Hello,
Trying to create vmware template for Rocky Linux 8 using packer and kickstart file.
It is hanging at 'Starting dracut initqueue hook". Although it sometimes goes a bit further and hangs at “Reached target basic system.”
Not being a packer expert I could use some guidance.
Thanks.
Building with the command:
packer build -on-error=ask vmware-build-node.json
In vmware-build-node.json we are pulling the Rocky ISO from the web:
“iso_checksum”: “96c9d96c33ebacc8e909dcf8abf067b6bb30588c0c940a9c21bb9b83f3c99868”,
“iso_url”: “https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/isos/x86_64/Rocky-8.8-x86_64-boot.iso”,
And the boot command:
“boot_command”: [
“inst.text inst.ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.cfg”
],
The kisckstart file ks.cfg:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_an_advanced_rhel_installation/kickstart-commands-and-options-reference_installing-rhel-as-an-experienced-user
Set the authentication options for the system
auth --passalgo=sha512 --useshadow
Install OS instead of upgrade
install
License agreement
eula --agreed
Use network installation
url --url=“https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/isos/x86_64/Rocky-8.8-x86_64-boot.iso”
repo --name=“AppStream” --baseurl=Index of /pub/rocky/8/AppStream/x86_64/os/
Use text mode install
%packages
@^minimal-environment
kexec-tools
%end
Keyboard layouts
keyboard --xlayouts=‘us’
System language
lang en_US.UTF-8
Add a user named packer
network --onboot yes --device ens192 --bootproto static --ip 10.xx.xx.xx --netmask 255.255.248.0 --gateway 10.xx.xx.xx --nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx --hostname rocky8-test-vm
Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$tCTaO0TO$c1UGkrVOdy.9BGK/Erb/D/
Use CDROM installation media
cdrom
Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --enable
ignoredisk --only-use=sda
autopart
Partition clearing information
clearpart --none --initlabel
System timezone
timezone America/New_York --isUtc --nontp
%addon com_redhat_kdump --enable --reserve-mb=‘auto’
%end
%anaconda
pwpolicy root --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --notempty
pwpolicy user --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --emptyok
pwpolicy luks --minlen=6 --minquality=1 --notstrict --nochanges --notempty
%end
