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Ubuntu base Machines with Packer and Vagrant for Parallels Desktop and Mac with Apple Silicon chip

Getting Started

This is a automated packer build for Ubuntu. It can create a Vagrant box or just a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop. There are several parameters that can be set in the variables.pkrvars.hcl file. these will be explained in the next section.

Prerequisites

To use these Packer scripts, you'll need to have the following software installed on your machine:

Usage

To use a Packer script, first we need to set the variables in the variables.pkrvars.hcl file. You can either use the variables_TEMPLATE.pkrvars.hcl file as a template or copy it to variables.pkrvars.hcl and edit it. This is the list of variables that can be set:

user = {
  username              = "parallels"
  encrypted_password    = "$6$parallels$tb6hm4RSqzwG3j51DSzdFD7Zw3Fxy/x5aen.Yvud7IfLqarIxMEuuM8efQy0gO.pHhT.lIz9tNYoppTGBGCsB/"
  password              = "parallels",
  force_password_change = false,
}
version="22.04.3"
machine_name="ubuntu_22.04_LTS"
hostname="ubuntu-22.04"
machine_specs = {
  cpus = 2,
  memory = 2048,
  disk_size = "65536",
}
addons=[
  "desktop"
]
create_vagrant_box = false

variables

  • version - The version of Ubuntu to build. This can be any version that is available for ARM in the Ubuntu release page.
  • machine_name - The name of the virtual machine in Parallels Desktop.
  • hostname - The hostname of the virtual machine.
  • machine_specs - The specs of the virtual machine. This is a map with the following keys:
    • cpus - The number of CPUs to assign to the virtual machine.
    • memory - The amount of memory to assign to the virtual machine.
    • disk_size - The size of the virtual disk in MB.
  • addons - A list of addons to install. The following addons are available:
    • desktop - Installs the Ubuntu desktop.
    • vscode - Installs Visual Studio code.
  • create_vagrant_box - If set to true a Vagrant box will be created. If set to false only a virtual machine will be created. If set to true, force_password_change will automatically be set to false since it would interfere with vagrant's initial setup.

Packer

Initialize Plugins

To initialize the Packer plugins, navigate to the directory containing the script and run the following command:

packer init .

Validate build configuration

To validate the build configuration, navigate to the directory containing the script and run the following command:

packer validate -var-file variables.pkrvars.hcl .

You should see the following output:

The configuration is valid.

Build Machine

To build the virtual machine, navigate to the directory containing the script and run the following command:

packer build -var-file variables.pkrvars.hcl .

This will create a new virtual machine based on the configuration in the Packer script in the out folder. if you set the create_vagrant_box variable to true a Vagrant box will be created in the out folder.

Note: The build process can take a while depending on the speed of your machine and your internet connection.
The machine will not be automatically attached to Parallels Desktop. You will need to do this manually.