Please feel free to open a feature request or a PR adding this to shell-local local.
On Jan 26, 2018 23:09, "Gabo Kete" <[email protected]> wrote: > what I suggest you can do within your wrapper script is to have 2 > arguments defined > > 1) The Builder type > 2) An Extra argument added to the VM name based on the builder chosen by > the user who executes the wrapper script > > Something like > > * "nameVm": "`echo $_HN`-`echo $_BUILDTYPE`" * > > so the final outcome will be a text like > > ServerName1-AWS > ServerName1-VMWare > ServerName1-Azure > > I guess this goes as far as the imagination and the scripts skills can > go.. > > > > > On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11:04:08 AM UTC+13, Gabo Kete wrote: >> >> What I did is create a wrapper script that takes the name as an argument >> and then I create dynamically the JSON file passing this variable to the >> JSON file as a user Variable.. >> >> Something like >> >> This is my usage Function from the wrapper script >> >> usage() { >> echo -e " >> Usage: $(basename $0) -i <IP ADDRESS> -n <SERVER NETMASK> -g <SERVER >> GATEWAY> *-s <SERVER HOSTNAME>* [ -d|-h|-v|-t <SERVER TYPE|-f <BULK >> SERVER LIST> ] >> >> and This is where I dynamically create the JSON file >> >> *create_json_template () {* >> >> cat > $_JSONFILE << __EOF >> { >> "_comment": "This si a centos7-x64 Machine for VmWare ESXi 6.0", >> "variables": { >> * "nameVm": "`echo $_HN`-centos-7.1-vmware",* >> >> >> Here is where I define the variable name from the options passed to the >> script >> >> if [[ $# != 0 ]];then >> >> >> while getopts ":i:n:g:s:t:f:dvh" Option >> do >> case $Option in >> i ) _IP=$OPTARG;; >> n ) _NM=$OPTARG;; >> g ) _GW=$OPTARG;; >> * s ) _HN=$OPTARG;;* >> >> On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 10:49:48 AM UTC+13, Andreas Sommer wrote: >>> >>> That is for shell. For shell-local, those environment variables are >>> undefined. >>> >>> On Friday, January 26, 2018 at 6:06:25 PM UTC+1, Rickard von Essen wrote: >>>> >>>> See https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/shell.html#defau >>>> lt-environmental-variables >>>> >>>> On Jan 26, 2018 17:57, "'Andreas Sommer' via Packer" < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> { >>>>>> "type": "shell-local", >>>>>> "command": "env vm_name={{user `vm_name`}} >>>>>> ./packer/scripts/do-something-with-name.sh", >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This won't work because it's not a user variable. Since I have several >>>>> builders (different hypervisors to choose from), the name might differ >>>>> between them. Is it possible somehow to pass the builder-specific vm_name >>>>> value to a provisioner? >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Andreas >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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