Thanks but I should have asked the question more specifically. I did go through the initial docs, but in the examples I found that there isn't a case where only provision section can exist. From what I understand the builders is a must as the doc also says. So what is the best way to achieve this 1. I have a raw image that has centos on it. 2. I need to install say docker engine, and maybe few more apps.
The examples that I have seen all seem to say start from ISO. Also, when I start from ISO, my packer errors out saying waiting for SSH connection On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 12:22:56 AM UTC-7, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > Depending on which virtualisation software you run, > qemu/VirtualBox/VMware, etc there are builders for starting from an > existing image/disk, qemu, virtualbox-ovf, or vmware-vmx for example. You > might need to convert the disk you download into the appropriate format > before running packer on it depending on which builder you use. > > Packer will create a new copy of the image/disk, not alter the existing. > > Since building from an existing image can be a bit tricky I suggest that > you get familiar with Packer by reading the getting started and then try > out some of the builds from https://github.com/chef/bento, which all > builds from an ISO. > > When you have gotten started, if you have any problems just send a email > here. But try to provide all the files needed to run your template and > example log output. > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 04:56, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I downloaded a qcow2 centos from the internet and configured the password >> using libguestfs. So far did not use packer to do these steps. For my use >> case, I will always have an existing qcow2/raw/vmdk (one of the three). I >> just want to install some packages inside these. Is it even possible? Like >> if the VM disk already exists, packer can still inject stuff inside it? I >> am following this ` >> https://www.packer.io/intro/getting-started/provision.html` >> <https://www.packer.io/intro/getting-started/provision.html> but not >> sure from the link if this is possible >> >> -- >> 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/143ae367-2021-4dc5-9cfa-cc5f1c431e3a%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/143ae367-2021-4dc5-9cfa-cc5f1c431e3a%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/b324223a-bb0b-4688-9d53-50432b3b8442%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
