Unable to download ISO file

[ashislamba123]

Hi Team, I am getting the following error while building the box with packer.

$ packer build -only=virtualbox-iso application-server.json
virtualbox-iso output will be in this color.

==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving Guest additions
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying file://C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: file://C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso => C:\Users\707021\devops\packer-templates\packer_cache\afa7695602909b267b26b23c8aefe12db6ee78b2.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving ISO
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso?checksum=sha256%3Ab17d7c1e9d0321ad5810ba77b69aef43f0f29a5422b08120e6ee0576c4527c0e
==> virtualbox-iso: Download failed Get http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso: dial tcp 91.189.88.148:80: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
==> virtualbox-iso: error downloading ISO: [Get http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso: dial tcp 91.189.88.148:80: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.]
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: error downloading ISO: [Get http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso: dial tcp 91.189.88.148:80: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.]

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: error downloading ISO: [Get http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso: dial tcp 91.189.88.148:80: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.]

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.

Alternatively, I was bale to download the iso file manually and have it on my local machine. Can i enable packer to refer the ISO file directly for its build?

[abuarbaz]

Try to download the iso and point out the iso location in json file.

[ashislamba123]

Thanks @abuarbaz. Do you or anyone have a sample json file for assistance. I am not a technical person and have joined this forum to understand how does DevOps works. Any inputs would be much appreciated?

[ashislamba123]

Analyzed this further and found that it is primarily due to me being behind my company proxy. Tried running the command from home and this time around it throws a different error.

$ packer build -only=virtualbox-iso application-server.json
virtualbox-iso output will be in this color.

==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving Guest additions
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying file://C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: file://C:/Program%20Files/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso => C:\Users\707021\devops\packer-templates\packer_cache\afa7695602909b267b26b23c8aefe12db6ee78b2.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving ISO
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Trying http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso?checksum=sha256%3Ab17d7c1e9d0321ad5810ba77b69aef43f0f29a5422b08120e6ee0576c4527c0e





==> virtualbox-iso: http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64.iso?checksum=sha256%3Ab17d7c1e9d0321ad5810ba77b69aef43f0f29a5422b08120e6ee0576c4527c0e => C:\Users\707021\devops\packer-templates\packer_cache\cb7251d790ae3476b18f0bf135a6f38d8d0367bd.iso
==> virtualbox-iso: Starting HTTP server on port 8734
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for communicator (SSH, WinRM, etc) (host port 4377)
==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
    virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64 --memory 1024
    virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64 --cpus 2
==> virtualbox-iso: Starting the virtual machine...
==> virtualbox-iso: Error starting VM: VBoxManage error: VBoxManage.exe: error: The virtual machine 'ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).  More details may be available in 'C:\Users\707021\VirtualBox VMs\ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'
==> virtualbox-iso: VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
==> virtualbox-iso: Deregistering and deleting VM...
==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Error starting VM: VBoxManage error: VBoxManage.exe: error: The virtual machine 'ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).  More details may be available in 'C:\Users\707021\VirtualBox VMs\ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: Error starting VM: VBoxManage error: VBoxManage.exe: error: The virtual machine 'ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).  More details may be available in 'C:\Users\707021\VirtualBox VMs\ubuntu-14.04.6-server-amd64\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine

Seems like another software on my system is not allowing virtual box to start up correctly.