move setup back into builder

builder.go

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/communicator"
 	gossh "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/communicator/ssh"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
+	"context"
+	"net/url"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/find"
 )
 
 type Builder struct {
@@ -28,16 +32,39 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packer.Artifact, error) {
-	// Set up the state.
 	state := new(multistep.BasicStateBag)
 	state.Put("hook", hook)
 	state.Put("ui", ui)
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+	state.Put("ctx", ctx)
+
+	vcenter_url, err := url.Parse(b.config.Url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	vcenter_url.User = url.UserPassword(b.config.Username, b.config.Password)
+	client, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, vcenter_url,true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	state.Put("client", client)
+
+	finder := find.NewFinder(client.Client, false)
+	dc, err := finder.DatacenterOrDefault(ctx, b.config.DCName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	finder.SetDatacenter(dc)
+	state.Put("finder", finder)
+	state.Put("dc", dc)
+
+	vmSrc, err := finder.VirtualMachine(ctx, b.config.Template)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	state.Put("vmSrc", vmSrc)
 
-	// Build the steps.
 	steps := []multistep.Step{
-		&StepSetup{
-			config: b.config,
-		},
 		&StepCloneVM{
 			config: b.config,
 		},

step_clone_vm.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
 	"context"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/types"
@@ -14,13 +13,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CloneParameters struct {
-	client          *govmomi.Client
+	ctx          context.Context
+	vmSrc        *object.VirtualMachine
+	vmName       string
 	folder       *object.Folder
 	resourcePool *object.ResourcePool
 	datastore    *object.Datastore
-	vmSrc        *object.VirtualMachine
-	ctx          context.Context
-	vmName       string
 	linkedClone  bool
 }
 
@@ -30,12 +28,10 @@ type StepCloneVM struct{
 }
 
 func (s *StepCloneVM) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
-	client := state.Get("client").(*govmomi.Client)
 	ctx := state.Get("ctx").(context.Context)
 	finder := state.Get("finder").(*find.Finder)
 	dc := state.Get("dc").(*object.Datacenter)
 	vmSrc := state.Get("vmSrc").(*object.VirtualMachine)
-
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	ui.Say("start cloning...")
 
@@ -64,13 +60,12 @@ func (s *StepCloneVM) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	}
 
 	vm, err := cloneVM(&CloneParameters{
-		client:          client,
+		ctx:          ctx,
+		vmSrc:        vmSrc,
+		vmName:       s.config.VMName,
 		folder:       folder,
 		resourcePool: pool,
 		datastore:    datastore,
-		vmSrc:        vmSrc,
-		ctx:          ctx,
-		vmName:       s.config.VMName,
 		linkedClone:  s.config.LinkedClone,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -79,7 +74,6 @@ func (s *StepCloneVM) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	}
 
 	state.Put("vm", vm)
-	state.Put("ctx", ctx)
 	s.success = true
 	return multistep.ActionContinue
 }
@@ -158,6 +152,6 @@ func cloneVM(params *CloneParameters) (vm *object.VirtualMachine, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	vm = object.NewVirtualMachine(params.client.Client, info.Result.(types.ManagedObjectReference))
+	vm = object.NewVirtualMachine(params.vmSrc.Client(), info.Result.(types.ManagedObjectReference))
 	return vm, nil
 }

step_setup.go

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/find"
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
-	"context"
-	"net/url"
-)
-
-type StepSetup struct{
-	config *Config
-}
-
-func (s *StepSetup) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
-	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
-	ui.Say("setup...")
-
-	// Prepare entities: client (authentification), finder, folder, virtual machine
-	client, ctx, err := createClient(s.config.Url, s.config.Username, s.config.Password)
-	if err != nil {
-		state.Put("error", err)
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	// Set up finder
-	finder := find.NewFinder(client.Client, false)
-	dc, err := finder.DatacenterOrDefault(ctx, s.config.DCName)
-	if err != nil {
-		state.Put("error", err)
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-	finder.SetDatacenter(dc)
-
-	// Get source VM
-	vmSrc, err := finder.VirtualMachine(ctx, s.config.Template)
-	if err != nil {
-		state.Put("error", err)
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	state.Put("client", client)
-	state.Put("ctx", ctx)
-	state.Put("finder", finder)
-	state.Put("dc", dc)
-	state.Put("vmSrc", vmSrc)
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (s *StepSetup) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {}
-
-func createClient(URL, username, password string) (*govmomi.Client, context.Context, error) {
-	// create context
-	ctx := context.TODO() // an empty, default context (for those, who is unsure)
-
-	// create a client
-	// (connected to the specified URL,
-	// logged in with the username-password)
-	u, err := url.Parse(URL) // create a URL object from string
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	u.User = url.UserPassword(username, password) // set username and password for automatical authentification
-	fmt.Println(u.String())
-	client, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, u,true) // creating a client (logs in with given uname&pswd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	return client, ctx, nil
-}