You can use file directive to copy the ssh key while building the image.
https://packer.io/docs/builders/file.html


On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 6:22 AM Simar Arora <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to provision Ubuntu cloud image in my virtual box(OVA format),
> the cloud image does not come with default login credentials and needs ssh
> key pair to be inserted in VM. After some research, I found that it can be
> done with cloud-init
> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/797462/problem-with-ubuntu-cloud-image-16-04-on-virtualbox>,
> wondering if this can be done with Packer as well?
>
>
> {
> "builders":[{
>
>   "type": "virtualbox-ovf",
>   "source_path": "ubuntu-bionic-18.04-cloudimg.ovf",
>   "ssh_private_key_file": "~/development/packer_scripts/ssh/id_rsa",
>   "shutdown_command": "echo 'packer' | sudo -S shutdown -P now",
>    "vboxmanage": [
>     ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "1024"],
>     ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "2"],
>     [ "modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--uart1", "0x3F8", "4" ]
>   ],
>    "boot_command":[
> "<esc><wait>",
> "<esc><wait>",
> "<esc><wait>"
>    ]
> }
> ]
> }
>
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