020-06-17T13:54:38Z")
Hello all, I have been having issues trying to get vmware-vmx working. I have tried a few options but then tried to use the basic script that is posted on the packer site. It states this this basic code works. [https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware/vmx](https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware/vmx) (Basic Example) The following is my code that i am trying to run { “builders”: [ { “type”: “vmware-vmx”, “source\_path”: “D:/Virtual Machines/CENT7/CENT7.vmx”, “ssh\_username”: “root”, “ssh\_password”: “Password”, “shutdown\_command”: “shutdown -P now” } ] } The clone VM comes up fine on VMware Workstation 15.6. It picks up VMnet8 as expected. IP address is assigned via DHCP. Packer waits for SSH connection. I can login to the clone VM manually. The following is the messages i get when i run the code: ==\> vmware-vmx: Cloning source VM… ==\> vmware-vmx: Starting virtual machine… ==\> vmware-vmx: Waiting 10s for boot… ==\> vmware-vmx: Connecting to VM via VNC (127.0.0.1:5958) ==\> vmware-vmx: Typing the boot command over VNC… ==\> vmware-vmx: Using ssh communicator to connect: 192,168.10.131 ==\> vmware-vmx: Waiting for SSH to become available… ==\> vmware-vmx: Timeout waiting for SSH. ==\> vmware-vmx: Stopping virtual machine… ==\> vmware-vmx: Deleting output directory… Build ‘vmware-vmx’ errored: Timeout waiting for SSH. ==\> Some builds didn’t complete successfully and had errors: –\> vmware-vmx: Timeout waiting for SSH. It could be that I am missing something. I tried adding ssh\_host but that does not work as expected. ---
**Author:** ![SwampDragons](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/swampdragons/32/1296_2.png) [@SwampDragons](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/SwampDragons)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-vmware-vmx-ssh-timeout/10083/2 "2020-06-23T17:10:57Z")
Try setting the environment variable PACKER\_LOG=1 to get more detailed logs. The only thing that jumps out at me looking at this is that there’s a comma in the IP address: `192,168.10.131` and I wonder if this is somehow throwing things off. ---
**Author:** ![Fashaun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/fashaun/32/18534_2.png) [@Fashaun](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Fashaun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-vmware-vmx-ssh-timeout/10083/3 "2022-02-06T16:58:36Z")
Hi, I also met the problem too, Whats the clone vm logic with the virtual network interface ip address?