github.com/aspring/packer@v0.8.1-0.20150629211158-9db281ac0f89/CHANGELOG.md (about) 1 ## 0.8.1 (unreleased) 2 3 BUG FIXES: 4 5 * builder/amazon: Fix issue with sharing AMIs when using `ami_users` [GH-2308] 6 * builder/amazon: Fix for tag creation when creating new ec2 instance [GH-2317] 7 * builder/amazon: Fix issue with creating AMIs with multiple device mappings [GH-2320] 8 * builder/amazon: Fix failing AMI snapshot tagging when copying to other 9 regions [GH-2316] 10 * builder/amazon-instance: Fix issue with creating AMIs without specifying a 11 virtualization type [GH-2330] 12 13 ## 0.8.0 (June 23, 2015) 14 15 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 16 17 * core: SSH connection will no longer request a PTY by default. This 18 can be enabled per builder. 19 * builder/digitalocean: no longer supports the v1 API which has been 20 deprecated for some time. Most configurations should continue to 21 work as long as you use the `api_token` field for auth. 22 * builder/digitalocean: `image`, `region`, and `size` are now required. 23 * builder/openstack: auth parameters have been changed to better 24 reflect OS terminology. Existing environment variables still work. 25 26 FEATURES: 27 28 * **WinRM:** You can now connect via WinRM with almost every builder. 29 See the docs for more info. [GH-2239] 30 * **Windows AWS Support:** Windows AMIs can now be built without any 31 external plugins: Packer will start a Windows instance, get the 32 admin password, and can use WinRM (above) to connect through. [GH-2240] 33 * **Disable SSH:** Set `communicator` to "none" in any builder to disable SSH 34 connections. Note that provisioners won't work if this is done. [GH-1591] 35 * **SSH Agent Forwarding:** SSH Agent Forwarding will now be enabled 36 to allow access to remote servers such as private git repos. [GH-1066] 37 * **SSH Bastion Hosts:** You can now specify a bastion host for 38 SSH access (works with all builders). [GH-387] 39 * **OpenStack v3 Identity:** The OpenStack builder now supports the 40 v3 identity API. 41 * **Docker builder supports SSH**: The Docker builder now supports containers 42 with SSH, just set `communicator` to "ssh" [GH-2244] 43 * **File provisioner can download**: The file provisioner can now download 44 files out of the build process. [GH-1909] 45 * **New config function: `build_name`**: The name of the currently running 46 build. [GH-2232] 47 * **New config function: `build_type`**: The type of the currently running 48 builder. This is useful for provisioners. [GH-2232] 49 * **New config function: `template_dir`**: The directory to the template 50 being built. This should be used for template-relative paths. [GH-54] 51 * **New provisioner: shell-local**: Runs a local shell script. [GH-770] 52 * **New provisioner: powershell**: Provision Windows machines 53 with PowerShell scripts. [GH-2243] 54 * **New provisioner: windows-shell**: Provision Windows machines with 55 batch files. [GH-2243] 56 * **New provisioner: windows-restart**: Restart a Windows machines and 57 wait for it to come back online. [GH-2243] 58 * **Compress post-processor supports multiple algorithms:** The compress 59 post-processor now supports lz4 compression and compresses gzip in 60 parallel for much faster throughput. 61 62 IMPROVEMENTS: 63 64 * core: Interrupt handling for SIGTERM signal as well. [GH-1858] 65 * core: HTTP downloads support resuming [GH-2106] 66 * builder/*: Add `ssh_handshake_attempts` to configure the number of 67 handshake attempts done before failure [GH-2237] 68 * builder/amazon: Add `force_deregister` option for automatic AMI 69 deregistration [GH-2221] 70 * builder/amazon: Now applies tags to EBS snapshots [GH-2212] 71 * builder/amazon: Clean up orphaned volumes from Source AMIs [GH-1783] 72 * builder/amazon: Support custom keypairs [GH-1837] 73 * builder/amazon-chroot: Can now resize the root volume of the resulting 74 AMI with the `root_volume_size` option [GH-2289] 75 * builder/amazon-chroot: Add `mount_options` configuration option for providing 76 options to the `mount` command [GH-2296] 77 * builder/digitalocean: