Ansible script to build remotely a Vagrant base box or virtual machine (VM).
This is done using packet.net a baremetal cloud provider. Finally a base box is uploaded to Vagrant Cloud or a virtual machine (VM) is uploaded to a file storage like Artifactory.
This section describes the steps that are necessary to run this Ansible script locally. You need to execute them only once.
- Install python and Ansible packages on your local system
sudo -H pip install packet-python ansible - Clone this repository and change into it
git clone git@github.com:fuinorg/vagrant-packet-builder.git cd vagrant-packet-builder - Generate a new SSH key for packet.net
mkdir .ssh ssh-keygen -f .ssh/id_rsa - Add the newly generated public key to packet.net
- Goto "packet.net / Personal Profile / SSH keys" and press "Add Key"
- Copy the content of ".ssh/id_rsa.pub" into field "Key", give it a nice "Title" and check "Select all devices"
With this script you can either create a Vagrant base box or a Virtual Machine (VM):
Here is a short explanation of the parameters ("--extra-vars") used for the Ansible scripts.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| git_project_url | URL where your Packer Git project lives | https://github.com/fuinorg/lubuntu-vagrant-base-box.git |
| git_project_key | Secret token to use for Git project if it's a private repository | None |
| cloud_token | Secret token for VVagrant Cloud | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| packet_project_name | Name of the project at packet.net | lubuntu-vagrant-base-box |
| packet_project_id | ID of the project at packet.net | 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc |
| packet_plan | Selects the service plan to provision your device at packet.net | baremetal_0 |
| packet_facility | Location of the packet.net data center | ams1 |
| packet_operating_system | Operating system for packet.net server instance | ubuntu_17_10 |
| packet_hostname | Instance name for server at packet.net | vagrant-builder-1234 |
| packet_api_token | Token for API at packet.net | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| packet_key_file | Public key file used for SSH at packet.net | ./.ssh/id_rsa.pub |
| ansible_ssh_private_key_file | **Public key file used for SSH at packet.net | ./.ssh/id_rsa |
| vmware_serialNumber | Serial number you received when you shopped a VMware Workstation license | XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX |
| vmware_url | **URL where you placed a copy of the VMware Workstation installer | https://files.yourcompany-domain-xyz.com/VMware-Workstation-14-Pro-Linux.bundle |
| bb_no_release | Enforce that the new version is not released at Vagrant Cloud. You need to do the release manually afterwards. | true |
| artifact_version | Version to use for Vagrant Cloud or the Virtual Machine ZIP file | 1.0.0 |
| artifact_description | Version to use for Vagrant Cloud | Updated packages |
| vagrant_vmware_lic_url | URL where you placed a copy of the license file you received when you shopped a Vagrant VMware plugin license | https://files.yourcompany-domain-xyz.com/vmware-workstation.lic |
| vm_name_vmw | Name to use for a VMware Workstation virtual machine | lubuntu_dev_vmw |
| vm_name_vbx | Name to use for a VirtualBox virtual machine | lubuntu_dev_vbx |
| vm_upload_url | URL for uploading the virtual machine ZIP archive | https://yourcompany.jfrog.io/yourcompany/files/ |
| vm_upload_user | User for virtual machine ZIP archive upload | your-user |
| vm_upload_pw | Password for virtual machine ZIP archive upload | xxxxx |
Many thanks to Arseniy who created the base for this scripts. You can hire him as a freelancer at upwork.com (Only visible to Upwork customers).