Modified StepCleanVMX to walk through the "temporaryDevices" statebag so that we can disable or remove its devices cleanly. This gets rid of the regex hack that was previously used to identify a cdrom-image.

builder/vmware/common/step_clean_vmx.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
@@ -37,40 +36,85 @@ func (s StepCleanVMX) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
-	// Delete the floppy0 entries so the floppy is no longer mounted
+	// Grab our list of devices added during the build out of the statebag
-	ui.Message("Unmounting floppy from VMX...")
+	for _, device := range state.Get("temporaryDevices").([]string) {
-	for k := range vmxData {
+		// Instead of doing this in one pass which would be more efficient,
-		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "floppy0.") {
+		// we do it per device-type so that the logic appears to be the same
-			log.Printf("Deleting key: %s", k)
+		// as the prior implementation.
-			delete(vmxData, k)
+
+		// Walk through all the devices that were temporarily added and figure
+		// out which type it is in order to figure out how to disable it.
+		// Right now only floppy, cdrom devices, ethernet, and devices that use
+		// ".present" are supported.
+		if strings.HasPrefix(device, "floppy") {
+			// We can identify a floppy device because it begins with "floppy"
+			ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Unmounting %s from VMX...", device))
+
+			// Delete the floppy%d entries so the floppy is no longer mounted
+			for k := range vmxData {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(k, fmt.Sprintf("%s.", device)) {
+					log.Printf("Deleting key for floppy device: %s", k)
+					delete(vmxData, k)
+				}
+			}
+			vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.present", device)] = "FALSE"
+
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.devicetype", device)], "cdrom-") {
+			// We can identify something is a cdrom if it has a ".devicetype"
+			// attribute that begins with "cdrom-"
+			ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Detaching ISO from CD-ROM device %s...", device))
+
+			// Simply turn the CDROM device into a native cdrom instead of an iso
+			vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.devicetype", device)] = "cdrom-raw"
+			vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.filename", device)] = "auto detect"
+			vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.clientdevice", device)] = "TRUE"
+
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(device, "ethernet") && s.RemoveEthernetInterfaces {
+			// We can identify an ethernet device because it begins with "ethernet"
+			// Although we're supporting this, as of now it's not in use due
+			// to these interfaces not ever being added to the "temporaryDevices" statebag.
+			ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Removing %s interface...", device))
+
+			// Delete the ethernet%d entries so the ethernet interface is removed.
+			// This corresponds to the same logic defined below.
+			for k := range vmxData {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(k, fmt.Sprintf("%s.", device)) {
+					log.Printf("Deleting key for ethernet device: %s", k)
+					delete(vmxData, k)
+				}
+			}
+
+		} else {
+
+			// First check to see if we can simply disable the device
+			if _, ok := vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.present", device)]; ok {
+				ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Disabling device %s of an unknown device type...", device))
+				vmxData[fmt.Sprintf("%s.present", device)] = "FALSE"
+			} else {
+				// Okay, so this wasn't so simple. Let's just log info about the
+				// device and not tamper with any of its keys
+				log.Printf("Refusing to remove device due to being of an unsupported type: %s\n", device)
+				for k := range vmxData {
+					if strings.HasPrefix(k, fmt.Sprintf("%s.", device)) {
+						log.Printf("Leaving unsupported device key: %s\n", k)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	vmxData["floppy0.present"] = "FALSE"
-
-	devRe := regexp.MustCompile(`^(ide|sata)\d:\d\.`)
-	for k, v := range vmxData {
-		ide := devRe.FindString(k)
-		if ide == "" || v != "cdrom-image" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		ui.Message("Detaching ISO from CD-ROM device...")
-
-		vmxData[ide+"devicetype"] = "cdrom-raw"
-		vmxData[ide+"filename"] = "auto detect"
-		vmxData[ide+"clientdevice"] = "TRUE"
-	}
 
+	// Disable the VNC server if necessary
 	if s.VNCEnabled {
 		ui.Message("Disabling VNC server...")
 		vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.enabled"] = "FALSE"
 	}
 
+	// Disable any ethernet devices if necessary
 	if s.RemoveEthernetInterfaces {
 		ui.Message("Removing Ethernet Interfaces...")
 		for k := range vmxData {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(k, "ethernet") {
-				log.Printf("Deleting key: %s", k)
+				log.Printf("Deleting key for ethernet device: %s", k)
 				delete(vmxData, k)
 			}
 		}