Rocky Linux 9.5 fails timeout waiting for IP address

[tekenny]

I'm trying to create a VMware template on vSphere 8.03 for Rocky Linux 9.5, However, it times out with "==> vsphere-iso.linux-rocky: timeout waiting for IP address".

Via tcpdump on our DHCP server I confirmed that there were many (11) DHCP requests wit replies.

On the main anaconda screen the last output was "Running post-installation scripts"
Via anaconda's shell and "ip a" showed a valid IP address assigned to it.

Does anybody have any advise in troubleshooting this problem? Has anybody successfully created a Rocky Linux 9.5 vSphere template?

Thanks in advance for any advise or assistance!

Thomas

[tenthirtyam]

If it's slow to build - which Rocky often is - you can bump the following up to help mitigate the timeout.

common_ip_wait_timeout   = "20m"
common_ip_settle_timeout = "3m" 

Also, I just ran a build w/out error but with an extended timeout.

[tekenny]

Thanks but unfortunately that didn't help. The build is still getting stuck at Waiting for IP.
I confirmed this happens if I do a packer build independent of your software.
I'll find and ask for help on vsphere-iso repo/forum.
Thanks again for your assistance.

[tenthirtyam]

Thanks. I'm also the maintainer for packer-plugin-vsphere and will take a look at it when I'm back to the office next week.