SweetOps #packer for November, 2020

Discuss Packer for building AMIs and Docker Images

Archive: https://archive.sweetops.com/packer/

2020-11-05

zadkiel

I’d like to create an AMI from a ISO file. I’ve found that I had to follow this path: iso -> ova/qcow2 -> ami Have you seen any guide for building this kind of workflow? Thank you

Henry Carter

12:01:20 PM

Specify the packer format to ova, and use the amazon-import post-processor

Henry Carter

12:01:21 PM

https://www.packer.io/docs/post-processors/amazon-import

2020-11-10

12:42:08 AM

Packer hcl is almost complete https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/9176

Only packer fix and packer fmt is left

HCL2: implementation list · Issue #9176 · hashicorp/packer

HCL2 support is a beta work in progress and features are added one by one. As a result it can be hard for end users to know where we are at. While the full list HCL2 issues can be found using the H…