Re: [packer] Passing Tags & Run_tags Blocks in var-file : Is This Possible?
Rickard, Appreciate the prompt reply. With that in mind, I'll probably use Powershell scripting or AWS CLI in the Providers section to set the tags, using a specific tag file to read from , for the relevant build. Jim -- 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 packer-tool+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/ac1cb8b3-b4de-4f89-953d-e591752a1c6f%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [packer] Passing Tags & Run_tags Blocks in var-file : Is This Possible?
No, currently this is not supported. Only single values and arrays work.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 10:31 Jimster wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Been tasked with cleaning up packer code to remove duplication of explicit
> values in our working build .json files - and use a few general
> *var-files* that will contain the relevant DEV, TEST and PROD instance
> types, vpc details, disk sizes etc.
>
> One of the builders sections we use are *tags *(and *run_tags*) of the
> format:
>
> "run_tags": {
>"Environment": "DEV",
>"Application": "Dave",
>"Tier": "Web App",
>"Function": "Dev Dave Web App",
>"Version": "1.0",
>"CostCentre": "0300 3246",
>"BusinessUnit": "AppServices",
>"Project": "DaveMigration to AWS",
>"Product": "IIS Server for Dave",
>"SupportEmail": "d...@dave.com",
>"ComplianceDomain": "YES",
>"DataClass":"5",
>"ProvisionedBy":"Packer",
>"ProvisionedWho": "d...@dave.com",
>"ProjectName": "Dave",
>"Name": "Dave Dev Web Box"
>},
>
> I'm not sure if or how I can include these arrays in a var-file. Ideally
> the build file wants to refer to these as some kind of user variable e.g.
> in line with the usual ones:
> "builders": [{
>"type": "amazon-ebs",
>
> "region": "{{ user `DEV_server_region`}}",
>"source_ami": "{{ user `DEV_server_source_ami`}}",
> *"tags": "{{ user `DEV_dave_tags`}}", <== WHATEVER
> FORMAT THIS SHOULD BE IN FOR A TAG BLOCK (Array?)*
>"instance_type":"{{ user `DEV_server_instance_type`}}",
>"winrm_use_ssl":true,
>"winrm_insecure": true
>}],
>
> I've tried to capture these tag arrays in the var-file as so (snippet):
> ...
>
> "PROD_server_user_data_file": "./USERDATA2.0.txt",
>
> "CA_server_run_tags": [{
>"Environment": "DEV",
>"Application": "Dave",
>"Tier": "Web App",
>"Function": "Dev Dave Web App",
>"Version": "1.0",
>"CostCentre": "0300 3246",
>"BusinessUnit": "AppServices",
>"Project": "DaveMigration to AWS",
>"Product": "IIS Server for Dave",
>"SupportEmail": "d...@dave.com",
>"ComplianceDomain": "YES",
>"DataClass":"5",
>"ProvisionedBy":"Packer",
>"ProvisionedWho": "d...@dave.com",
>"ProjectName": "Dave",
>"Name": "Dave Dev Web Box"
> }]
>
>
> But I get:
> packer validate -var-file .\dave_vars.json .\build_var_test_Dave.json
> invalid value ".\\dave_vars.json" for flag -var-file: Error reading
> variables in '.\dave_vars.json': json: cannot unmarshal array into Go value
> of type string
>
> Can someone please advise on how best to include (if possible) these tags
> and run_tags arrays into the var-file *and* refer to the resulting user
> array variable properly in the builder file?
>
> Thanks,
> Jimster
>
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[packer] Passing Tags & Run_tags Blocks in var-file : Is This Possible?
Hi,
Been tasked with cleaning up packer code to remove duplication of explicit
values in our working build .json files - and use a few general *var-files*
that will contain the relevant DEV, TEST and PROD instance types, vpc
details, disk sizes etc.
One of the builders sections we use are *tags *(and *run_tags*) of the
format:
"run_tags": {
"Environment": "DEV",
"Application": "Dave",
"Tier": "Web App",
"Function": "Dev Dave Web App",
"Version": "1.0",
"CostCentre": "0300 3246",
"BusinessUnit": "AppServices",
"Project": "DaveMigration to AWS",
"Product": "IIS Server for Dave",
"SupportEmail": "d...@dave.com",
"ComplianceDomain": "YES",
"DataClass":"5",
"ProvisionedBy":"Packer",
"ProvisionedWho": "d...@dave.com",
"ProjectName": "Dave",
"Name": "Dave Dev Web Box"
},
I'm not sure if or how I can include these arrays in a var-file. Ideally
the build file wants to refer to these as some kind of user variable e.g.
in line with the usual ones:
"builders": [{
"type": "amazon-ebs",
"region": "{{ user `DEV_server_region`}}",
"source_ami": "{{ user `DEV_server_source_ami`}}",
*"tags": "{{ user `DEV_dave_tags`}}", <== WHATEVER
FORMAT THIS SHOULD BE IN FOR A TAG BLOCK (Array?)*
"instance_type":"{{ user `DEV_server_instance_type`}}",
"winrm_use_ssl":true,
"winrm_insecure": true
}],
I've tried to capture these tag arrays in the var-file as so (snippet):
...
"PROD_server_user_data_file": "./USERDATA2.0.txt",
"CA_server_run_tags": [{
"Environment": "DEV",
"Application": "Dave",
"Tier": "Web App",
"Function": "Dev Dave Web App",
"Version": "1.0",
"CostCentre": "0300 3246",
"BusinessUnit": "AppServices",
"Project": "DaveMigration to AWS",
"Product": "IIS Server for Dave",
"SupportEmail": "d...@dave.com",
"ComplianceDomain": "YES",
"DataClass":"5",
"ProvisionedBy":"Packer",
"ProvisionedWho": "d...@dave.com",
"ProjectName": "Dave",
"Name": "Dave Dev Web Box"
}]
But I get:
packer validate -var-file .\dave_vars.json .\build_var_test_Dave.json
invalid value ".\\dave_vars.json" for flag -var-file: Error reading
variables in '.\dave_vars.json': json: cannot unmarshal array into Go value
of type string
Can someone please advise on how best to include (if possible) these tags
and run_tags arrays into the var-file *and* refer to the resulting user
array variable properly in the builder file?
Thanks,
Jimster
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