This is the official repository for the Alicloud packer provider.
Currently it supports packer version ≥ v0.12.1.
If you are not planning to contribute to this repo, you can download the compiled binaries according to you platform, unzip and move them into the folder under the packer PATH such as /usr/local/packer.
Setup your access key and secret key in the environment variables according to platform, for example In Linux platform with default bash, open your .bashrc in your home directory and add following two lines
export ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY="access key value"
export ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY="secret key value"Open a terminator and clone Alicloud packer provider and build,install and test
cd <$GOPATH>
mkdir -p src/github.com/alibaba/
cd <$GOPATH>/src/github.com/alibaba/
git clone https://github.com/alibaba/packer-provider
cd <$GOPTH>/src/github.com/alibaba/packer-provider
make all
sorce ~/.bashrc
packer build example/alicloud.jsonIf output similar as following, configurations, you can now start the journey of alicloud with packer support
alicloud output will be in this color.
==> alicloud: Force delete flag found, skipping prevalidating Alicloud ECS Image Name
alicloud: Found Image ID: centos_7_03_64_20G_alibase_20170818.vhd
==> alicloud: allocated eip address 121.196.193.14
==> alicloud: Instance starting
==> alicloud: Waiting for SSH to become available...
==> alicloud: This machine's host=121.196.193.14
==> alicloud: This machine's host=121.196.193.14
==> alicloud: This machine's host=121.196.193.14
==> alicloud: Connected to SSH!
==> alicloud: Provisioning with shell script: /var/folders/3q/w38xx_js6cl6k5mwkrqsnw7w0000gn/T/packer-shell170579778
{
"variables": {
"access_key": "{{env `ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY`}}",
"secret_key": "{{env `ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY`}}"
},
"builders": [{
"type":"alicloud-ecs",
"access_key":"{{user `access_key`}}",
"secret_key":"{{user `secret_key`}}",
"region":"cn-beijing",
"image_name":"packer_test2",
"source_image":"centos_7_03_64_20G_alibase_20170818.vhd",
"ssh_username":"root",
"instance_type":"ecs.n1.tiny",
"io_optimized":"true",
"internet_charge_type":"PayByTraffic",
"image_force_delete":"true"
}],
"provisioners": [{
"type": "shell",
"inline": [
"sleep 30",
"yum install redis.x86_64 -y"
]
}]
}### Create a simple image for windows
```aidl
{
"variables": {
"access_key": "{{env `ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY`}}",
"secret_key": "{{env `ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY`}}"
},
"builders": [{
"type":"alicloud-ecs",
"access_key":"{{user `access_key`}}",
"secret_key":"{{user `secret_key`}}",
"region":"cn-beijing",
"image_name":"packer_test",
"source_image":"win2008r2_64_ent_sp1_zh-cn_40G_alibase_20170915.vhd",
"instance_type":"ecs.n1.tiny",
"internet_charge_type":"PayByTraffic",
"io_optimized":"true",
"image_force_delete":"true",
"communicator": "winrm",
"winrm_port": 5985,
"winrm_username": "Administrator",
"winrm_password": "Test1234",
"user_data_file": "examples/alicloud/basic/winrm_enable_userdata.ps1"
}],
"provisioners": [{
"type": "powershell",
"inline": ["dir c:\\"]
}]
}
Note: Since WinRM is closed by default in the system image. You need enable it by userdata in order to connect to the instance, check winrm_enable_userdata.ps1 for details.
{
"variables": {
"access_key": "{{env `ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY`}}",
"secret_key": "{{env `ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY`}}"
},
"builders": [{
"type":"alicloud-ecs",
"access_key":"{{user `access_key`}}",
"secret_key":"{{user `secret_key`}}",
"region":"cn-beijing",
"image_name":"packer_with_data_disk",
"source_image":"centos_7_03_64_20G_alibase_20170818.vhd",
"ssh_username":"root",
"instance_type":"ecs.n1.tiny",
"internet_charge_type":"PayByTraffic",
"io_optimized":"true",
"image_disk_mappings":[{"disk_name":"data1","disk_size":20},{"disk_name":"data1","disk_size":20,"disk_device":"/dev/xvdz"}]
}],
"provisioners": [{
"type": "shell",
"inline": [
"sleep 30",
"yum install redis.x86_64 -y"
]
}]
}Note: Images can become deprecated after a while; run
aliyun ecs DescribeImagesto find one that exists.