packer-communicator-winrm

README

Packer WinRM Plugin

A Packer communicator plugin for interacting with machines using Windows Remote Management. For more information on WinRM, visit Microsoft's WinRM site.

Status

This is a work in progress. It is not a usable Packer plugin yet. However, while the kinks are being worked out it is also a stand-alone command-line application.

Usage

A Packer communicator plugin supports the following functionality: Execute a shell command, upload a file, download a file, and upload a directory.

Help

alias pcw=`pwd`/packer-communicator-winrm
pcw help

Executing a shell command

pcw cmd "powershell Write-Host 'Hello' (Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption"

Uploading a file

pcw file -from=./README.md -to=C:\\Windows\\Temp\\README.md
pcw cmd "type C:\\Windows\\Temp\\README.md"

Uploading a directory

pcw dir -from="~/cookbooks/" -to="c:\\Windows\\Temp\\cookbooks"
pcw cmd "dir c:\\Windows\\Temp\\cookbooks"

Downloading a file

not started

Props

• joefitzgerald/packer-windows (https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows)
• masterzen/winrm (https://github.com/masterzen/winrm)
• mitchellh/packer (https://github.com/mitchellh/packer)
• WinRb/vagrant-windows (https://github.com/WinRb/vagrant-windows)
• WinRb/WinRM (https://github.com/WinRb/WinRM)