Error while building with Packer

[EvanP1]

Hi, I'm on OSX 10.12.2 with Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Business Edition Version 12.1.1 (41491) with vagrant-parallels (1.7.0), Vagrant 1.9.1, and Packer 0.12.1.

I get this when I try to build an image with Packer now:

parallels-iso output will be in this color.

==> parallels-iso: Downloading or copying ISO
parallels-iso: Downloading or copying: http://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/iso/latest/archlinux-2017.01.01-dual.iso
==> parallels-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8240
==> parallels-iso: Creating virtual machine...
==> parallels-iso: Applying default settings...
==> parallels-iso: Creating hard drive...
==> parallels-iso: Setting the boot order...
==> parallels-iso: Attaching ISO to the default CD/DVD ROM device...
==> parallels-iso: Attaching Parallels Tools ISO to the new CD/DVD drive...
==> parallels-iso: Starting the virtual machine...
==> parallels-iso: Waiting 5s for boot...
==> parallels-iso: Host IP for the Parallels machine: 192.168.1.56
==> parallels-iso: Typing the boot command...
==> parallels-iso: Error sending boot command: prltype error: Traceback (most recent call last):
==> parallels-iso: File "/var/folders/0m/pbbfbtd97rb7qr_xzrlpw5q00000gn/T/prltype657273017", line 3, in <module>
==> parallels-iso: import prlsdkapi
==> parallels-iso: ImportError: No module named prlsdkapi
==> parallels-iso: Unregistering virtual machine...
==> parallels-iso: Deleting output directory...
Build 'parallels-iso' errored: Error sending boot command: prltype error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/folders/0m/pbbfbtd97rb7qr_xzrlpw5q00000gn/T/prltype657273017", line 3, in <module>
import prlsdkapi
ImportError: No module named prlsdkapi

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> parallels-iso: Error sending boot command: prltype error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/folders/0m/pbbfbtd97rb7qr_xzrlpw5q00000gn/T/prltype657273017", line 3, in <module>
import prlsdkapi
ImportError: No module named prlsdkapi

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.​

I installed vagrant-parallels again hoping that it might help fix things but it did not. Any thoughts on what I should try next?

 

[Mikhail Zholobov]

Hi,

You just need to install "Parallels Virtualization SDK for Mac". You can download the latest DMG bundle by this link: http://www.parallels.com/download/pvsdk/

Or you can also install it via homebrew (if you use it):

brew cask install parallels-virtualization-sdk

This SDK includes "prlsdkapi" module. It will be installed in to your system's Python environment and then Packer should work fine.

P.s. This SDK is mentioned as a requirement on the Packer doc page for Parallels builders but yeah, it's not so obvious and the error message is not so informative. Sorry about that

 

[EvanP1]

Thank you for the quick response. I should have read the instructions more carefully. Things are working just fine now.