My talk was based on packer-cloudstack, and was made before the changes to packer.
As mentioned in the issues thread on GitHub, Sander @ SBP plans to make this a packer built in builder. I don't know if he has gotten around to start on this yet, but the current best option is to try to get packer 0.7.5 going, or use packer-xenserver as Tim mentioned. Unfortunately I no longer have travel funding and won't be able to attend CCCEU this year :-( Erik Den torsdag 10. september 2015 skrev Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com> følgende: > Hello Hany, > > I think Erik did some work with Packer and CloudStack, I don't know if he > would have some insight here. > Erik, are you still planning to do a talk at CCCEU15? > > > Cheers, > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Hany Fahim <h...@vmfarms.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','h...@vmfarms.com');>> wrote: > >> Thanks a lot Tim for the thorough explanation. I haven't thought about >> using a local XenServer to act as the "build host". I'll need to look into >> getting my hands on some hardware to install XenServer. It's good to know >> this is an option. >> >> Are there alternative methods out there that can allow one to build Packer >> artifacts using just a local laptop? Reducing dependencies would be a huge >> bonus. >> >> >> ---- >> Hany Fahim >> VM Farms >> http://vmfarms.com >> h...@vmfarms.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','h...@vmfarms.com');> >> 1-866-278-0021 x700 >> Twitter: @vmfarms >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tmac...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> >> > Hany, >> > >> > It does require a XenServer host, call it a "build host", but that host >> can >> > be anywhere including local to you (actually preferable). The "build >> host" >> > also doesn't have to even remotely match the capabilities of the hosts >> in >> > the CloudStack instance, including things like storage and networking. >> > >> > The idea is that you create your VM locally to your specifications, and >> > then upload it into whatever XenServer backed CloudStack instance you're >> > using. If you happen to know what you want and can define it in a >> > kickstart file, then go with xenserver-iso and let it do all the heavy >> > lifting. If you might need to tweak on stuff, create the VM within >> > XenServer and do the tweaking, then when you're happy use xenserver-vm >> to >> > do all the heavy lifting. There is also an intermediate stage which >> uses >> > both paths, but that doesn't sound like it would work for you. >> > >> > I'm happy to walk you through this in a bit more detail, either here on >> the >> > list or if you want something a bit more interactive, I'm >> @xenserverarmy on >> > Twitter >> > >> > -tim >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Hany Fahim <h...@vmfarms.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','h...@vmfarms.com');>> wrote: >> > >> > > Thanks for the quick reply Tim! >> > > >> > > I actually stumbled on this project during my research. If my >> > understanding >> > > is correct, this requires access to an XenServer host. I unfortunately >> > only >> > > have access to the CloudStack API and not the underlying XenServer >> > > hypervisor. Is it possible to use this tool without access to the >> > > XenServer? >> > > >> > > >> > > ---- >> > > Hany Fahim >> > > VM Farms >> > > http://vmfarms.com >> > > h...@vmfarms.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','h...@vmfarms.com');> >> > > 1-866-278-0021 x700 >> > > Twitter: @vmfarms >> > > >> > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tmac...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> > > >> > > > Hany, >> > > > >> > > > Take a look at this: https://github.com/xenserverarmy/packer. I >> > updated >> > > > it >> > > > last week for the changes in Packer 0.8.6, and have tested it with >> > > > XenServer 6.2 and 6.5. Here are the things you might want to know >> > which >> > > > I've not updated in the README.MD: >> > > > >> > > > - There are two builders, xenserver-iso and xenserver-vm. >> > xenserver-iso >> > > > creates an artifact from an ISO (requires a XenServer ISO SR and >> will >> > > > automatically download the ISO if not present). xenserver-vm >> creates >> > an >> > > > artifact from a pre-existing VM which could be running. Both >> builders >> > > > assume an NFS SR is present (by-product of a limitation in an >> earlier >> > > > implementation). I plan on removing that requirement next week. >> > > > - Any provisioners you wish to define will work, provided they use >> the >> > > SSH >> > > > communicator. I'm still working on the WinRM communicator >> > > > - There is a cloudstack-xenserver post-processor which will upload >> the >> > > VHD >> > > > artifact to your CloudStack instance. It only requires API >> access. If >> > > the >> > > > CloudStack instance is remote, tell the post-processor to compress, >> > > > otherwise leave it uncompressed (faster) >> > > > >> > > > If you run into problems or have questions, just ask, and I do >> accept >> > > pull >> > > > requests. Since this is your first time with this project, I'm very >> > > > interested in any "first use" problems such that the README can be >> > > updated. >> > > > >> > > > -tim >> > > > >> > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Hany Fahim <h...@vmfarms.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','h...@vmfarms.com');>> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > Hi Folks, >> > > > > >> > > > > I’m currently looking into adopting Packer <https://packer.io/> >> to >> > > build >> > > > > images for CloudStack easily. I’ve been looking in >> packer-cloudstack >> > > > > <https://github.com/schubergphilis/packer-cloudstack> plugin, but >> > > > > unfortunately there have been some backwards incompatible changes >> > made >> > > to >> > > > > Packer that prevents this plugin from working. We do not have >> direct >> > > > access >> > > > > to the CloudStack installation we’re working with, and only have >> the >> > > API >> > > > > available to us. >> > > > > >> > > > > I’d like to ask the community if anyone else has got Packer to >> work >> > in >> > > > some >> > > > > form with CloudStack? At the very least, we’re looking for a way >> for >> > > > Packer >> > > > > to produce VHD images that can be imported into CloudStack >> manually. >> > > > > >> > > > > Any help would be appreciated. >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > ---- >> > > > > Hany Fahim >> > > > > VM Farms >> > > > > http://vmfarms.com >> > > > > h...@vmfarms.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','h...@vmfarms.com');> >> > > > > 1-866-278-0021 x700 >> > > > > Twitter: @vmfarms >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >
