Hany, Take a look at this: https://github.com/xenserverarmy/packer. I updated it last week for the changes in Packer 0.8.6, and have tested it with XenServer 6.2 and 6.5. Here are the things you might want to know which I've not updated in the README.MD:
- There are two builders, xenserver-iso and xenserver-vm. xenserver-iso creates an artifact from an ISO (requires a XenServer ISO SR and will automatically download the ISO if not present). xenserver-vm creates an artifact from a pre-existing VM which could be running. Both builders assume an NFS SR is present (by-product of a limitation in an earlier implementation). I plan on removing that requirement next week. - Any provisioners you wish to define will work, provided they use the SSH communicator. I'm still working on the WinRM communicator - There is a cloudstack-xenserver post-processor which will upload the VHD artifact to your CloudStack instance. It only requires API access. If the CloudStack instance is remote, tell the post-processor to compress, otherwise leave it uncompressed (faster) If you run into problems or have questions, just ask, and I do accept pull requests. Since this is your first time with this project, I'm very interested in any "first use" problems such that the README can be updated. -tim On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Hany Fahim <h...@vmfarms.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I’m currently looking into adopting Packer <https://packer.io/> to build > images for CloudStack easily. I’ve been looking in packer-cloudstack > <https://github.com/schubergphilis/packer-cloudstack> plugin, but > unfortunately there have been some backwards incompatible changes made to > Packer that prevents this plugin from working. We do not have direct access > to the CloudStack installation we’re working with, and only have the API > available to us. > > I’d like to ask the community if anyone else has got Packer to work in some > form with CloudStack? At the very least, we’re looking for a way for Packer > to produce VHD images that can be imported into CloudStack manually. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > ---- > Hany Fahim > VM Farms > http://vmfarms.com > h...@vmfarms.com > 1-866-278-0021 x700 > Twitter: @vmfarms >
