Error creating artifact: resource not found - packer

Question

I'm new to using Packer and I'd like to get some help with a problem I'm having. I can't seem to be able to find any information about this error. This error occur both on my local computer, and in atlas after push.
Running Packer v.0.8.7.dev
Please give me a helping hand!
Error:
==> virtualbox-iso: Running post-processor: atlas
virtualbox-iso (atlas): Creating artifact: /
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: 1 error(s) occurred:
* Post-processor failed: Error creating artifact: resource not found
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: 1 error(s) occurred:
* Post-processor failed: Error creating artifact: resource not found
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
Configuration:
{
"push": {
"name": "",
"vcs": true
},
"variables": {
"atlas_username": "{{env `ATLAS_USERNAME`}}",
"atlas_name": "{{env `ATLAS_NAME`}}"
},
"provisioners": [
{
"type": "shell",
"scripts": [
"scripts/base.sh",
"scripts/virtualbox.sh",
"scripts/vmware.sh",
"scripts/vagrant.sh",
"scripts/dep.sh",
"scripts/cleanup.sh",
"scripts/zerodisk.sh",
"scripts/custom.sh"
],
"override": {
"virtualbox-iso": {
"execute_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S bash '{{.Path}}'"
},
"vmware-iso": {
"execute_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S bash '{{.Path}}'"
}
}
}
],
"builders": [
{
"type": "virtualbox-iso",
"boot_command": [
"<esc><esc><enter><wait>",
"/install/vmlinuz noapic preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/preseed.cfg ",
"debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ",
"hostname={{ .Name }} ",
"fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
"keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false ",
"initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
],
"headless": false,
"boot_wait": "10s",
"disk_size": 20480,
"guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
"http_directory": "http",
"iso_checksum": "c2571c4c2fc17bef1fad9e5db5e7afdb4bd29cd8ab51e42f9c036238c4e54caa",
"iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
"iso_url": "http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/14.04/release/ubuntu-14.04.3-server-amd64+mac.iso",
"ssh_username": "vagrant",
"ssh_password": "vagrant",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
"shutdown_command": "echo '/sbin/halt -h -p' > shutdown.sh; echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S bash 'shutdown.sh'",
"guest_additions_path": "VBoxGuestAdditions_{{.Version}}.iso",
"virtualbox_version_file": ".vbox_version"
},
{
"type": "vmware-iso",
"boot_command": [
"<esc><esc><enter><wait>",
"/install/vmlinuz noapic preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/preseed.cfg ",
"debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ",
"hostname={{ .Name }} ",
"fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
"keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false ",
"initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
],
"boot_wait": "10s",
"disk_size": 20480,
"guest_os_type": "Ubuntu-64",
"headless": true,
"http_directory": "http",
"iso_checksum": "af224223de99e2a730b67d7785b657f549be0d63221188e105445f75fb8305c9",
"iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
"iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04.5-server-amd64.iso",
"skip_compaction": true,
"ssh_username": "vagrant",
"ssh_password": "vagrant",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
"shutdown_command": "echo '/sbin/halt -h -p' > shutdown.sh; echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S bash 'shutdown.sh'",
"tools_upload_flavor": "linux"
}
],
"post-processors": [
[{
"type": "vagrant",
"keep_input_artifact": true
},
{
"type": "atlas",
"only": ["vmware-iso"],
"artifact": "{{user `atlas_username`}}/{{user `atlas_name`}}",
"artifact_type": "vagrant.box",
"metadata": {
"provider": "vmware_desktop",
"version": "0.0.1"
}
},
{
"type": "atlas",
"only": ["virtualbox-iso"],
"artifact": "{{user `atlas_username`}}/{{user `atlas_name`}}",
"artifact_type": "vagrant.box",
"metadata": {
"provider": "virtualbox",
"version": "0.0.1"
}
}]
]
}

Answer 1

You get
virtualbox-iso (atlas): Creating artifact: /
so it seems your variable from
"variables": {
"atlas_username": "{{env `ATLAS_USERNAME`}}",
"atlas_name": "{{env `ATLAS_NAME`}}"
},
are not set correctly - make sure they are set or try to hardcode at first.
Also as a side note, in the latest doc its recommended to use an atlas_token to access atlas
"post-processors": [
{
"type": "atlas",
"only": ["virtualbox-iso"],
"token": "{{user `atlas_token`}}",
"artifact": "hashicorp/foobar",
"artifact_type": "vagrant.box",
"metadata": {
"provider": "virtualbox",
"version": "0.0.1"
"created_at": "{{timestamp}}"
}
}
]