Save SSH key to pwd if debug mode is on. [GH-1829] 78 * builder/digitalocean: User data support [GH-2113] 79 * builder/googlecompute: Option to use internal IP for connections. [GH-2152] 80 * builder/parallels: Support Parallels Desktop 11 [GH-2199] 81 * builder/openstack: Add `rackconnect_wait` for Rackspace customers to wait for 82 RackConnect data to appear 83 * buidler/openstack: Add `ssh_interface` option for rackconnect for users that 84 have prohibitive firewalls 85 * builder/openstack: Flavor names can be used as well as refs 86 * builder/openstack: Add `availability_zone` [GH-2016] 87 * builder/openstack: Machine will be stopped prior to imaging if the 88 cluster supports the `startstop` extension. [GH-2223] 89 * builder/openstack: Support for user data [GH-2224] 90 * builder/qemu: Default accelerator to "tcg" on Windows [GH-2291] 91 * builder/virtualbox: Added option: `ssh_skip_nat_mapping` to skip the 92 automatic port forward for SSH and to use the guest port directly. [GH-1078] 93 * builder/virtualbox: Added SCSI support 94 * builder/vmware: Support for additional disks [GH-1382] 95 * builder/vmware: Can now customize the template used for adding disks [GH-2254] 96 * command/fix: After fixing, the template is validated [GH-2228] 97 * command/push: Add `-name` flag for specifying name from CLI [GH-2042] 98 * command/push: Push configuration in templates supports variables [GH-1861] 99 * post-processor/docker-save: Can be chained [GH-2179] 100 * post-processor/docker-tag: Support `force` option [GH-2055] 101 * post-processor/docker-tag: Can be chained [GH-2179] 102 * post-processor/vsphere: Make more fields optional, support empty 103 resource pools. [GH-1868] 104 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: `working_directory` option [GH-1831] 105 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: `packer_build_name` and 106 `packer_build_type` are default facts. [GH-1878] 107 * provisioner/puppet-server: `ignore_exit_codes` option added [GH-2280] 108 109 BUG FIXES: 110 111 * core: Fix potential panic for post-processor plugin exits [GH-2098] 112 * core: `PACKER_CONFIG` may point to a non-existent file [GH-2226] 113 * builder/amazon: Allow spaces in AMI names when using `clean_ami_name` [GH-2182] 114 * builder/amazon: Remove deprecated ec2-upload-bundle paramger [GH-1931] 115 * builder/amazon: Use IAM Profile to upload bundle if provided [GH-1985] 116 * builder/amazon: Use correct exit code after SSH authentication failed [GH-2004] 117 * builder/amazon: Retry finding created instance for eventual 118 consistency. [GH-2129] 119 * builder/amazon: If no AZ is specified, use AZ chosen automatically by 120 AWS for spot instance. [GH-2017] 121 * builder/amazon: Private key file (only available in debug mode) 122 is deleted on cleanup. [GH-1801] 123 * builder/amazon: AMI copy won't copy to the source region [GH-2123] 124 * builder/amazon: Validate AMI doesn't exist with name prior to build [GH-1774] 125 * builder/amazon: Improved retry logic around waiting for instances. [GH-1764] 126 * builder/amazon: Fix issues with creating Block Devices. [GH-2195] 127 * builder/amazon/chroot: Retry waiting for disk attachments [GH-2046] 128 * builder/amazon/chroot: Only unmount path if it is mounted [GH-2054] 129 * builder/amazon/instance: Use `-i` in sudo commands so PATH is inherited. [GH-1930] 130 * builder/amazon/instance: Use `--region` flag for bundle upload command. [GH-1931] 131 * builder/digitalocean: Wait for droplet to unlock before changing state, 132 should lower the "pending event" errors. 