Overview: pgporada.packer

One less thing for me to have to go out to the internet to grab when setting up my dev machine(s).

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Role Variables

Installs the specified version of Hashicorp_Packer.

packer_version: 1.3.4

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Example Playbook

To run the local playbook, issue the following command.

ansible-playbook local_playbook.yml -b -K

To use this role in another playbook

cat << EOF > some_playbook.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  roles:
    - pgporada.packer
...
EOF
ansible-playbook some_playbook.yml -b -K

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How to hack away at this role

Before submitting a PR, please create a test and run it through test-kitchen. You will need a ruby environment with gem and bundler for these tests.

# This takes care of twiddling all the bits that need to be updated when bumping the packer version
./update_automagic.sh x.x.x

# This will run your packer update through the test system
bundle update
bundle install
bundle exec kitchen create
bundle exec kitchen converge
bundle exec kitchen verify
bundle exec kitchen destroy

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License and Author Information

GPLv3

2017 - Phil Porada

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Theme Song

Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (1968)