github.com/aclaygray/packer@v1.3.2/website/source/docs/post-processors/googlecompute-import.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 description: | 3 The Google Compute Image Import post-processor takes a compressed raw disk 4 image and imports it to a GCE image available to Google Compute Engine. 5 6 layout: docs 7 page_title: 'Google Compute Image Import - Post-Processors' 8 sidebar_current: 'docs-post-processors-googlecompute-import' 9 --- 10 11 # Google Compute Image Import Post-Processor 12 13 Type: `googlecompute-import` 14 15 The Google Compute Image Import post-processor takes a compressed raw disk 16 image and imports it to a GCE image available to Google Compute Engine. 17 18 ~> This post-processor is for advanced users. Please ensure you read the [GCE import documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/import-existing-image) before using this post-processor. 19 20 ## How Does it Work? 21 22 The import process operates by uploading a temporary copy of the compressed raw disk image 23 to a GCS bucket, and calling an import task in GCP on the raw disk file. Once completed, a 24 GCE image is created containing the converted virtual machine. The temporary raw disk image 25 copy in GCS can be discarded after the import is complete. 26 27 Google Cloud has very specific requirements for images being imported. Please see the 28 [GCE import documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/import-existing-image) 29 for details. 30 31 ## Configuration 32 33 ### Required 34 35 - `account_file` (string) - The JSON file containing your account credentials. 36 37 - `bucket` (string) - The name of the GCS bucket where the raw disk image 38 will be uploaded. 39 40 - `image_name` (string) - The unique name of the resulting image. 41 42 - `project_id` (string) - The project ID where the GCS bucket exists and 43 where the GCE image is stored. 44 45 ### Optional 46 47 - `gcs_object_name` (string) - The name of the GCS object in `bucket` where the RAW disk image will be copied for import. Defaults to "packer-import-{{timestamp}}.tar.gz". 48 49 - `image_description` (string) - The description of the resulting image. 50 51 - `image_family` (string) - The name of the image family to which the resulting image belongs. 52 53 - `image_labels` (object of key/value strings) - Key/value pair labels to apply to the created image. 54 55 - `keep_input_artifact` (boolean) - if true, do not delete the compressed RAW disk image. Defaults to false. 56 57 - `skip_clean` (boolean) - Skip removing the TAR file uploaded to the GCS bucket after the import process has completed. "true" means that we should leave it in the GCS bucket, "false" means to clean it out. Defaults to `false`. 58 59 60 ## Basic Example 61 62 Here is a basic example. This assumes that the builder has produced an compressed 63 raw disk image artifact for us to work with, and that the GCS bucket has been created. 64 65 ``` json 66 { 67 "type": "googlecompute-import", 68 "account_file": "account.json", 69 "project_id": "my-project", 70 "bucket": "my-bucket", 71 "image_name": "my-gce-image" 72 } 73 74 ``` 75 76 ## QEMU Builder Example 77 78 Here is a complete example for building a Fedora 28 server GCE image. For this example 79 packer was run from a CentOS 7 server with KVM installed. The CentOS 7 server was running 80 in GCE with the nested hypervisor feature enabled. 81 82 ``` 83 $ packer build -var serial=$(tty) build.json 84 ``` 85 86 ``` json 87 { 88 "variables": { 89 "serial": "" 90 }, 91 "builders": [ 92 { 93 "type": "qemu", 94 "accelerator": "kvm", 95 "communicator": "none", 96 "boot_command": ["<tab> console=ttyS0,115200n8 inst.text inst.ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/fedora-28-ks.cfg rd.live.check=0<enter><wait>"], 97 "disk_size": "15000", 98 "format": "raw", 99 "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", 100 "iso_checksum": "ea1efdc692356b3346326f82e2f468903e8da59324fdee8b10eac4fea83f23fe", 101 "iso_url": "https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/28/Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-28-1.1.iso", 102 "headless": "true", 103 "http_directory": "http", 104 "http_port_max": "10089", 105 "http_port_min": "10082", 106 "output_directory": "output", 107 "shutdown_timeout": "30m", 108 "vm_name": "disk.raw", 109 "qemu_binary": "/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm", 110 "qemuargs": [ 111 [ 112 "-m", "1024" 113 ], 114 [ 115 "-cpu", "host" 116 ], 117 [ 118 "-chardev", "tty,id=pts,path={{user `serial`}}" 119 ], 120 [ 121 "-device", "isa-serial,chardev=pts" 122 ], 123 [ 124 "-device", "virtio-net,netdev=user.0" 125 ] 126 ] 127 } 128 ], 129 "post-processors": [ 130 [ 131 { 132 "type": "compress", 133 "output": "output/disk.raw.tar.gz" 134 }, 135 { 136 "type": "googlecompute-import", 137 "project_id": "my-project", 138 "account_file": "account.json", 139 "bucket": "my-bucket", 140 "image_name": "fedora28-server-{{timestamp}}", 141 "image_description": "Fedora 28 Server", 142 "image_family": "fedora28-server" 143 } 144 ] 145 ] 146 } 147 ```