Specs
Overview
HashiCorp's Packer is an open source tool for creating images with code for multiple platforms from a single code configuration. From a single code source, a user may provision Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for AWS EC2, VMDK/VMX files for VMware ESXi, OVF exports for VirtualBox, and so on.
Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and can even create multiple images in parallel. Packer does not replace configuration management like Ansible or Puppet. Configuration management tools might actually be used to help Packer build the image. Packer also works well with the HashiCorp tool, Terraform, which may be used to launch any images built with Packer.
Objectives
Deploy and Use HashiCorp Packer
Write Packer configuration
Provision machine images for popular platforms like AWS, VMWare, KVM, and VirtualBox
Use Packer along side other dev tools like Terraform and Ansible
Optimize your continuous delivery pipeline from development through production
Interact with Packer HCP Registry
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