Packer Autoinstall with Ubuntu-22.04 Not Working

[Gokul-C]

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Overview of the Issue

Hi all, I am trying to auto-install the ubuntu22.04 live server with packer hyperv-iso builder.
A few times it worked without any issues and now suddenly it stopped working and it is not taking the kickstart file and popping GUI to select the language. When Packer starts It automatically serves HTTP and after that, I checked in the browser with IP:PORT I can see the user-data and meta-data files present. I don't know what went wrong.

Packer version

From packer version 1.9.4

Operating system and Environment details

Windows 10

The variables file :

boot_command=["c<wait>","linux /casper/vmlinuz --- autoinstall ds=\"nocloud-net;seedfrom=http://{{.HTTPIP}}:{{.HTTPPort}}/\"","<enter><wait>","initrd /casper/initrd","<enter><wait>","boot","<enter>"]
disk_additional_size=["150000"]
disk_size="70000"
http_directory="cidata"
iso_checksum_type="sha256"
iso_checksum="a4acfda10b18da50e2ec50ccaf860d7f20b389df8765611142305c0e911d16fd"
iso_url="https://releases.ubuntu.com/jammy/ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso"
output_directory="output-ubuntu2204"
#output_vagrant="./vbox/packer-ubuntu2204-g2.box"
provision_script_options="-z false -h true -p false"
ssh_password="ubuntu"
ssh_username="ubuntu"
switch_name="packer-hyperv-iso"
#vagrantfile_template="./vagrant/hv_ubuntu2204_g2.template"
vlan_id=""
vm_name="packer-ubuntu2204-g2"
uefi_file="./Boot-scripts/uefi.sh"
provision_file="./Boot-scripts/provision.sh"
motd_file="./Boot-scripts/motd.sh"
zeroing_file="./Boot-scripts/zeroing.sh"
neofetch_file="./Boot-scripts/prepare_neofetch.sh"

Template file:

variable "ansible_override" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "boot_command" {
}

variable "disk_size" {
  type    = string
  default = "70000"
}

variable "disk_additional_size" {
  type    = list(number)
  default = ["1024"]
}

variable "memory" {
  type    = string
  default = "1024"
}

variable "cpus" {
  type    = string
  default = "1"
}

variable "iso_checksum" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "iso_checksum_type" {
  type    = string
  default = "none"
}

variable "iso_url" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "output_directory" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "provision_script_options" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "output_vagrant" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "ssh_password" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
  sensitive = true
}

variable "switch_name" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "vagrantfile_template" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "vlan_id" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "vm_name" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "http_directory" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable "ssh_username" {
  type    = string
  default = "ubuntu"
}

variable  "uefi_file" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable  "provision_file" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable  "motd_file" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable  "neofetch_file" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

variable  "zeroing_file" {
  type    = string
  default = ""
}

source "hyperv-iso" "vm" {
  boot_command          = "${var.boot_command}"
  boot_wait             = "1s"
  communicator          = "ssh"
  cpus                  = "${var.cpus}"
  disk_block_size       = "1"
  disk_size             = "${var.disk_size}"
  enable_dynamic_memory = "true"
  enable_secure_boot    = false
  generation            = 2
  guest_additions_mode  = "disable"
  http_directory        = "${var.http_directory}"
  iso_checksum          = "${var.iso_checksum_type}:${var.iso_checksum}"
  iso_url               = "${var.iso_url}"
  memory                = "${var.memory}"
  output_directory      = "${var.output_directory}"
  shutdown_command      = "echo 'ubuntu' | sudo -S shutdown -P now"
  shutdown_timeout      = "30m"
  ssh_password          = "${var.ssh_password}"
  ssh_timeout           = "4h"
  ssh_username          = "${var.ssh_username}"
  switch_name           = "${var.switch_name}"
  temp_path             = "."
  vlan_id               = "${var.vlan_id}"
  vm_name               = "${var.vm_name}"
}

build {
  sources = ["source.hyperv-iso.vm"]

  
  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/uefi.sh"
    source      = "${var.uefi_file}"
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/provision.sh"
    source      = "${var.provision_file}"
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/scvmmguestagent.1.0.3.1028.x64.tar"
    source      = "./Boot-scripts/scvmmguestagent.1.0.3.1028.x64.tar"
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/install"
    source      = "./Boot-scripts/install.sh"
  }

  provisioner "shell" {
    execute_command   = "chmod +x {{ .Path }}; {{ .Vars }} sudo -E sh '{{ .Path }}'"
    expect_disconnect = true
    inline            = ["chmod +x /tmp/provision.sh", "chmod +x /tmp/uefi.sh", "mv /tmp/uefi.sh /usr/local/bin/uefi.sh", "/tmp/provision.sh ${var.provision_script_options}", "sync;sync;reboot"]
    inline_shebang    = "/bin/sh -x"
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/motd.sh"
    source      = "${var.motd_file}"
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/prepare_neofetch.sh"
    source      = "${var.neofetch_file}"
  }

