CentOS packer templates

Vagrant Virtualbox build example

packer build -only=virtualbox-iso --var 'build_version=1.0.0' \
	-var-file=centos-8-vagrant.json centos-vagrant.json

Vagrant boxes will be automaticly uploaded to Vagrant Cloud. This requires the VAGRANT_CLOUD_TOKEN environment variable to be set with a valid authentication token, otherwise the upload will fail.

VMware vSphere Jetbrains packer-builder-vsphere build example

cp vsphere_environment.sh.dist vsphere_environment.sh
edit vsphere_environment.sh
source vsphere_environment.sh
packer build --var 'whiteout=false' -var-file=centos-8.json centos-vsphere.json

Required environment variables

PACKER_VSPHERE_VCENTER_SERVER='hostname_or_IP'
PACKER_VSPHERE_ESXI_HOST='hostname_or_IP'
PACKER_VSPHERE_DATACENTER='datacenter'
PACKER_VSPHERE_RESOURCE_POOL='resource_pool'
PACKER_VSPHERE_USERNAME='username'
PACKER_VSPHERE_PASSWORD='password'
PACKER_VSPHERE_DATASTORE='datastore_name'
PACKER_VSPHERE_DATASTORE_ISO='datastore with ISO directory'
PACKER_VSPHERE_NETWORK='network_name'
PACKER_VSPHERE_VM_VERSION='13'

VMware vSphere native packer build example

cp vsphere_environment.sh.dist vsphere_environment.sh
edit vsphere_environment.sh
source vsphere_environment.sh
packer build -var-file=centos-8.json centos-vsphere-native.json

Required environment variables

PACKER_VMWARE_HOST='hostname_or_IP'
PACKER_VMWARE_USERNAME='username'
PACKER_VMWARE_PASSWORD='password'
PACKER_VMWARE_DATASTORE='datastore_name'
PACKER_VMWARE_NETWORK='network_name'
PACKER_VMWARE_MAC='00:cc:aa:bb:ee:ee'
PACKER_VMWARE_VM_VERSION='13'