I would run packer build in one step and then launch a VM from that image running some tests with something like serverspec and if it passes the test promote the image.
On 9 June 2017 at 14:59, Chris Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm keen to start testing my Packer repositories as part of CI. There is > the simple check of running *packer validate*, which is a good first step > for ensuring syntax and config is good. What I would like to start doing is > building my images on any change. If the build runs to completion, then > clearly the scripts haven't hit a failure point. This doesn't mean that the > machine is fit for purpose, however. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on testing a machine during the Packer > process? > > -- > 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/883cce81-dbdb-48ed-9e77-7a552b389d10%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/883cce81-dbdb-48ed-9e77-7a552b389d10%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CALz9Rt9WxX0O6aEkdy0xAL0QidH%3D-4D%3DPZXR_U-8Mnz%2BVYjQvA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
