https://github.com/skyplabs/packer-debian

Create Debian images for different hypervisors with Packer
https://github.com/skyplabs/packer-debian

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Create Debian images for different hypervisors with Packer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/skyplabs/packer-debian
• Owner: SkypLabs
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-08-27T08:55:37.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2018-10-16T13:36:00.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-05T13:52:48.522Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: debian, hypervisors, kvm, packer, vagrant, virtualbox, vmware
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 18.6 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Packer Debian

This repository contains files used by [Packer][packer] to create Debian images for different hypervisors.

## Hypervisors supported

* VirtualBox (`vbox`)

* VMware (`vmware`)

* KVM (`kvm`)

## Vagrant support

In order to create an image to be used with [Vagrant][vagrant], you have to use one of these builders:

* `vbox4vagrant`

* `vmware4vagrant`

* `kvm4vagrant`

## Variables available

    Optional variables and their defaults:

      build_number      = {{timestamp}}

      debian_arch       = amd64

      disk_size         = 10000

      headless          = true

      iso_base_url      = http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd

      iso_checksum_type = sha256

      password          = password

      timeout           = 30m

      username          = root

In addition, several variable files are available to precise which version of Debian should be used via the Packer `-var-file` option.

## Use this template behind a proxy

In order to use this template behind an *explicit proxy*, you need to add this last one in some files:

* In the preseed file:

        d-i mirror/http/proxy string 

* In the `vagrant.sh` script, before the `curl` command:

        # Download the insecure public key from GitHub official repository

        export https_proxy=

        curl \

            --location \

            --output /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys \

            https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/raw/master/keys/vagrant.pub

## Examples

To create an image of Debian 8 with all the hypervisors, including Vagrant images:

    packer build -var-file debian8.json packer-debian.json

To create a Vagrant Debian 8 image only with VirtualBox and overwrite some default variables' value (here, `headless` and `timeout`):

    packer build -only vbox4vagrant -var 'headless=false' -var 'timeout=1h' -var-file debian8.json packer-debian.json

## License

[MIT][license]

 [packer]: https://packer.io/

 [vagrant]: https://www.vagrantup.com/

 [license]: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT