https://github.com/nickcharlton/packer-esxi

A set of Packer templates for working with ESXi.
https://github.com/nickcharlton/packer-esxi

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A set of Packer templates for working with ESXi.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nickcharlton/packer-esxi
• Owner: nickcharlton
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-11-26T22:45:11.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-04-29T19:54:37.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-19T08:00:00.657Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 12.7 KB
• Stars: 97
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 39
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# packer-esxi

A set of example [Packer][] templates for building Debian and Ubuntu boxes on

[VMware ESXi][]. These are built on the remote ESXi host, then shut down and

left registered. A lot of this work comes out of [boxes][], which provides the

basic template formation.

They assume that it's possible to fetch an IP through DHCP on the primary (`VM

Network`) network. If this isn't the case, you can adjust the [boot command to

set a static IP][].

This example repo comes out of [this post I wrote on how to use Packer with

VMware ESXi][post].

## Usage

```sh

packer build -var-file variables.json ubuntu-1604-base.json

```

Ensure that `variables.json` contains valid values.

## Author

Copyright (c) 2016 Nick Charlton. MIT Licensed.

[Packer]: https://packer.io

[VMware ESXi]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor.html

[boxes]: https://github.com/nickcharlton/boxes

[boot command to set a static IP]: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/armhf/apbs02.html

[post]: https://nickcharlton.net/posts/using-packer-esxi-6.html