Public bug reported: There are no plugins shipped with packer. Not even lxd, which is kind of official Ubuntu proposition. Running example template from here - https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/lxd.html - gives the following:
$ packer build example.json Failed to initialize build 'lxd-xenial': builder type not found: lxd lxd-xenial output will be in this color. ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. The example: { "builders": [ { "type": "lxd", "name": "lxd-xenial", "image": "ubuntu-daily:xenial", "output_image": "ubuntu-xenial", "publish_properties": { "description": "Trivial repackage with Packer" } } ] } ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: packer 1.0.4+dfsg-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: i3 Date: Sat Sep 1 06:27:20 2018 SourcePackage: packer UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-05 (26 days ago) ** Affects: packer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790266 Title: packer is useless without builders (lxd) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packer/+bug/1790266/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs