Since there might be considerable difference when using different distributions another alternative is to put each builder+dist in its own file and provisioners in another and then use some tool (python, jq, sed, etc) to create the final template from these files.
// Rickard On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:47 AM Alvaro Miranda Aguilera <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > you can put into variables all the info for ubuntu into > > ubuntu.json > > and all the debian into > > debian.json > > then use > > packer build -var-file ubuntu.json template.json > > > if you need to use this on the provisioner, say you got different chef > playbooks, you could use then > > > { > "variables": { > "build_name": "", > .. > }, > }, > "builders": [ > { > "name": "{{ user `build_name` }}", > .. > "type": "virtualbox-iso" > } > ], > "provisioners": [ > { > "only": "ubuntu" > ... > } > ], > "provisioners": [ > { > "only": "debian" > .. > } > ] > } > > just add a variable to each json and the template for build_name > > hope this helps. > > 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/CAHqq0ey4kqch6vu79GUKhmy9smo%2BXPNbzfUc83dKqnHDDxEC6A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAHqq0ey4kqch6vu79GUKhmy9smo%2BXPNbzfUc83dKqnHDDxEC6A%40mail.gmail.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/CALz9Rt9bnuB54PBLPCfa1%2B1VLZVBd7wTLq6aDR%3DQcbcX%3DcBD8g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
