getting below error while running packer using vsphere-iso builder.
Error waiting for SSH: Packer experienced an authentication error when trying to connect via SSH. This can happen if your username/password are wrong. You may want to double-check your credentials as part of your debugging process. original error: ssh: handshake failed: ssh: unable to authenticate, attempted methods [none password keyboard-interactive], no supported methods remain
config.json
"communicator": "ssh",
"ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}",
"ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_password`}}",
"ssh_timeout": "30m",
username and password is coming from Jenkins at run time. same has beed updated in autounattend.xml , if i hard-code the credential in config.json file then its working fine. dont know what's the issue
packer debug log
2022/05/09 10:16:20 packer.exe plugin: [DEBUG] Detected authentication error. Increasing handshake attempts.
2022/05/09 10:16:27 packer.exe plugin: [INFO] Attempting SSH connection to 172.16.112.59:22...
2022/05/09 10:16:27 packer.exe plugin: [DEBUG] reconnecting to TCP connection for SSH
2022/05/09 10:16:27 packer.exe plugin: [DEBUG] handshaking with SSH
2022/05/09 10:16:28 packer.exe plugin: [DEBUG] SSH handshake err: ssh: handshake failed: ssh: unable to authenticate, attempted methods [none password keyboard-
CodePudding user response:
I got the solution as below
In autounattend.xml file password was given as plain text true , which needs to be change to false.