Packer module for Ansible

Requirements

This module works with the openstack client and the neutron clients.

pip install python-openstackclient neutron

Installation

In order to get this module working the packer.py file should be placed under one of these locations :

• /home/${USER}/.ansible/plugins/modules/action_plugins
• /usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules/action_plugins
• $ANSIBLE_LIBRARY/action_plugins

(As precised in the official documentation )

Use it in a playbook

- name: Build CentOS 7
  packer:
    name: MyCentos7
    state: present
    region: 'REG1'
    base_image: 'Centos 7'
    flavor: "s1-2"
    network_name": 'Ext-Net'
    provider_auth_url": "https://auth.example.net/v2.0/",
    provider_token": "RjsFthr98PLnfuTNUNR3HqsxqKCv8RfN",
    provider_username": "UserName",
    ssh_username": "centos",
    tenant_id": "abef5abce681497a8ee5678b2df60ef6"
    provisionners:
      - type: "shell"
        script: "yum install -y nmap-ncat"

For advanced users, you can use the no_clean parameter (set to true), in order to see how the packer file looks like in the ansible_tmp folder.

Supported features

• provisionners
• check_mode
• diff_mode
• Cloud provider : OpenStack (the only supported cloud provider for now)

Work In Progress

Here are the features that are coming very soon:

• Verbosity options

Contribute

• Any kind of contribution is welcome : Don't hesitate to send feedback when something is wrong or missing with this module.