detail on connecting to build VM for debugging (#3797)

* detail on connecting to build VM for debugging

 - resolves #485, mostly my own confusion about how to connect to a
   locally built machine being created by packer while using -debug
   functionality.

* fixing name of preseed file typo
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Joseph Heck 2016-08-24 00:12:22 -07:00 committed by Rickard von Essen
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@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ continuing. This will allow you to inspect state and so on.
In debug mode once the remote instance is instantiated, Packer will emit to the
current directory an ephemeral private ssh key as a .pem file. Using that you
can `ssh -i <key.pem>` into the remote build instance and see what is going on
for debugging. The ephemeral key will be deleted at the end of the packer run
during cleanup.
for debugging. The key will only be emitted for cloud-based builders. The
ephemeral key will be deleted at the end of the packer run during cleanup.
For a local builder, the SSH session initiated will be visible in the detail
provided when `PACKER_LOG=1` environment variable is set prior to a build,
and you can connect to the local machine using the userid and password defined
in the kickstart or preseed associated with initialzing the local VM.
### Windows