cleanup_remote_cache flag unrecognized

[edqallen]

Overview of the Issue

The cleanup_remote_cache flag is unrecognized. This flag was presumably added approx. two years ago.

Reproduction Steps

Create a JSON configuration for packer that uses this flag with a vmware-iso builder.

Plugin and Packer version

Packer v.1.8.0

Simplified Packer Buildfile

{
  "builders": [{
    "type": "vsphere-iso",
    "cleanup_remote_cache": true,
....
  }],
  "provisioners": [{
    "type": "shell",
    "inline": [
      "sudo rm /etc/machine-id",
      "sudo touch /etc/machine-id",
      "echo 'Packer template build complete'"
    ]
  }]
}

Operating system and Environment details

amd64, Ubuntu 18.04.6

Log Fragments and crash.log files

Error: Failed to prepare build: "vsphere-iso"

1 error occurred:
        * unknown configuration key: '"cleanup_remote_cache"'

[robvit]

Any idea?

[Ryan Johnson]

Base on the description, this is not a bug but perhaps confusion between available plugins and builders.

This capability was added to packer-plugin-vmware (vmware-iso); however, the description notes that packer-plugin-vsphere (vsphere-iso) is used, where this is not a valid option.

Ryan Johnson
Senior Staff Solutions Architect | Product Engineering @ VMware, Inc.