Yes that is kind of misleading. On Aug 15, 2017 20:27, "Chad Willman" <[email protected]> wrote:
But that just it, the 'to upload directory gets created in the 'shell-local' provisioner, not before running packer. If you have to create the 'to upload' directory before running packer, what's the point of the 'mkdir -p to upload in the 'shell-local' provisioner ? On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Rickard von Essen < [email protected]> wrote: > Don't have a computer right now... But I guess it fails on "packer > validate", packer requires that you have have all source files/dirs in the > file privisioner before building. But the example you give should work if > you create the "toupload" dir before you run packer. > > On Aug 15, 2017 20:04, "Chad Willman" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I've read the documentation. But the fact is that this JSON excerpt >> below from the packer docs does not work - https://www.packer.io/docs/p >> rovisioners/file.html >> >> The 'file' provisioner ignores the fact that its source directive is >> being created by the 'shell-local' directive. Packer fails this JSON >> config, as is, unmodified. >> >> >> >> { >> "provisioners": [ >> { >> "type": "shell-local", >> "command": "mkdir -p toupload; tar cf toupload/files.tar files" >> }, >> { >> "destination": "/tmp/", >> "source": "./toupload", >> "type": "file" >> }, >> { >> "inline": [ >> "cd /tmp && tar xf toupload/files.tar", >> "rm toupload/files.tar" >> ], >> "type": "shell" >> } >> ]} >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Rickard von Essen < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The provisioners section should be a list and will execute in order. Can >>> you attach the template you try to use? >>> >>> On Aug 15, 2017 17:07, "Chad Willman" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I'm seeing a problem where packer is trying to execute a 'file' >>>> provisioner step, before it executes the 'shell-local' provisioner step >>>> that creates the file. >>>> Even after converting my provisioner list to match the example on this >>>> page - https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/file.html, packer >>>> always tries to >>>> execute the 'file' step before ever executing the 'shell-local' step. >>>> >>>> I've not found any help in documentation or other groups on line, so if >>>> there's a place I should be posting this question, please let me know. >>>> >>>> Any other help is appreciated. >>>> >>>> CW >>>> >>>> -- >>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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