Packer Template for CentOS 8

(Plus Web Server httpd, mariaDB, php)

This template is for virtualbox use, output will be ovf file and vmdk file. You could use this template to create a virtual centOS based web server by import the ovf file to virtualbox.

Requirements

• Packer
• Virtualbox
• ISO Images - CentOS 8
• Text Editor - Whatever you like

Steps

1. Install virtualbox in host machine
2. Download & Install Packer to host machine
3. Run Packer with the template

How to Use Packer

1. Download packer from the website
2. Extract packer, the output is a file named "packer"
3. Move/copy the file to /usr/lib/bin

   $ mv packer /usr/lib/bin`
   

4. Update PATH to packer

   $ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/bin/packer
   $ source ~/.bashrc
   

5. Run Packer
   • Validate file template packer :

     $ packer validate template.json
     

   • Build Packer Virtualbox Image :

     $ packer build template.json
     

Notes

In CentOS-template.json, don't forget to change this line :

"iso_url": "/PATH/TO/YOUR/ISO FILE",

"iso_checksum": "OUTPUT FROM ISO CHECKSUM",

"ssh_password": "1234",

In ks.cfg file, change this line to your choice

rootpw --plaintext 1234

timezone Asia/Jakarta --isUtc

useradd febryan

echo "febryan" | passwd febryanpass --stdin

gpasswd -a febryan wheel

echo "febryan        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/febryan

In lamp.sh, change this line to your choice

NEW_MYSQL_PASSWORD="1234"

Author

Moch. Febryandana Nurfahri (febryandana.fd@gmail.com)