xenserver-iso: Error downloading: open : no such file or directory about packer-plugin-xenserver HOT 3 OPEN

I think this is due to changes in Packer. I found a similar issue reported by someone using the vsphere builder: hashicorp/packer#7622. I was able to get past this issue by building and using Packer 1.3.5.

Once past that issue, I found that in newer versions XenServer the xs-tools.iso was renamed to guest-tools.iso. I changed that in the packer-builder-xenserver code.

After that I found that packer-builder-xenserver also tries to use xenstore-read to determine the VNC port. Newer versions of XenServer don't support xenstore-read. I used this hack to get past that issue: ctlam@1eb6ef0.

The issue I have now a VNC version mismatch. I don't think is insurmountable, just that I haven't tried to work around it yet.

2019/11/14 23:57:54 ui error: ==> xenserver-iso: Error establishing VNC session: unsupported minor version, less than 8: 3
==> xenserver-iso: Error establishing VNC session: unsupported minor version, less than 8: 3

I'm new to XenServer. I've been playing around with XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra for about 2 weeks. I really like what I've seen so far, but I'm not sure if Xen is falling out of favor? Maybe there isn't much interest in maintaining this plugin or there are better alternatives than using Packer.

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If you check the ISO link what your config file contains, the file not found. Try to use another mirrorlink for the ISO.

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Hello @zymurgy I am planning to give this a try and see if i can fix it(provided the issue is still occuring)

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