localghost / ppp

Pre-processor for Packer templates

Packer Pre-Processor

Use case

Filename ubuntu-common.json

{
    "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso",
    "iso_checksum": "d2d939ca0e65816790375f6826e4032f",
    "iso_checksum_type": "md5",
    "boot_command": [
        "<enter><wait>",
        "<f6><esc>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs>",
        "/install/vmlinuz ",
        "initrd=/install/initrd.gz ",
        "net.ifnames=0 ",
        "auto-install/enable=true ",
        "debconf/priority=critical ",
        "preseed/url=http://{{.HTTPIP}}:{{.HTTPPort}}/ubuntu-16.04/preseed.cfg ",
        "<enter>"
    ]
}

Filename ubuntu-virtualbox.json

{
    "builders": [{
        "type": "virtualbox-iso",
        "ppp-inline": "ubuntu-common.json"
        ...
    }]
}

Filename ubuntu-vmware.json

{
    "builders": [{
        "type": "vmware-iso",
        "ppp-inline": "ubuntu-common.json"
        ...
    }]
}

Command:

ppp ubuntu-virtualbox.json | packer build -
ppp ubuntu-vmware.json | packer build -

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