Hello My understanding is there is no way to do this, since even the local-shell that run before the builder can't be used to create metadata to the current build.
You will be better to have an small tool or script hat create an small var file in json format and then just call packer build -var-file <file> <template> Alvaro. On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 4:40 AM, James McCallum <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to create a custom packer plugin that can resolve the latest > version of an image in openstack and then call the Openstack builder using > that as the source image. I am also learning golang while I do this. > > My plan is to create a custom builder which will handle the lookup and > then call the existing Openstack Builder using the resolved image name and > pass the other parameters through. > > So far I have created the plugin and it's building and trying to call the > openstack.Builder functionality, however the plugin just hangs. > > james output will be in this color. > > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 james: 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Serving a plugin > connection... > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 ui: james output will be in this color. > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 ui: > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Build debug mode: false > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Force build: false > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 On error: > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Preparing build: james > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Waiting on builds to complete... > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Starting build run: james > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Running builder: james > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting builder james > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 ui: ==> james: in say > ==> james: in say > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 james: 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Plugin minimum port: 10000 > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 james: 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Plugin maximum port: 25000 > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 james: 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Plugin address: unix > /tmp/packer-plugin904167325 > 2017/12/28 14:39:45 james: 2017/12/28 14:39:45 Waiting for connection... > (hangs here) > > Does anybody know how I can call a builder from within another builder? > > POC source code: https://github.com/jamesla/packer-test-plugin/ > tree/call_openstack_plugin > > -- > 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/c5cb3d59-2d4f-4421-8217-2497bde268c7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/c5cb3d59-2d4f-4421-8217-2497bde268c7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alvaro -- 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/CAHqq0exz_hXTL%2BG-vV9MnmGVyMXJ7U-uoMYGOf0-p6%3DOi84fOg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
