Deploy Ubuntu using Packer on VMWare vCenter

• Download packer

  cd /tmp
  wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.5.5/packer_1.5.5_linux_amd64.zip
  unzip packer_1.5.5_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
  chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/packer
  

• Clone this repository and cd to packer-vsphere-builds/ubuntu-18
• Edit variables.json accordingly
• Run packer build -var-file variables.json ubuntu-18.json