/hashicorp.packer-debian10-buster

HashiCorp Packer Template for building a Vagrant Base Box of Debian 10 (buster)

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HashiCrop packer Template of Debian 11 (bullseye)

This repo contains a packer template for building a Vagrant Base Box of Debian 11.5 (aka bullseye).

Prerequisites

Ensure that you already have the following applications installed & working:

  • Virtualbox
  • Virtualbox Guest Additions (VBox GA)

  • MacOS (aka OSX) - VirtualBox 6.x+ is expected to be shipped with the related .iso present under (eg): /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso You may however need to download the .iso specific to your version (mount it) and execute the VBoxDarwinAdditions.pkg

  • Vagrant
  • Packer

Usage

  1. Set "iso_checksum": "sha512:..." getting the required SUM via the version specific URL & SHASUM path eg:

  2. Make all changes as required (eg: d-i mirror/country string Netherlands in ui-input.http/pressed_debian11-bullseye.cfg) and thereafter commence with build using packer CLI:

    packer validate debian11-bullseye.json && \
# if output: Template validated successfully. \
packer build debian10-bullseye.json

  3. Adjust disk_size which has been intentional set to 2Gb primary drive only!

The resulting Vagrant Base *.box file will be produced in the root of the repository (where no issues / errors).

Notes

Make adjustments to use appropriate mirrors (which are insecure ftp or http presently) where intended to extend to make proper use beyond a mere practise / training.

If your development & delivery resource specifications differ (eg - you'd like to use more resource locally) then then update (debian11-bullseye.json) by adding the below noted vboxmanage_post block (after: vboxmanage) within the builders section as well its related variables:

"variables":
{
    ...
 	"cpu_cores_delivery": "1",
	"memory_delivery": "1024",
    ...
},
"builders":
[{
    ...
	"vboxmanage_post":
	[
		[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "{{user `memory_delivery`}}" ],
		[ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "{{user `cpu_cores_delivery`}}" ]
	],
    ...
}],

Reference & Credits:

Accreditation due for material that are from other repo's which also worth referencing: