View untracked artifact parent ancestry (source_external_identifier) in HCP Packer UI

[jsloan117]

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Description

When using a vendor-created image as the source of our "parent" images, its parent is blank. The only way I've been able to find this information is using the API.

image_version   = "latest"
image_sku       = "8-gen2"
image_publisher = "RedHat"
image_offer     = "RHEL"

Having this information tracked or exposed in the UI would be much more friendly than forced to API calls.

Use Case(s)

Able to quickly determine our parents' parent image. Maybe some mechanism to deny certain vendors, skus etc.

[JenGoldstrich]

Hey @jsloan117 I moved this issue to Packer as its more of a general HCP Packer request than an Azure plugin request. I think this is very sensible request, and will talk to the team about prioritizing this request though