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 -parallel-builds=1 hipster.pkr.hcl

Testing built boxes

After packer has finished building the box, there will be a Vagrant box file created, e.g. OI-hipster-20200504-virtualbox.box. To test it, run following commands:

vagrant box add --name hipster-test-virtualbox OI-hipster-20200504-virtualbox.box
vagrant init hipster-test-virtualbox
vagrant up

vagrant box add --name hipster-test-libvirt OI-hipster-20200504-libvirt.box
vagrant init hipster-test-libvirt
vagrant up --provider=libvirt

Release commands

If you are logged in to vagrant cloud use this commands to upload the built boxes.

REPO="openindiana/hipster"
VERSION="2020.05.04"
vagrant cloud publish -r $REPO $VERSION libvirt OI-hipster-20200504-libvirt.box
vagrant cloud publish -r $REPO $VERSION virtualbox OI-hipster-20200504-virtualbox.box

Future improvements:

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