133 * builder/digitalocean: Ignore invalid fields from the ever-changing v2 API 134 * builder/digitalocean: Private images can be used as a source [GH-1792] 135 * builder/docker: Fixed hang on prompt while copying script 136 * builder/docker: Use `docker exec` for newer versions of Docker for 137 running scripts [GH-1993] 138 * builder/docker: Fix crash that could occur at certain timed ctrl-c [GH-1838] 139 * builder/docker: validate that `export_path` is not a directory [GH-2105] 140 * builder/google: `ssh_timeout` is respected [GH-1781] 141 * builder/openstack: `ssh_interface` can be used to specify the interface 142 to retrieve the SSH IP from. [GH-2220] 143 * builder/qemu: Add `disk_discard` option [GH-2120] 144 * builder/qemu: Use proper SSH port, not hardcoded to 22. [GH-2236] 145 * builder/qemu: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032] 146 * builder/virtualbox: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with 147 OS installers. [GH-1709] 148 * builder/virtualbox: Remove the floppy controller in addition to the 149 floppy disk. [GH-1879] 150 * builder/virtualbox: Fixed regression where downloading ISO without a 151 ".iso" extension didn't work. [GH-1839] 152 * builder/virtualbox: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template 153 validation time. [GH-2233] 154 * builder/virtualbox: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032] 155 * builder/vmware: Add 100ms delay between keystrokes to avoid subtle 156 timing issues in most cases. [GH-1663] 157 * builder/vmware: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with 158 OS installers. [GH-1709] 159 * builder/vmware: Case-insensitive match of MAC address to find IP [GH-1989] 160 * builder/vmware: More robust IP parsing from ifconfig output [GH-1999] 161 * builder/vmware: Nested output directories for ESXi work [GH-2174] 162 * builder/vmware: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template 163 validation time. [GH-2233] 164 * command/fix: For the `virtualbox` to `virtualbox-iso` builder rename, 165 provisioner overrides are now also fixed [GH-2231] 166 * command/validate: don't crash for invalid builds [GH-2139] 167 * post-processor/atlas: Find common archive prefix for Windows [GH-1874] 168 * post-processor/atlas: Fix index out of range panic [GH-1959] 169 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Fixed failing on response 170 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Don't delete version on error [GH-2014] 171 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Retry failed uploads a few times 172 * provisioner/chef-client: Fix permissions issues on default dir [GH-2255] 173 * provisioner/chef-client: Node cleanup works now. [GH-2257] 174 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Allow manifest_file to be a directory 175 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Add `--retcode-passthrough` to salt-call 176 * provisioner/shell: chmod executable script to 0755, not 0777 [GH-1708] 177 * provisioner/shell: inline commands failing will fail the provisioner [GH-2069] 178 * provisioner/shell: single quotes in env vars are escaped [GH-2229] 179 * provisioner/shell: Temporary file is deleted after run [GH-2259] 180 * provisioner/shell: Randomize default script name to avoid strange 181 race issues from Windows. [GH-2270] 182 183 ## 0.7.5 (December 9, 2014) 184 185 FEATURES: 186 187 * **New command: `packer push`**: Push template and files to HashiCorp's 188 Atlas for building your templates automatically. 189 * **New post-processor: `atlas`**: Send artifact to HashiCorp's Atlas for 190 versioning and storing artifacts. These artifacts can then be queried 191 using the API, Terraform, etc. 192 193 IMPROVEMENTS: 194 195 * builder/googlecompute: Support for ubuntu-os-cloud project 196 * builder/googlecompute: Support for OAuth2 to avoid client secrets file 197 * builder/googlecompute: GCE image from persistant disk instead of tarball 198 * builder/qemu: Checksum type "none" can be used 199 * provisioner/chef: Generate a node name if none available 200 * provisioner/chef: Added ssl_verify_mode configuration 201 202 BUG FIXES: 203 204 * builder/parallels: Fixed attachment of ISO to cdrom device 205 * builder/parallels: Fixed boot load ordering 206 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed decoding of size 207 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed missing content-type header in request 208 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed use of private IP 209 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed the artifact ID generation 210 * builder/vsphere: Fixed