kalharbi / packer-vagrant-template

Packer template for creating a Vagrant Box

Packer template for Vagrant

A Packer Templates for creating a Vagrant CentOS box. This template uses a custom SSH key instead of the default random or insecure key.

Usage

1. Generate your SSH key-pair using:

   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

2. Export the required environment variables:

   $ export vagrant_private_key = /path/to/private/key
   $ export vagrant_public_key = /path/to/public/key

3. Edit the template file to include the path to the ISO file and its checksum. Also, edit the installer script to provision the Vagrant box with the tools you need.

   $ vi centos-7-virtualbox.json
   $ vi installer.sh

4. Build the image

   $ packer build -var "user=vagrant" -var "password=vagrant" -var "public_key=/path/to/public/key" -var "private_key=/path/to/private/key" ./centos-7-virtualbox.json 

5. Create the Vagrant box from the image

   $ vagrant up

6. Log in to the Vagrant box using ssh

   $ vagrant ssh

   License

   MIT