Yes, you can do that.. in my case, I did a wrapper script that capture
extra attributes in the script which later are used to build the packer
json file
something like
*script.sh -c root_pwd *
then you can create within the script the Packer Json file dynamically
something similar to this
*create_json_template () {*
cat > $_JSONFILE << __EOF
{
"_comment": "This is a centos7-x64 Machine for VmWare ESXi 6.0",
"variables": {
"nameVm": "`echo *$_HN*`-centos-7.1-vmware",
"ks_file": "simple-ks-integrado-CIS-BitbyBit-packer.ks",
"ks_server": "192.168.1.150",
"ks_path": "centos7.1511_x64/ks/",
"vmware_host": "192.168.1.250",
"http_dir": "/packer",
"vmlinuz_file": "centos7.1503_x64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz",
"initrd_file": "centos7.1503_x64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img",
"iso_image":"http://192.168.1.150/isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1503.iso";,
"iso_md5":"111379a06402e1e445c6aeee9401d031",
"datastore":"datastore1",
"esx_host":"192.168.1.250",
"esx_user":"root",
"esx_user_key":"/var/tmp/id_rsa",
"os_type":"centos-64",
"esx_network":"VM Network",
"vms_dir_path":"`echo *$_HN*`",
"vmdk":"`echo *$_HN*`-root"
},
https://github.com/macgahe/packer/blob/master/Centos7_packer_template.json
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 11:07:25 AM UTC+1 [email protected]
wrote:
> Team,
>
> Is there a way to pass variable values from packer to kickstart file? We
> would like to pass the secrets (like root passwords) from packer to
> kickstart. Is there a way to do the same?
>
> ---
> Best regards,
> Gowtham
> 07798838879
>
>
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