Moving vsphere-tpl to vsphere-template, fixed root folder creation and updated docs

command/plugin.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import (
 	vagrantpostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/vagrant"
 	vagrantcloudpostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/vagrant-cloud"
 	vspherepostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/vsphere"
-	vspheretplpostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/vsphere-tpl"
+	vspheretemplatepostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/vsphere-template"
 	ansibleprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/ansible"
 	ansiblelocalprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/ansible-local"
 	chefclientprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/chef-client"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ var PostProcessors = map[string]packer.PostProcessor{
 	"vagrant":              new(vagrantpostprocessor.PostProcessor),
 	"vagrant-cloud":        new(vagrantcloudpostprocessor.PostProcessor),
 	"vsphere":              new(vspherepostprocessor.PostProcessor),
-	"vsphere-tpl":          new(vspheretplpostprocessor.PostProcessor),
+	"vsphere-template":     new(vspheretemplatepostprocessor.PostProcessor),
 }
 
 var pluginRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("packer-(builder|post-processor|provisioner)-(.+)")

post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"context"

post-processor/vsphere-template/post_processor_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"testing"

post-processor/vsphere-template/step_choose_datacenter.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"context"

post-processor/vsphere-template/step_create_folder.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ func (s *StepCreateFolder) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 				_, folder := filepath.Split(path)
 				folders = append(folders, folder)
 				if i := strings.LastIndex(path, "/"); i == 0 {
+					root, err = f.Folder(ctx, filepath.ToSlash(base))
+					if err != nil {
+						state.Put("error", err)
+						ui.Error(err.Error())
+						return multistep.ActionHalt
+					}
 					break
 				} else {
 					path = path[:i]

post-processor/vsphere-template/step_fetch_vm.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ func (s *StepFetchVm) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
-	err = task.Wait(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = task.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
 		state.Put("error", err)
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
 		return multistep.ActionHalt

post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"context"

post-processor/vsphere-template/step_move_template.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package vsphere_tpl
+package vsphere_template
 
 import (
 	"context"

website/source/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.html.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 description: |
-    The Packer vSphere Template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder -**only if remote ESXI is chosen**-
+    The Packer vSphere Template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder -**only if remote ESXI was chosen**-
     and allows to mark a VM as a template and leaving it in a path of choice. 
 layout: docs
 page_title: 'vSphere Template - Post-Processors'
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ sidebar_current: 'docs-post-processors-vSphere-template'
 
 # vSphere Template Post-Processor
 
-Type: `vsphere-tpl`
+Type: `vsphere-template`
 
-The Packer vSphere template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder
+The Packer vSphere template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder -**only if remote ESXI was chosen**-
 allows to mark a VM as a template and leaving it in a path of choice.
 
 ## Example
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ An example is shown below, showing only the post-processor configuration:
 
 ``` json
 {  
-   "type": "vsphere-tpl",
+   "type": "vsphere-template",
    "host": "vcenter.local",
    "username": "root",
    "password": "secret",