Incorrect HTTP address in boot command

[justwiebe]

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Overview of the Issue

I have the same issue as #9207 when trying to build a RHEL 9 image. The IP address is 10.0.2.2 when that doesn't appear in any of my interfaces.

Reproduction Steps

packer build -force -on-error=ask -var-file=settings.json java.json

The build will not be able to access the http folder

Packer version

Packer v1.8.6

Simplified Packer Template

{
  "builders": [
    {
      "boot_command": [
        "<tab><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "inst.text inst.ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/{{user `ks_path`}}<enter><wait>"
      ],
      "boot_wait": "10s",
      "export_opts": [
        "--manifest",
        "--vsys",
        "0",
        "--description",
        "{{user `description`}} - Redacted Java Development v{{user `box_version`}}",
        "--version",
        "{{user `box_version`}}"
      ],
      "format": "ova",
      "guest_additions_path": "/tmp/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso",
      "guest_os_type": "RedHat9_64",
      "http_directory": "http",
      "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum_type`}}:{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
      "iso_url": "https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/iso/CentOS-Stream-9-20230410.0-x86_64-boot.iso",
      "output_directory": "./build/ova/java",
      "shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S /sbin/halt -h -p",
      "ssh_password": "vagrant",
      "ssh_port": 22,
      "ssh_timeout": "10000s",
      "ssh_username": "vagrant",
      "type": "virtualbox-iso",
      "virtualbox_version_file": ".vbox_version",
      "vm_name": "redacted-java"
    }
  ]
}

Operating system and Environment details

Windows 10

Log Fragments and crash.log files

Set the env var PACKER_LOG=1 for maximum log detail.

[justwiebe]

Of course just after posting this I found #12118. Adding the below fixed it for me

vboxmanage = [
    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nat-localhostreachable1", "on"],
  ]

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