github.com/aclaygray/packer@v1.3.2/website/source/docs/builders/profitbricks.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 description: 'The ProfitBricks builder is able to create images for ProfitBricks cloud.' 3 layout: docs 4 page_title: 'ProfitBricks - Builders' 5 sidebar_current: 'docs-builders-profitbricks' 6 --- 7 8 # ProfitBricks Builder 9 10 Type: `profitbricks` 11 12 The ProfitBricks Builder is able to create virtual machines for [ProfitBricks](https://www.profitbricks.com). 13 14 ## Configuration Reference 15 16 There are many configuration options available for the builder. They are 17 segmented below into two categories: required and optional parameters. Within 18 each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized. 19 20 In addition to the options listed here, a 21 [communicator](/docs/templates/communicator.html) can be configured for this 22 builder. 23 24 ### Required 25 26 - `image` (string) - ProfitBricks volume image. Only Linux public images are supported. To obtain full list of available images you can use [ProfitBricks CLI](https://github.com/profitbricks/profitbricks-cli#image). 27 28 - `password` (string) - ProfitBricks password. This can be specified via environment variable \`PROFITBRICKS\_PASSWORD', if provided. The value defined in the config has precedence over environemnt variable. 29 30 - `username` (string) - ProfitBricks username. This can be specified via environment variable \`PROFITBRICKS\_USERNAME', if provided. The value defined in the config has precedence over environemnt variable. 31 32 ### Optional 33 34 - `cores` (number) - Amount of CPU cores to use for this build. Defaults to "4". 35 36 - `disk_size` (string) - Amount of disk space for this image in GB. Defaults to "50" 37 38 - `disk_type` (string) - Type of disk to use for this image. Defaults to "HDD". 39 40 - `location` (string) - Defaults to "us/las". 41 42 - `ram` (number) - Amount of RAM to use for this image. Defaults to "2048". 43 44 - `retries` (string) - Number of retries Packer will make status requests while waiting for the build to complete. Default value 120 seconds. 45 46 - `snapshot_name` (string) - If snapshot name is not provided Packer will generate it 47 48 - `snapshot_password` (string) - Password for the snapshot. 49 50 - `url` (string) - Endpoint for the ProfitBricks REST API. Default URL "<https://api.profitbricks.com/rest/v2>" 51 52 ## Example 53 54 Here is a basic example: 55 56 ``` json 57 { 58 "builders": [ 59 { 60 "image": "Ubuntu-16.04", 61 "type": "profitbricks", 62 "disk_size": "5", 63 "snapshot_name": "double", 64 "snapshot_password": "test1234", 65 "ssh_username" :"root", 66 "timeout": 100 67 } 68 ] 69 } 70 ```