diff --git a/common/template/debian13-gui/debian.pkr.hcl b/common/template/debian13-gui/debian.pkr.hcl
index 4e83ae3..ab40c3c 100644
--- a/common/template/debian13-gui/debian.pkr.hcl
+++ b/common/template/debian13-gui/debian.pkr.hcl
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ variable "vm_folder" {
   default     = ""
 }
 
+variable "resource_pool" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Resource pool name (use 'Resources' for standalone ESXi hosts)"
+  default     = "Resources"
+}
+
+variable "http_ip" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "IP of the Packer host NIC reachable by the build VM (required on multi-NIC hosts)"
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 # ── VM hardware ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 variable "vm_name" {
@@ -148,6 +160,7 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "debian" {
   cluster             = var.cluster
   datastore           = var.datastore
   folder              = var.vm_folder
+  resource_pool       = var.resource_pool
 
   # VM identity
   vm_name       = var.vm_name
@@ -191,6 +204,7 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "debian" {
 
   # Packer starts a local HTTP server to serve the preseed file.
   http_directory = "${path.root}/http"
+  http_ip        = var.http_ip
   http_port_min  = 8100
   http_port_max  = 8199
 
diff --git a/common/template/debian13/debian.pkr.hcl b/common/template/debian13/debian.pkr.hcl
index 1bd2ed4..a0b45dd 100644
--- a/common/template/debian13/debian.pkr.hcl
+++ b/common/template/debian13/debian.pkr.hcl
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ variable "vm_folder" {
   default     = ""
 }
 
+variable "resource_pool" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Resource pool name (use 'Resources' for standalone ESXi hosts)"
+  default     = "Resources"
+}
+
+variable "http_ip" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "IP of the Packer host NIC reachable by the build VM (required on multi-NIC hosts)"
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 # ── VM hardware ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 variable "vm_name" {
@@ -148,6 +160,7 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "debian" {
   cluster             = var.cluster
   datastore           = var.datastore
   folder              = var.vm_folder
+  resource_pool       = var.resource_pool
 
   # VM identity
   vm_name       = var.vm_name
@@ -191,6 +204,7 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "debian" {
 
   # Packer starts a local HTTP server to serve the preseed file.
   http_directory = "${path.root}/http"
+  http_ip        = var.http_ip
   http_port_min  = 8100
   http_port_max  = 8199