Hi Luke, Thanks for the reply. I'll have a look, however, I think I am going to try using a shared folder as I found an interesting post that I believe will allow me to do what I want more efficiently.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/packer-tool/HlKBUNpXfNo THanks Scott On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 11:51:13 AM UTC-4, StatsfX wrote: > > Hey Scott, > > You can utilize the http_directory variable in the builder to access such > files over http during the build. > > https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#http_directory > https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/powershell.html#packer_http_addr > https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/shell.html#packer_http_addr > > This is what I used for my Windows image builds, as WinRM file copying is > painful and doesn't work well. > > > Luke > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:04 AM Scott Watson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello Group, >> >> I would like to include some software to be installed inside my packer >> build. I was looking at the file provisioner but I don't think this will >> be optimal since the tar file is almost 4GB, then I have to extract it and >> then perform the install. Does anyone know of a solution that would allow >> me to mount my software inside my build machine to be able to perform the >> install. Should I even do this to begin with? Maybe create another ISO >> image for this software and mount it or maybe NFS mount it it my build? I >> am currently trying to build an image for VMWARE using workstation on my >> MAC if that makes a difference. I am sure this is fairly simple but I want >> to be sure I am not missing something obvious. >> >> thanks >> Scott. >> >> -- >> 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/26286215-2641-46fc-8181-4e610b29f484%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/26286215-2641-46fc-8181-4e610b29f484%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/cdadbd95-db0a-4eb5-9be1-335dafbccf9f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