  provisioner "file" {
    destination = "/tmp/zeroing.sh"
    source      = "${var.zeroing_file}"
  }

  provisioner "shell" {
    execute_command = "chmod +x {{ .Path }}; {{ .Vars }} sudo -E sh '{{ .Path }}'"
    inline          = ["echo Last Phase",
    "chmod +x /tmp/prepare_neofetch.sh",
    "chmod +x /usr/local/bin/uefi.sh",
    "chmod +x /tmp/zeroing.sh",
    "/tmp/prepare_neofetch.sh",
    "/tmp/zeroing.sh",
    "/bin/rm -rfv /tmp/*",
    "/bin/rm -f /etc/ssh/*key*",
    "/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A",
    "echo 'packerVersion: ${packer.version}' >>/etc/packerinfo"]
    inline_shebang  = "/bin/sh -x"
  }
  provisioner "shell" {
    execute_command = "echo '${var.ssh_password}' | {{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash '{{.Path}}'"
    script = "./Shell-Scripts/azure.sh"
  }
  provisioner "shell" {
    execute_command = "echo '${var.ssh_password}' | {{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash '{{.Path}}'"
    script = "./Shell-Scripts/cleanup.sh"
  }
  

}

auto-installer/cloud-init file:

#cloud-config
autoinstall:
  version: 1
  indentity:
    hostname: ubuntu2204
    password: $6$rounds=4096$JFVw4zdHh/ahPcjO$NFG4XVjVbcB7kX9KR7nf9zSXTHZnfVqztfC3wPQJbR6tLkFmxEEKuk7lr8Kp6p7z6cdb9qsqINnEtteJYk5h21
    username: ubuntu
  early-commands:
    - systemctl stop ssh # otherwise packer tries to connect and exceed max attempts
  network:
    network:
      version: 2
      ethernets:
        eth0:
          dhcp4: yes
          dhcp-identifier: mac
  update: no
  apt:
    geoip: true
    preserve_sources_list: false
    primary:
      - arches: [amd64]
        uri: "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"
  packages:
    - mc
    - curl
    - wget
    - sudo
    - tar
    - bzip2
    - build-essential
    - linux-image-virtual
    - linux-tools-virtual
#    - linux-cloud-tools-virtual
    - net-tools
    - qemu-guest-agent
  locale: en_US.UTF-8
  timezone: Europe/Copenhagen
  ssh:
    install-server: true
    allow-pw: true
  user-data:
    disable_root: false
    lock-passwd: false
    ssh_pwauth: true
    hostname: ubuntu2204
    password: $6$rounds=4096$JFVw4zdHh/ahPcjO$NFG4XVjVbcB7kX9KR7nf9zSXTHZnfVqztfC3wPQJbR6tLkFmxEEKuk7lr8Kp6p7z6cdb9qsqINnEtteJYk5h21
    username: ubuntu
  late-commands:
    #- echo 'ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /target/etc/sudoers.d/ubuntu
    - sed -ie 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 biosdevname=0 elevator=noop"/' /target/etc/default/grub
    - sed -ie 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config
    - sed -ie 's/#PubkeyAuthentication yes/PubkeyAuthentication yes/' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config
    - sed -ie 's/#AllowAgentForwarding yes/AllowAgentForwarding yes/' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config
    - curtin in-target -- update-grub2
    # virtual package is required for some cloud images. Lack of it causes failure in communication.
    - curtin in-target -- apt-get -y install linux-cloud-tools-virtual||true
    - curtin in-target -- systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent
storage:
  config:
    - type: disk
      id: disk0
      ptable: gpt
      wipe: superblock
      grub_device: true
      match:
        size: largest
    - id: efi-partition # create partitions on disk (like sda1)
      type: partition
      device: disk0
      size: 512MB
      flag: boot # EFI system partition needs boot flag
    - type: partition
      id: boot-partition
      device: disk0
      size: 2GB
    - type: partition
      device: disk0
      id: root-partition
      size: -1
    - id: efi-partition-fs # format partitions on disk
      type: format
      volume: efi-partition
      fstype: fat32
      label: EFI
    - id: boot-partition-fs
      type: format
      fstype: ext4
      volume: boot-partition
    - id: root-partition-fs
      type: format
      fstype: ext4
      volume: root-partition
    - id: efi-partition-fs-mount # mount partitions
      type: mount
      device: efi-partition-fs
      path: /boot/efi
    - id: root-partition-fs-mount
      type: mount
      path: /
      device: root-partition-fs
    - id: boot-partition-fs-mount
      type: mount
      path: /boot
      device: boot-partition-fs

This is my files structure:

Can someone please help me here?

[lbajolet-hashicorp]

Hi @Gokul-C,

This issue doesn't look like a Packer bug by itself, or at least we don't have enough information to consider it as such.
If you are looking for help regarding Packer usage, this tracker is not the place, and I encourage you to ask your question on Discuss instead, as the community is more active over here.

This issue tracker is for us maintainers, as such, I'll close this issue for now, please feel free to reopen if you think I closed it unfairly, or if there's something I missed in your issue.

Thanks!

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