oi-packer

This repository holds tools necesearry to build OpenIndiana Vagrant boxes.

Requierements

To build OpenIndiana Vagrant boxes, we need the following tools:

• packer
• VirtualBox
• Vagrant (for testing built boxes)

Please note, that box building works only on platforms where packer runs.

Quickstart

• Download Packer from the official download site. Select a version for your platform. We recommend to use the latest version.

• Download Vagrant from the official download site. Select a version for your platform. We recommend to use the latest version.

• Download VirtualBox from the official download site. We recommend to always use the latest VirtualBox.

• Run the following commands:

  git clone https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-packer.git && \
  cd oi-packer && \
  packer build hipster.json
  

Testing built boxes

After packer has finished building the box, there will be a Vagrant box file created, e.g. OI-hipster-20161030-virtualbox.box. To test it, run following commands:

vagrant box add -n hipster-test OI-hipster-20161030-virtualbox.box
vagrant init hipster-test
vagrant up

Future improvements:

• Provide packer manifest and infrastructure for building VMWare images.
• Provide packer manifest and infrastructure for building QEMU KVM images.
• Provide packer manifest and infrastructure for building Amazon images.