Thanks for your quick help. But I am not able to retrieve the values from the provisional scripts. I guess the scope is getting lost. I was assuming the environment variables gives this advantage. I did the similar as is done in bento(2). Any idea what would have went wrong? On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 11:25:00 PM UTC+8, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > You can't have \n in a Json string and I don't understand why you would > need one it that example code? I recommend that you pass any invariants as > environment variables 1) instead since that is more generic. An example is > how it's done in bento 2) > > > 1) https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/shell.html#environment_vars > 2) > https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/master/centos/centos-7.4-x86_64.json#L160-L181 > > > On Mar 5, 2018 15:50, "Bubunia Patra" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> 1. "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} sudo -E -S bash '{{.Path}' '{{user >> `arg1`}}' '{{user `arg2`}}' " Is this correct? I tried this but since i >> have lot of arguments to be passed it is less readable and error prone. >> >> >> 2.The problem i am facing is I have lot of variables to be passed as >> arguments and when I run as below: >> "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} sudo -E -S bash '{{.Path}' '{{user >> `arg1`}}' '{{user `arg2`}}' \n >> '{{user `arg3`}}' '{{user `arg4`}}' >> '{{user `arg5`}}' \n >> >> Failed to parse template: Error parsing JSON: invalid character '\n' in >> string literal. Could you please help how I can pass multiline arguments? >> " >> >> >> On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 9:43:16 PM UTC+8, Rickard von Essen wrote: >>> >>> arguments should be in the "execute_command" >>> >>> On 5 March 2018 at 14:38, Bubunia Patra <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Packer version I am using 1.0.2. But the problem is that arguments are >>>> not ge >>>> >>>> tting passed to the provisioning script and all are null. I used the >>>> second method(hack ) that is described in below thread using "scripts" >>>> tag. >>>> >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/packer-tool/G2TKbBQOGcQ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "provisioners": [ >>>> { >>>> "type": "shell", >>>> "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} sudo -E -S bash >>>> '{{.Path}} {{user `arg1`}} '", >>>> "inline": [ >>>> "{{user `provision_script`}} {{user `arg1`}} >>>> {{user `arg2`}}" >>>> >>>> >>>> ] >>>> } >>>> ] >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 7:33:14 PM UTC+8, Bubunia Patra wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I want to pass some command arguments to the provisioning script in >>>>> packer for creating an AMI image. But I am getting "No such file or >>>>> directory". Can anyone help me in this regard? >>>>> I also having issue when I have multiline strings being passed to >>>>> packer. I checked the below thread and its somehow adding \n doesnt work. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16690101/can-a-json-value-contain-a-multiline-string >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone help me in this regard? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Pradeep >>>>> >>>>> { >>>>> "variables": { >>>>> "aws_access_key": "{{env `PACKER_AWS_ACCESS_KEY`}}", >>>>> "aws_secret_key": "{{env `PACKER_AWS_SECRET_KEY`}}", >>>>> "aws_region": "{{env `PACKER_AWS_REGION`}}", >>>>> "prod_name": "abcd", >>>>> "image_name": "abc", >>>>> "version_number": "v1", >>>>> "ami_filter": "CentOS Linux 7 x86_64 HVM EBS >>>>> 1704_01-b7ee8a69-ee97-4a49-9e68-afaee216db2e-ami-d52f5bc3.4", >>>>> "ssh_user_name": "centos", >>>>> "env_type": "test", >>>>> "provision_script": "/home/centos/packer/provision.sh", >>>>> "arg1" : "hello", >>>>> "arg2" : "world" >>>>> >>>>> "builders": [ >>>>> { >>>>> "name": "packer_eu_west_ebs", >>>>> "type": "amazon-ebs", >>>>> "access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}", >>>>> "secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}", >>>>> "region": "{{user `aws_region`}}", >>>>> "source_ami_filter": { >>>>> "filters": { >>>>> "name": "{{user `ami_filter`}}" >>>>> }, >>>>> "most_recent": true >>>>> }, >>>>> "instance_type": "t2.small" >>>>> } >>>>> ] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "provisioners": [ >>>>> { >>>>> "type": "shell", >>>>> "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} sudo -E -S bash '{{.Path}}'", >>>>> "inline": [ >>>>> "{{user `provision_script`}} {{user `arg1`}} >>>>> {{user `arg2`}}" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ] >>>>> } >>>>> ] >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Error: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ==> packer_eu_west_ebs: Pausing after run of step >>>>> 'StepRunSourceInstance'. Press enter to continue. ==> packer_eu_west_ebs: >>>>> Pausing after run of step 'StepTagEBSVolumes'. Press enter to continue. >>>>> ==> >>>>> packer_eu_west_ebs: Pausing after run of step 'StepGetPassword'. Press >>>>> enter to continue. >>>>> ==> packer_eu_west_ebs: Waiting for SSH to become available... >>>>> ==> packer_eu_west_ebs: Connected to SSH! >>>>> ==> packer_eu_west_ebs: Pausing after run of step 'StepConnect'. Press >>>>> enter to continue. >>>>> ==> packer_eu_west_ebs: Provisioning with shell script: >>>>> /tmp/packer-shell705621081 >>>>> packer_eu_west_ebs: /tmp/script_619.sh: line 2: >>>>> /home/centos/packer/provision.sh: No such file or directory >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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