packer-post-processor-vhd

Packer post-processor plugin to produce Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files.

VHD files can be used with the following hypervisors:

• Hyper-V
• VMWare
• VirtualBox
• XenServer

packer-post-processor-vhd supports converting VirtualBox and QEMU images to VHDs. It can be used as a post-processor for artifacts from both builders.

Dependencies

• Packer 0.7+
• VirtualBox (VBoxManage) is required to convert VirtualBox artifacts.
• QEMU (qemu-img) is required to convert QEMU artifacts.

Usage

Add a post-processor declaration to your Packer template:

{
  "post-processors": [
    {
      "type": "vhd",
      "only": ["virtualbox-iso"],
    }
  ]
}

Configuration

packer-post-processor-vhd supports the following optional configuration items:

• output (string)

  The path to the VHD file. This is a configuration template. The template supports the following variables:

  • {{ .BuildName }}

    Replaced by the name of the builder (e.g., virtualbox-iso or a custom name).

  • {{ .Provider }}

    Replaced by the input artifact provider (e.g., virtualbox).

  • {{ .ArtifactId }}

    Replaced by the ID of the input artifact.

  Defaults to packer_{{ .BuildName }}_{{ .Provider }}.vhd.

• force (boolean)

  Whether to overwrite a pre-existing VHD file at output if it exists. Specifying --force on the command line has the same effect. Defaults to false.

• keep_input_artifact (boolean)

  Whether to keep the input artifact (e.g., VirtualBox image) after processing. Defaults to false.

Installation

Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows

1. Download the latest release.

2. Rename the plugin packer-post-processor-vhd.

3. Copy the binary to your Packer plugins directory.

   • Linux and Mac OS X:

     ~/packer.d/plugins
     

   • Windows:

     %APPDATA%\packer.d\plugins
     

Other Platforms

1. Install the Go toolchain, then install the package:

   go get github.com/benwebber/packer-post-processor-vhd
   go install github.com/benwebber/packer-post-processor-vhd
   

2. Copy the binary to your Packer plugins directory.

   • Linux and Mac OS X:

     cp $GOPATH/bin/packer-post-processor-vhd ~/packer.d/plugins
     

   • Windows:

     Copy-Item %GOPATH%\bin\packer-post-processor-vhd %APPDATA%\packer.d\plugins