https://github.com/geerlingguy/packer-ubuntu-1204

DEPRECATED - Packer Example - Ubuntu 12.04 Vagrant Box using Ansible provisioner
https://github.com/geerlingguy/packer-ubuntu-1204

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DEPRECATED - Packer Example - Ubuntu 12.04 Vagrant Box using Ansible provisioner

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/geerlingguy/packer-ubuntu-1204
• Owner: geerlingguy
• Created: 2014-11-08T02:35:18.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-05-14T14:28:07.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-10T04:06:45.720Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: ansible, box, fusion, packer, ubuntu, ubuntu1204, vagrant, virtualbox, vmware
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://app.vagrantup.com/geerlingguy/boxes/ubuntu1204
• Size: 12.7 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Packer Example - Ubuntu 12.04 minimal Vagrant Box

> **DEPRECATED**: This project is no longer maintained, and though the base box is still available on Vagrant Cloud/Atlas, it will not be updated anymore as of 2018. Ubuntu 12.04 no longer receives active support from Canonical, therefore any users still running this version should upgrade to a newer, supported Ubuntu release.

**Current Ubuntu Version Used**: 12.04.5

**Pre-built Vagrant Box**:

  - [`vagrant init geerlingguy/ubuntu1204`](https://vagrantcloud.com/geerlingguy/boxes/ubuntu1204)

  - See older versions: http://files.midwesternmac.com/

This example build configuration installs and configures Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 minimal using Ansible, and then generates two Vagrant box files, for:

  - VirtualBox

  - VMware

The example can be modified to use more Ansible roles, plays, and included playbooks to fully configure (or partially) configure a box file suitable for deployment for development environments.

## Requirements

The following software must be installed/present on your local machine before you can use Packer to build the Vagrant box file:

  - [Packer](http://www.packer.io/)

  - [Vagrant](http://vagrantup.com/)

  - [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) (if you want to build the VirtualBox box)

  - [VMware Fusion](http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/) (or Workstation - if you want to build the VMware box)

  - [Ansible](http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html)

## Usage

Make sure all the required software (listed above) is installed, then cd to the directory containing this README.md file, and run:

    $ packer build ubuntu1204.json

After a few minutes, Packer should tell you the box was generated successfully.

If you want to only build a box for one of the supported virtualization platforms (e.g. only build the VMware box), add `--only=vmware-iso` to the `packer build` command:

    $ packer build --only=vmware-iso ubuntu1204.json

## Testing built boxes

There's an included Vagrantfile that allows quick testing of the built Vagrant boxes. From this same directory, run one of the following commands after building the boxes:

    # For VMware Fusion:

    $ vagrant up vmware --provider=vmware_fusion

    

    # For VirtualBox:

    $ vagrant up virtualbox --provider=virtualbox

## License

MIT license.

## Author Information

Created in 2014 by [Jeff Geerling](http://jeffgeerling.com/), author of [Ansible for DevOps](http://ansiblefordevops.com/).