hashicorp/packer
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Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
15 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 5 stories, 10 comments · first 2013-11-11 · latest 2025-03-28
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…packer supports multi-step artifact production and their example even uses docker to demonstrate it https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/v1.9.5/website/cont...
comment by mdaniel · 2025-03-28 · in Dagger: A shell for the container age -
…We too wished that there were more docs to help us, especially explaining how apt-get worked. [1] https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/2639#issuecomment...
comment by scriptnull · 2021-10-26 · in Waiting for apt locks without hacky Bash scripts -
…implemented [0] earlier this year. I haven't tried it out but that seems quite promising to me. [0] https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/9082
comment by gtsteve · 2020-11-13 · in LazySSH – A jump-host SSH server that starts machines on-demand -
…So now your template with hardcoded ID that works in one account won't work in another. See: https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/4772 Since you're probably also rebuilding AMIs on a regular basis to keep up with upstream…
comment by mi100hael · 2018-01-28 · in Terraforming 1Password -
…The GitHub issue, filed nearly 2 years ago, is closed with a comment that this is by design: https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/2648#issuecomment... Yet there is a PowerShell command that uses the same communication mechanism that…
comment by iofiiiiiiiii · 2017-06-13 · in Terraform Gotchas and How We Work Around Them -
…team. For a small example, I _still_ get +1 notifications on this critical issue nearly every day: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/409 - no response from dev team whatsoever.
comment by Mizza · 2016-08-20 · in Decommissioning Otto -
…Vagrant and Packer under the covers, so I really need some of the Packer limitations I have (like https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/409 ) addressed more than I want glue on top. Ahhhh that Packer issue. I have been following that…
comment by antod · 2015-09-28 · in Otto, the successor to Vagrant -
…Vagrant and Packer under the covers, so I really need some of the Packer limitations I have (like https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/409 ) addressed more than I want glue on top. Anyway, if people want to hack on Strider, pull…
comment by mpdehaan2 · 2015-09-28 · in Otto, the successor to Vagrant -
For what it's worth, the same guy makes Packer, a tool to create your own boxes. https://github.com/mitchellh/packer It even allows you to replace the functionality of Vagrant - in place- to create, spin up, and provision the box all in…
comment by tomswartz07 · 2014-05-06 · in Vagrant 1.6 has been released -
…a real shame, because if tools like Vagrant and Packer worked with Linode like they do DO... [1] https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/174
comment by elithrar · 2014-01-08 · in Digital Ocean vs. Linode