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debugging-packer-windows.md

Debugging packer by logging to to the currently provisioned VM

  • Open the current packer log file in the TEMP directory, something like %TEMP%packer-log722498239, in a text editor.
  • Find the string \"osProfile\":{\"adminPassword\":\". There you can see your admin password, something like 9RQF11ZTRL1W3YfQN3LpJ7Jib9gfkgXa...
  • Figure out the public IP address of your Windows VM, for example through resources.azure.com.
  • Run the following:
$address = "13.81.111.231"
$pass = "9RQF11ZTRL1W3YfQN3LpJ7Jib9gfkgXa"

$user = "packer"
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($user, ($pass | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force))
$session = New-PSSession -ConnectionUri "https://$($address):5986/WSMAN" -Credential $cred -SessionOption $(New-PSSessionOption -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck)

Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock { Get-ChildItem C:\ }
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