builder/vmware: Create WaitForIP step

builder/vmware/builder.go

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ type config struct {
 	HTTPDir     string   `mapstructure:"http_directory"`
 	BootCommand []string `mapstructure:"boot_command"`
 	BootWait    uint     `mapstructure:"boot_wait"`
+	SSHUser     string   `mapstructure:"ssh_user"`
+	SSHPassword string   `mapstructure:"ssh_password"`
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Prepare(raw interface{}) (err error) {
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) packer.Artifact {
 		&stepHTTPServer{},
 		&stepRun{},
 		&stepTypeBootCommand{},
+		&stepWaitForIP{},
 	}
 
 	// Setup the state bag

builder/vmware/step_wait_for_ip.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package vmware
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+// This step creates the virtual disks for the VM.
+//
+// Uses:
+//   config *config
+//   ui     packer.Ui
+//
+// Produces:
+//   <nothing>
+type stepWaitForIP struct{}
+
+func (stepWaitForIP) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
+
+	ui.Say("Waiting for SSH to become available...")
+	select{}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepWaitForIP) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}