https://github.com/andif888/packer-ubuntu-vsphere-iso
This repo builds automatically Ubuntu VM templates (Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04) for VMware vSphere environment using Hashicorp's Packer and downloads ISOs automatically.
https://github.com/andif888/packer-ubuntu-vsphere-iso
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This repo builds automatically Ubuntu VM templates (Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04) for VMware vSphere environment using Hashicorp's Packer and downloads ISOs automatically.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/andif888/packer-ubuntu-vsphere-iso
- Owner: andif888
- Created: 2021-10-10T01:25:59.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-07-23T07:07:13.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-10T16:47:23.522Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: packer, ubuntu-server, ubuntu2004, ubuntu2204, vsphere-iso
- Language: HCL
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- Size: 12.7 KB
- Stars: 27
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 10
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# packer-ubuntu-vsphere-iso
This repo builds automatically Ubuntu VM templates (Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04) for VMware vSphere environment using Hashicorp's Packer and downloads ISOs automatically.
With this repo VM templates for the following Ubuntu systems can be built.
- Ubuntu Server 20.04
- Ubuntu Server 22.04
You don't need do pre-download any Windows ISO.
Ubuntu ISO files gets download automatically from public sources.
## How to use this repo
### Pre-requesites
Download or `git clone https://github.com/andif888/packer-ubuntu-vsphere-iso.git` this repo and make sure you have [Packer](https://www.packer.io/downloads) Version 1.7.1 or later installed. If you don't know Packer, it's a single commandline binary which only needs to be on your `PATH`.
### Step 1: Adjust variables
Rename the file [variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl.sample](variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl.sample) to `variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl` and adjust the variables for your VMware vSphere environment. Some documentation on each variable is inside the sample file.
```bash
mv variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl.sample variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl
nano variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl
```
### Step 2: Init Packer
Init Packer by using the following command. (Spot the dot at the end of the command!)
```bash
packer init .
```
### Step 3: Build a VM Template
To build a VM template run one of the provided `build`-scripts.
For example to build a Ubuntu Server 20.04 template run:
```bash
./build-2004.sh
```
If you are on a Windows machine then use the `build-*.ps1` files.
### Optional: Template default credentials
the default credentials after a successful build are
Username: `vagrant`
Password: `vagrant`
If you would like to change the default ćredentials before a packer build, then you need to edit the following files:
- **variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl**
- **user-data** (Line 13.14; Line 41)
To generate an encypted password for [user-data](./html/user-data) use the following command:
```bash
mkpasswd -m SHA-512 --rounds=4096
```