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Overview of the Issue
Using the 'packer build -force' option does not over write the existing VM, packer will fail with error the VM already exists. If I have a failed build I should be able to rerun packer and it should delete any VM with the name it is trying to create.
Reproduction Steps
Manually running 'vboxmanage unregistervm [VM NAME] --delete' and rerunning packer resolves the issue
Plugin and Packer version
Packer 1.9.5
vagrant plugin v1.1.1
virtualbox 7.0..12_159484
Operating system and Environment details
Rocky 8, x86_64
Log Fragments and crash.log files
Build 'virtualbox-iso.vbox-rocky-tpl' errored after 59 seconds 195 milliseconds: Error creating VM: VBoxManage error: VBoxManage: error: Machine settings file '/home/user/virtual_machines/rocky-tpl/rocky-tpl.vbox' already exists
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "CreateMachine(bstrSettingsFile.raw(), bstrName.raw(), ComSafeArrayAsInParam(groups), bstrOsTypeId.raw(), createFlags.raw(), bstrCipher.raw(), bstrPasswordId.raw(), Bstr(strPassword).raw(), machine.asOutParam())" at line 406 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
When filing a bug, please include the following headings if possible. Any
example text in this template can be deleted.
Overview of the Issue
Using the 'packer build -force' option does not over write the existing VM, packer will fail with error the VM already exists. If I have a failed build I should be able to rerun packer and it should delete any VM with the name it is trying to create.
Reproduction Steps
Manually running 'vboxmanage unregistervm [VM NAME] --delete' and rerunning packer resolves the issue
Plugin and Packer version
Packer 1.9.5
vagrant plugin v1.1.1
virtualbox 7.0..12_159484
Operating system and Environment details
Rocky 8, x86_64
Log Fragments and crash.log files
Build 'virtualbox-iso.vbox-rocky-tpl' errored after 59 seconds 195 milliseconds: Error creating VM: VBoxManage error: VBoxManage: error: Machine settings file '/home/user/virtual_machines/rocky-tpl/rocky-tpl.vbox' already exists
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "CreateMachine(bstrSettingsFile.raw(), bstrName.raw(), ComSafeArrayAsInParam(groups), bstrOsTypeId.raw(), createFlags.raw(), bstrCipher.raw(), bstrPasswordId.raw(), Bstr(strPassword).raw(), machine.asOutParam())" at line 406 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp