Packer vpshere-iso stuck on wainting for Ip - linux

Question

I am attempting to build a packer template using the following configuration for my packer JSON config file. However, I get packer stuck on waiting for an IP... and it doesn't make any progress.
Thanks for your help in advance.
{
"builders": [
{
"CPUs": 1,
"RAM": 1024,
"RAM_reserve_all": false,
"boot_command": [
"<esc><wait>",
"linux ks=hd:fd0:packer/http/ks.cfg<enter>"
],
"cluster": "{{user `vsphere-cluster`}}",
"convert_to_template": true,
"datacenter": "{{user `vsphere-datacenter`}}",
"datastore": "{{user `vsphere-datastore`}}",
"disk_controller_type": "pvscsi",
"floppy_files": [
"packer/http/ks.cfg"
],
"folder": "{{user `folder`}}",
"guest_os_type": "rhel7_64Guest",
"insecure_connection": "true",
"iso_paths": [
"{{user `iso_url`}}"
],
"network_adapters": [
{
"network": "{{user `vsphere-network`}}",
"network_card": "vmxnet3"
}
],
"notes": "Build via Packer",
"password": "{{user `vsphere-password`}}",
"ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
"ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_user`}}",
"storage": [
{
"disk_size": 25000,
"disk_thin_provisioned": true
}
],
"type": "vsphere-iso",
"username": "{{user `vsphere-user`}}",
"vcenter_server": "{{user `vsphere-server`}}",
"vm_name": "{{user `vm_name`}}"
}
],
"provisioners": [
{
"execute_command": "sudo {{.Vars}} sh {{.Path}}",
"scripts": [
"packer/scripts/cleanup.sh"
],
"type": "shell"
}
],
"variables": {
"folder": "Templates",
"iso_url": "[datastore001] path/toiso/rhel-server-7.9-x86_64-dvd.iso",
"ssh_pass": "password",
"ssh_user": "root",
"vm-cpu-num": "1",
"vm-disk-size": "25600",
"vm-mem-size": "1024",
"vm_name": "packer-template-test",
"vsphere-cluster": "cluster",
"vsphere-datacenter": "datacenter",
"vsphere-datastore": "datastore",
"vsphere-network": "vsphere-network",
"vsphere-password": "password2",
"vsphere-server": "x.x.x.x",
"vsphere-user": "admin"
}
}
My Kickstart file looks like the following...
lang en_US
keyboard us
timezone America/New_York --isUtc
rootpw --iscrypted (*&YTHGRFDER^&VGGUYIUYIUY*&^&^&^UIYIYI
#Network
network --bootproto=static --ip=10.0.023 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=10.0.0.1 --nameserver=10.0.0.25 --device=ens192
#platform x86_64
reboot
text
nfs --server=x.x.x.x --dir=/path/to/iso/rhel-server-7.9-x86_64-dvd.iso
bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet crashkernel=auto"
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
volgroup System --pesize=4000 pv.0
part pv.0 --fstype=lvmpv --ondisk=sda --size=120000
part /boot --fstype=xfs --ondisk=sda2 --size=500
part /boot/efi --fstype=vfat --ondisk=sda1 --size=500
logvol swap --vgname=System --name=swap --fstype=swap --size=4000
logvol /home --vgname=System --name=home --fstype=xfs --size=500
logvol / --vgname=System --name=root --fstype=xfs --size=44000
auth --passalgo=sha512 --useshadow
selinux --disabled
firewall --enabled
firstboot --disable
%packages
#^graphical-server-environment
%end
This is my packer output after it times out after 30 minutes 23 seconds.
vsphere-iso: output will be in this color.
==> vsphere-iso: Creating VM...
==> vsphere-iso: Customizing hardware...
==> vsphere-iso: Mounting ISO images...
==> vsphere-iso: Adding configuration parameters...
==> vsphere-iso: Creating floppy disk...
vsphere-iso: Copying files flatly from floppy_files
vsphere-iso: Copying file: packer/http/ks.cfg
vsphere-iso: Done copying files from floppy_files
vsphere-iso: Collecting paths from floppy_dirs
vsphere-iso: Resulting paths from floppy_dirs : []
vsphere-iso: Done copying paths from floppy_dirs
vsphere-iso: Copying files from floppy_content
vsphere-iso: Done copying files from floppy_content
==> vsphere-iso: Uploading created floppy image
==> vsphere-iso: Adding generated Floppy...
==> vsphere-iso: Set boot order temporary...
==> vsphere-iso: Power on VM...
==> vsphere-iso: Waiting 10s for boot...
==> vsphere-iso: Typing boot command...
==> vsphere-iso: Waiting for IP...
==> vsphere-iso: Timeout waiting for IP.
==> vsphere-iso: Clear boot order...
==> vsphere-iso: Power off VM...
==> vsphere-iso: Deleting Floppy image ...
==> vsphere-iso: Destroying VM...
Build 'vsphere-iso' errored after 30 minutes 23 seconds: Timeout waiting for IP.
==> Wait completed after 30 minutes 23 seconds
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> vsphere-iso: Timeout waiting for IP.
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.