vm-templates/README.md

Packer templates

This repository holds Packer's VM templates I use. Most (if not all) of them run AlpineLinux.

Dependencies

For update_iso_checksum.sh script:

• hcl2json
• jq (gojq and jaq also work)

Other:

• packer (of course)
• terraform
• make (for convenience’ sake)
• qemu + libvirt

Note that libvirt plugins (for both Packer and Terraform) do not support modular daemons so running libvirtd service is required. Issue filled at https://github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/issues/171.

VM boxes

• alpine-qemu.pkr.hcl: libvirt-compatible VM on local machine running Alpine edge

# Build the VM box and launch it as a libvirt domain
VM_STATE_RUNNING=true make alpine-qemu.pkr.hcl alpine-qemu

• alpine-libvirt.pkr.hcl: a variation of alpine-qemu box with UEFI, using packer-plugin-libvirt instead of terraform-provider-libvirt

# Build the box and import it into `default` libvirt pool
make alpine-libvirt.pkr.hcl

# You'll have to start the VM manually
virsh -c qemu:///system start packer-alpine-edge-uefi-libvirt-x86_64

Acknowledge

• rgl/alpine-vagrant

License

MIT