vsphere-iso builder: build_name and packer_version functions not resolving correctly

[ChrisGWarp]

Using the jetbrains vsphere-iso builder, several of the functions are not being expanded to what is documented. Specifically, build_name and packer_version are not what I'd expect.

build_name - vsphere-iso build_type - vsphere-iso packer_version - 1.3.3

I'd expect the build_name to be what was defined in the json file, and the packer_version should be 1.4.3.

Or could this be issues with the underlying builder: vsphere-iso? I'm not sure where this is resolved.

If I've missed something, then I'm happy to raise a jetbrains issue or try something else out.

Thanks.

-Chris

[dev-user@centos-7-dev Centos]$ packer version Packer v1.4.3 [dev-user@centos-7-dev Centos]$

and it's a Centos 7.6 host.

The full log is here:

https://gist.github.com/ChrisGWarp/d27982f1c04a40cac928bc7cac277b00

The snippet from the template:

"builders": [ { "type": "vsphere-iso",

"vcenter_server": "{{ user vcenter_server}}", "username": "{{ user vcenter_username}}", "password": "{{ user vcenter_password}}", "insecure_connection": "{{ user vcenter_insecure}}", "datacenter": "{{ user vcenter_datacenter }}",

"vm_name": "{{ user vm_name}}", "folder": "{{ user vcenter_folder }}", "cluster": "{{ user vcenter_cluster }}", "host": "{{ user vcenter_host }}", "resource_pool": "{{ user vcenter_resource }}", "datastore": "{{ user vcenter_datastore }}", "notes": "build_name - {{build_name}}\nbuild_type - {{build_type}}\npwd - {{pwd}}\ntemplate_dir - {{template_dir}}\ntimestamp - {{timestamp}}\nuuid - {{uuid}}\npacker_version - {{packer_version}}\n\nBuilt by Packer {{packer_version}} on {{isotime "2006-01-02 at 03:04:05 -0700"}}\nusername : root\npassword : password\n",

It's the notes field that I'm interested in. The generated notes for the VM do not seem to be what I'm expecting from the documentation.

[ChrisGWarp]

It appears that the values are being hard coded from the builder, rather than as a pre-processor from Packer.