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https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding
Quick start repository for creating a Packer plugin.
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding
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Quick start repository for creating a Packer plugin.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding
- Owner: hashicorp
- License: mpl-2.0
- Created: 2020-12-15T11:47:38.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-18T18:52:32.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-08T05:32:24.162Z (2 months ago)
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 6.05 MB
- Stars: 35
- Watchers: 8
- Forks: 27
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Packer Plugin Scaffolding
This repository is a template for a Packer multi-component plugin. It is intended as a starting point for creating Packer plugins, containing:
- A builder ([builder/scaffolding](builder/scaffolding))
- A provisioner ([provisioner/scaffolding](provisioner/scaffolding))
- A post-processor ([post-processor/scaffolding](post-processor/scaffolding))
- A data source ([datasource/scaffolding](datasource/scaffolding))
- Docs ([docs](docs))
- A working example ([example](example))
These folders contain boilerplate code that you will need to edit to create your own Packer multi-component plugin.
A full guide to creating Packer plugins can be found at [Extending Packer](https://www.packer.io/docs/plugins/creation).
In this repository you will also find a pre-defined GitHub Action configuration for the release workflow
(`.goreleaser.yml` and `.github/workflows/release.yml`). The release workflow configuration makes sure the GitHub
release artifacts are created with the correct binaries and naming conventions.
Please see the [GitHub template repository documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template)
for how to create a new repository from this template on GitHub.
## Packer plugin projects
Here's a non exaustive list of Packer plugins that you can checkout:
* [github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-docker](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-docker)
* [github.com/exoscale/packer-plugin-exoscale](https://github.com/exoscale/packer-plugin-exoscale)
* [github.com/sylviamoss/packer-plugin-comment](https://github.com/sylviamoss/packer-plugin-comment)
* [github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-hashicups](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-hashicups)
Looking at their code will give you good examples.
## Build from source
1. Clone this GitHub repository locally.
2. Run this command from the root directory:
```shell
go build -ldflags="-X github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding/version.VersionPrerelease=dev" -o packer-plugin-scaffolding
```
3. After you successfully compile, the `packer-plugin-scaffolding` plugin binary file is in the root directory.
4. To install the compiled plugin, run the following command
```shell
packer plugins install --path packer-plugin-scaffolding github.com/hashicorp/scaffolding
```
### Build on *nix systems
Unix like systems with the make, sed, and grep commands installed can use the `make dev` to execute the build from source steps.
### Build on Windows Powershell
The preferred solution for building on Windows are steps 2-4 listed above.
If you would prefer to script the building process you can use the following as a guide
```powershell
$MODULE_NAME = (Get-Content go.mod | Where-Object { $_ -match "^module" }) -replace 'module ',''
$FQN = $MODULE_NAME -replace 'packer-plugin-',''
go build -ldflags="-X $MODULE_NAME/version.VersionPrerelease=dev" -o packer-plugin-scaffolding.exe
packer plugins install --path packer-plugin-scaffolding.exe $FQN
```
## Running Acceptance Tests
Make sure to install the plugin locally using the steps in [Build from source](#build-from-source).
Once everything needed is set up, run:
```
PACKER_ACC=1 go test -count 1 -v ./... -timeout=120m
```
This will run the acceptance tests for all plugins in this set.
## Registering Plugin as Packer Integration
Partner and community plugins can be hard to find if a user doesn't know what
they are looking for. To assist with plugin discovery Packer offers an integration
portal at https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/integrations to list known integrations
that work with the latest release of Packer.
Registering a plugin as an integration requires [metadata configuration](./metadata.hcl) within the plugin
repository and approval by the Packer team. To initiate the process of registering your
plugin as a Packer integration refer to the [Developing Plugins](https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/docs/plugins/creation#registering-plugins) page.
# Requirements
- [packer-plugin-sdk](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk) >= v0.5.2
- [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) >= 1.20
## Packer Compatibility
This scaffolding template is compatible with Packer >= v1.10.2