Packer: Packer 1.4.0: virtualbox-ovf builder fails to download source image

Created on 12 Apr 2019 · 19Comments · Source: hashicorp/packer

Packer version 1.4.0
Windows Server 2016 x64
Debug log output from PACKER_LOG=1 packer build xxx.
https://gist.github.com/Occams/c2a72f07c3ac467a79566ad745645b48

Download of source image fails reproducibly on different agents of our CI system. Previous version 1.3.5 works using identical configuration.

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Occams

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Awesome ! Your issue was the one I had too and that got fixed in ~#7496~ https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/7497. Thanks for confirming ! 🙂

azr on 16 Apr 2019

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Hello @Occams, sorry about that, please share your buildfile.

azr on 12 Apr 2019

Hey @azr. I just updated the gist.
https://gist.github.com/Occams/c2a72f07c3ac467a79566ad745645b48

The packer build command line used is dynamically generated by scripting:

D:\Apps\Packer\packer.exe build -force -timestamp-ui -on-error="abort" -only=vbox-preinstalled-win10 -var 'source_path_win10=D:\BuildAgent\temp\buildTmp\files\base_image\VirtualBox\agenda-base-win10.ova' -var 'dvd_drive_letter=D:' -var 'cpus=4' -var 'agenda_dvd_source=D:\' -var 'username=agenda-user' -var 'password=agenda' -var 'memory=8192' -var 'vagrant_post_up_message=Welcome! This box was provisioned with src[125358]_rtm[35525]_build[7085]_article[972045]' -var 'vagrantfile_template=D:\BuildAgent\temp\buildTmp\vagrantfile.template' -var 'agenda_target=C:\Agenda\' -var 'agenda_setup_artifacts=D:\BuildAgent\temp\buildTmp\files' -var 'agenda_setup_logfilepath=C:\Windows\Temp\setup\SetupSilent.log' -var 'serial_file_redirect_path=D:\BuildAgent\temp\buildTmp\Agenda_Develop_Staging_MachineImages_PreinstalledBoxes_Windows10Preinstalled\vbox_com1_redirect.log' -var 'vagrant_box_name=vbox-preinstalled-win10' -var 'shrink_image=false' -var 'output_directory=D:\BuildAgent\temp\buildTmp\Agenda_Develop_Staging_MachineImages_PreinstalledBoxes_Windows10Preinstalled' -var 'video_capture_path=D:\BuildAgent\temp\buildTmp\Agenda_Develop_Staging_MachineImages_PreinstalledBoxes_Windows10Preinstalled\videocapture' agenda-preinstalled.json

Occams on 12 Apr 2019

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Howdy @Occams, I was able to reproduce and have fix in #7496 please tell me if that fixes it for you.

azr on 12 Apr 2019

Here's a binary in case : packer_windows_amd64.zip

azr on 12 Apr 2019

Hey @azr, unfortunately the proposed fix did not resolve the issue. Logfile regarding the development version is attached.

https://gist.github.com/Occams/888f483e3372cd9cd36a6d0a542eeb4f

Occams on 15 Apr 2019

Hey @Occams ! ah bummer, building on mac, I had another issue with ovf files, which is not your problem.

Trying on windows, one quick fix for this is to set the checksum type to none in the builder. I'd recommend checksumming for safety though.

"checksum_type": "none",

edit: the error should be better and I am working on it ! -> done in #7503
edit2: it should be okay to not force checksum and I am working on it.

azr on 15 Apr 2019

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Same on Linux, trying to bypassw ith checksum_type set to "none" i got:

Build 'virtualbox-ovf' errored: Error importing VM: VBoxManage error: 0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance read failed
VBoxManage: error: Error reading OVA '/home/mbojko/Documents/packer/vb-packer/packer_cache/1cdfac7542472699ee45e9622ed625caf4aed577.ova' (VERR_TAR_BAD_CHKSUM_FIELD)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component ApplianceWrap, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 328 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp