Packer is a useful application for the users who need to create virtual machine images that can be used on multiple platforms. This package includes multiple command line tools that enable you to create identical images with minimum effort.
The tools support VMware, VirtualBox, Amazon EC2 or DigitalOcean platforms out of the box and enable you to extend their usage by using plugins.
What's New in This Release:
FEATURES:
· "file" uploader will upload files from the machine running Packer to the remote machine.
· VirtualBox guest additions URL and checksum can now be specified, allowing the VirtualBox builder to have the ability to be used completely offline.
IMPROVEMENTS:
· core: If SCP is not available, a more descriptive error message is shown telling the user. [GH-127]
· shell: Scripts are now executed by default according to their shebang, not with /bin/sh. [GH-105]
· shell: You can specify what interpreter you want inline scripts to run with inline_shebang.
· virtualbox: Delete the packer-made SSH port forwarding prior to exporting the VM.
BUG FIXES:
· core: Non-200 response codes on downloads now show proper errors. [GH-141]
· amazon-ebs: SSH handshake is retried. [GH-130]
· vagrant: The BuildName template propery works properly in the output path.
· vagrant: Properly configure the provider-specific post-processors so things like vagrantfile_template work. [GH-129]
· vagrant: Close filehandles when copyi...