Ugh, didn't have the most recent. Amateur hour over here. Thanks for the quick reply!
On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 4:24:42 PM UTC-4, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > Which version of Packer? > > On Jul 10, 2017 22:07, "Andrew Doyle" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm a little confused as to how the packer_build_name extra variable is >> supposed to be used for Ansible Remote. According to the documentation, >> "the provisioner automatically defines certain commonly useful Ansible >> variables", one of them being "packer_build_name". >> >> The way that reads, it makes me think that the variable should be >> available for Ansible, but I am getting this error "'packer_build_name' >> is undefined" during the Ansible run. >> >> How are these automatic extra variables supposed to be utilized? >> >> The Ansible play: >> >> - name: Set build stage variable >> set_fact: "build_stage={{ item }}" >> with_items: "{{ packer_build_name.split('-')[-1] }}" >> >> In Packer: >> >> { >> "type": "ansible", >> "user": "ubuntu", >> "playbook_file": "ansible/site.yml", >> "extra_arguments" : [ >> "-vvv" >> ] >> } >> >> and... >> >> "builders": [ >> { >> "name": "py-cicd-test", >> "type": "amazon-ebs", >> ..... >> >> Where I'm trying to split the "test" portion off so I can dynamically >> include different vars files. >> >> Can anyone point me towards what I'm doing wrong? >> >> Thanks, Andrew >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/54a6a058-638c-4476-8993-349f43bb1433%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/54a6a058-638c-4476-8993-349f43bb1433%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/ca0f1251-4935-40de-9893-94be1eb57ab6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
