/packer-templates

Packer templates for Vagrant base boxes

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packer-templates

Travis

Packer templates for Vagrant base boxes

Usage

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/kaorimatz/packer-templates && cd packer-templates

Build a machine image from the template in the repository:

$ packer build archlinux-x86_64.json

Add the built box to Vagrant:

$ vagrant box add archlinux-x86_64 archlinux-x86_64.box

Configuration

You can configure each template to match your requirements by setting the following user variables.

User Variable Default Value Description
compression_level 6 Documentation
cpus 1 Number of CPUs
disk_size 40000 Documentation
headless 0 Documentation
memory 512 Memory size in MB
mirror A URL of the mirror where the ISO image is available

Example

Build an uncompressed Arch Linux vagrant box with a 4GB hard disk:

$ packer build -var compression_level=0 -var disk_size=4000 archlinux-x86_64.json

Pre-built Boxes

You can also use the pre-built boxes hosted on Atlas.

$ vagrant box add kaorimatz/archlinux-x86_64