tjfamodu / packer

Packer templates

Packer

Packer is a tool that is used to create machine images for multiple platforms with a single configuration.

Basic Commands

• packer validate checks syntax of template
• packer build builds the image of from the template
  • -var-files include a variable file for environment variables
  • - force forces the builder to run when artifacts from a previous build prevent the build from running
  • -only=foo,bar only build the build with the given names
  • -parallel=false disable parallelization of multiple builds (on by default)
• packer inspect outputs the various components the template would define
• packer