Ok so it's actually the "user-data" I'm thinking of. So if i need it to run before I run my ansible playbook via the provisioner, that's not going to fly.
On Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 7:22:57 AM UTC-4, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > User data 1) is used by cloud-init 2). Cloud init is a service that > executes early in the boot process and reads user-data (among other things) > and can modify the VM's setup. It can add users and ssh-keys to allow > connection via ssh. But it's not guaranteed to finish before sshd starts, > so there is no strict order. > > I sugest that you read the references, Google and get back if you get any > more specific follow up questions. > > // Rickard > > 1) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/user-data.html > > 2) http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ > > On 22 May 2018 at 07:00, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> So I have a bash script that installs a few things before my >> ansible-local run within the provisioner block. My intial draft I had a >> shell provisioner that would run my bash script. It works fine and ansible >> runs fine. I learned about user_data_file and decided to move this initial >> shell script out of the provisioner and set it as a user_data_file. It >> doesn't seem to work because I have it installing ansible on the image >> Packer is building in order to run the ansible-local provisioner. >> >> Does user_data_file run at the end before it snapshots the image or does >> it run BEFORE the provisioner starts? >> >> -- >> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in >> violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing >> list. >> >> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Packer" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/af009da8-6228-406a-8f72-53926c1d7a84%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/af009da8-6228-406a-8f72-53926c1d7a84%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/2c61f903-8e4d-4ec3-854f-7937b3377c71%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
