hello. Packer will usually do this.
Create an empty VM, set a webserver, boot the VM and type on the boot of the VM some command. >From there, the installer will read a kickstart file + iso and get the image done. Here the kickstart can be very simple. Then reboot. [additional packer provisioning happen here] Then packer conntect to poweroff With that simple formula you can build a lot of stuff. ie: https://github.com/chef/bento On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Steven Langlois <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm assuming the answer is no but always better to ask. I was unable to > find the functionality in the documentation for Packer. We have been using > VMWare Studio with CentOS5.11 and with Studio, similar to anaconda, you can > specify an RPM list to install from the ISO as part of our build system, > e.g. > > <vadk:OSPackages><!-- Additional OS packages needed by the ISV's > application --> > <vadk:Package vadk:name="alsa-lib"/> > <vadk:Package vadk:name="audit-libs"/> > <vadk:Package vadk:name="authconfig"/> > ... > </vadk:OSPackages> > > We are transitioning to CentOS 7 because Studio has no support for > anything later than RHEL 6/CentOS 6 and I have exhausted trying to get > Centos 7 with Studio to work. So we are looking for another solution and > like that Packer can produce VMs for multiple targets so it makes sense to > move to Packer. > > > > > > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues > IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Packer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/packer-tool/de9877e6-4824-40a7-85b3-02a5ebbc50e3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/de9877e6-4824-40a7-85b3-02a5ebbc50e3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alvaro (+31)103400555 -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAHqq0ex_hk-1iTYW7YEsf8QeDqyssA9SoDSLnZBnTPqHvCF0CA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
