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:
· New builder: amazon-chroot can create EBS-backed AMIs without launching a new EC2 instance. This can shave minutes off of the AMI creation process. See the docs for more info.
· New provisioner: salt-masterless will provision the node using Salt without a master.
· The vmware builder now works with Workstation 9 on Windows. [GH-222]
· The vmware builder now works with Player 5 on Linux. [GH-190]
IMPROVEMENTS:
· core: Colors won't be outputted on Windows unless in Cygwin.
· builder/amazon/all: Added iam_instance_profile to launch the source image with a given IAM profile. [GH-226]
BUG FIXES:
· builder/virtualbox,vmware: relative paths work properly as URL configurations. [GH-215]
· builder/virtualbox,vmware: fix race condition in deleting the output directory on Windows by retrying.