Amended to get photon to find its kickstart script

.gitignore

@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ docs-rendered/*
 packer-plugin-mondoo
 packer-plugin-cnspec
 .docs
-centos-7-x86_64.vsphere.local.json
+centos-7-x86_64.vsphere.local.json
+examples/*/*/manifests/*
+examples/*/*/artifacts/*

examples/packer-vsphere/photon5/photon.auto.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ vm_network_card          = "vmxnet3"
 // Removable Media Settings
 iso_path           = "packer_cache/"
 iso_file           = "photon-5.0-dde71ec57.x86_64.iso"
-iso_url            = "https://packages.vmware.com/photon/5.0/GA/iso/photon-5.0-dde71ec57.aarch64.iso"
-iso_checksum_type  = "sha256"
-iso_checksum_value = "06f4b20d3097fcebc3ea067e41e4fb64ffe41828bdb9fa96cebc7a49f290c0d9"
+iso_url            = "https://packages.vmware.com/photon/5.0/GA/iso/photon-5.0-dde71ec57.x86_64.iso"
+iso_checksum_type  = "sha512"
+iso_checksum_value = "6a7a258399a258da742032987c043ab25503698d35edafaf1ae000f12127da1a161d8b84caa17fd8f23d129e81e1faa7ab087c20ab9229772a643f8f9475305f"
 
 // Boot Settings
 vm_boot_order = "disk,cdrom"

examples/packer-vsphere/photon5/photon.pkr.hcl

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ locals {
   build_description = "Version: ${local.build_version}\nBuilt on: ${local.build_date}\n${local.build_by}"
   iso_paths         = ["[${var.common_iso_datastore}] ${var.iso_path}/${var.iso_file}"]
   iso_checksum      = "${var.iso_checksum_type}:${var.iso_checksum_value}"
-  manifest_date     = formatdate("YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss", timestamp())
+  manifest_date     = formatdate("YYYY-MM-DD'T'hhmmss'Z'", timestamp())
   manifest_path     = "${path.cwd}/manifests/"
   manifest_output   = "${local.manifest_path}${local.manifest_date}.json"
   ovf_export_path   = "${path.cwd}/artifacts/${local.vm_name}"
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ locals {
       build_password_encrypted = var.build_password_encrypted
     })
   }
-  data_source_command = var.common_data_source == "http" ? "ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.json" : "ks=/dev/sr1:/ks.json"
-  vm_name             = "${var.vm_guest_os_family}-${var.vm_guest_os_name}-${var.vm_guest_os_version}-${local.build_version}"
+  data_source_command = var.common_data_source == "http" ? "ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.json" : "ks=/dev/sr2:/ks.json"
+  vm_name             = "${var.vm_name}"
   bucket_name         = replace("${var.vm_guest_os_family}-${var.vm_guest_os_name}-${var.vm_guest_os_version}", ".", "")
   bucket_description  = "${var.vm_guest_os_family} ${var.vm_guest_os_name} ${var.vm_guest_os_version}"
 }

examples/packer-vsphere/photon5/variables.pkr.hcl

@@ -371,3 +371,7 @@ variable "communicator_timeout" {
   type        = string
   description = "The timeout for the communicator protocol."
 }
+
+variable "vm_name" {
+  type = string
+}