packer-templates

packer templates for vmware:

• Centos 9 Stream
• Rocky 8.5
• Ubuntu 20.04.4
• Windows 2019 core/standard
• Windows 2022 core/standard

template deployment powershell script

example deploy templates on vsphere with the deploy.ps1 script:
( be sure to edit variables\build\vsphere-iso.pkrvars.hcl)

# enter virtual center username and password:
$Credential = get-credential 
deploy.ps1 -credential $credential

and choose from menu:

1. vsphere-iso.linux.centos-9.pkrvars.hcl
2. vsphere-iso.linux.rocky-85.pkrvars.hcl
3. vsphere-iso.linux.ubuntu-2044.pkrvars.hcl
4. vsphere-iso.windows.2019.core.pkrvars.hcl
5. vsphere-iso.windows.2019.standard.pkrvars.hcl
6. vsphere-iso.windows.2022.core.pkrvars.hcl
7. vsphere-iso.windows.2022.standard.pkrvars.hcl
Enter selection (enter 0 to deploy all templates):

example all templates on vsphere with the deploy.ps1 script:

# enter virtual center username and password:
$Credential = get-credential 
deploy.ps1 -credential $credential -all

example manual rocky template on vsphere:

packer build --only vsphere-iso.lnx-rocky-85 `
--var-file=variables/build/vsphere.pkrvars.hcl `
--var-file=variables/os/vsphere-iso.lnx-rocky-85.pkrvars.hcl ` .

requirements

packer - https://www.packer.io/

for the iso creation one of the following iso creators:

• xorriso
• mkisofs (https://sourceforge.net/projects/mkisofs-md5/files/latest/download)
• hdiutil (normally found in macOS)
• oscdimg (normally found in Windows as part of the Windows ADK)

References

https://docs.rockylinux.org/sv/guides/automation/templates-automation-packer-vsphere/ https://www.packer.io/plugins/builders/vsphere/vsphere-iso

Authors

• M van der Ploeg - Initial work - martijn