packer-post-processor-libvirt

README

packer-post-processor-libvirt

A Packer post-processor that automatically imports your built image to your preferred virtualization platform using libvirt.

Status

• Import a image built with the qemu builder
• Configure memory and number of cores
• Configure devices like network interfaces and graphic adapters

Installation and usage

For installing the post-processor, just execute,

go get -v github.com/GuillemCastro/packer-post-processor-libvirt

Then in ~/.packerconfig add the libvirt post-processor. It should look like this,

{
    "post-processors": {
        "libvirt": "packer-post-processor-libvirt"
    }
}

Then you can add it to your image configuration for packer,

{
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "qemu", //right now only qemu is supported
      "format": "qcow2", //with qcow2 images
      "accelerator": "kvm", //and kvm as the accelerator
      "vm_name": "ubuntu1804", //this will be the name of your VM
    }
  ],
  "post-processors": [
      {
          "type": "libvirt",
          "connection_uri": "qemu:///system", // QEMU connection URI (optional) by default "qemu:///system"
          "memory": 1024, // Ammount of RAM (optional) by default 1024MB
          "cores": 1, // Ammount of CPU cores (optional) by default 1
      }
  ]
}

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 Guillem Castro

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