credential escaping 211 * builder/qemu: Fixed use of CDROM with disk_image 212 * builder/aws: Fixed IP address for SSH in VPC 213 * builder/aws: Fixed issue with multiple block devices 214 * builder/vmware: Upload VMX to ESX5 after editing 215 * communicator/docker: Fix handling of symlinks during upload 216 * provisioner/chef: Fixed use of sudo in some cases 217 * core: Fixed build name interpolation 218 * postprocessor/vagrant: Fixed check for Vagrantfile template 219 220 ## 0.7.2 (October 28, 2014) 221 222 FEATURES: 223 224 * builder/digitalocean: API V2 support. [GH-1463] 225 * builder/parallels: Don't depend on _prl-utils_ [GH-1499] 226 227 IMPROVEMENTS: 228 229 * builder/amazon/all: Support new AWS Frankfurt region. 230 * builder/docker: Allow remote `DOCKER_HOST`, which works as long as 231 volumes work. [GH-1594] 232 * builder/qemu: Can set cache mode for main disk. [GH-1558] 233 * builder/qemu: Can build from pre-existing disk. [GH-1342] 234 * builder/vmware: Can specify path to Fusion installation with environmental 235 variable `FUSION_APP_PATH`. [GH-1552] 236 * builder/vmware: Can specify the HW version for the VMX. [GH-1530] 237 * builder/vmware/esxi: Will now cache ISOs/floppies remotely. [GH-1479] 238 * builder/vmware/vmx: Source VMX can have a disk connected via SATA. [GH-1604] 239 * post-processors/vagrant: Support Qemu (libvirt) boxes. [GH-1330] 240 * post-processors/vagrantcloud: Support self-hosted box URLs. 241 242 BUG FIXES: 243 244 * core: Fix loading plugins from pwd. [GH-1521] 245 * builder/amazon: Prefer token in config if given. [GH-1544] 246 * builder/amazon/all: Extended timeout for waiting for AMI. [GH-1533] 247 * builder/virtualbox: Can read VirtualBox version on FreeBSD. [GH-1570] 248 * builder/virtualbox: More robust reading of guest additions URL. [GH-1509] 249 * builder/vmware: Always remove floppies/drives. [GH-1504] 250 * builder/vmware: Wait some time so that post-VMX update aren't 251 overwritten. [GH-1504] 252 * builder/vmware/esxi: Retry power on if it fails. [GH-1334] 253 * builder/vmware-vmx: Fix issue with order of boot command support [GH-1492] 254 * builder/amazon: Extend timeout and allow user override [GH-1533] 255 * builder/parallels: Ignore 'The fdd0 device does not exist' [GH-1501] 256 * builder/parallels: Rely on Cleanup functions to detach devices [GH-1502] 257 * builder/parallels: Create VM without hdd and then add it later [GH-1548] 258 * builder/parallels: Disconnect cdrom0 [GH-1605] 259 * builder/qemu: Don't use `-redir` flag anymore, replace with 260 `hostfwd` options. [GH-1561] 261 * builder/qmeu: Use `pc` as default machine type instead of `pc-1.0`. 262 * providers/aws: Ignore transient network errors. [GH-1579] 263 * provisioner/ansible: Don't buffer output so output streams in. [GH-1585] 264 * provisioner/ansible: Use inventory file always to avoid potentially 265 deprecated feature. [GH-1562] 266 * provisioner/shell: Quote environmental variables. [GH-1568] 267 * provisioner/salt: Bootstrap over SSL. [GH-1608] 268 * post-processors/docker-push: Work with docker-tag artifacts. [GH-1526] 269 * post-processors/vsphere: Append "/" to object address. [GH-1615] 270 271 ## 0.7.1 (September 10, 2014) 272 273 FEATURES: 274 275 * builder/vmware: VMware Fusion Pro 7 is now supported. [GH-1478] 276 277 BUG FIXES: 278 279 * core: SSH will connect slightly faster if it is ready immediately. 280 * provisioner/file: directory uploads no longer hang. [GH-1484] 281 * provisioner/file: fixed crash on large files. [GH-1473] 282 * scripts: Windows executable renamed to packer.exe. [GH-1483] 283 284 ## 0.7.0 (September 8, 2014) 285 286 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 287 288 * The authentication configuration for Google Compute Engine has changed. 289 The new method is much simpler, but is not backwards compatible. 290 `packer fix` will _not_ fix this. Please read the updated GCE docs. 291 292 FEATURES: 293 294 * **New Post-Processor: `compress`** - Gzip compresses artifacts with files. 295 * **New Post-Processor: `docker-save`** - Save an image. This is similar to 296 export, but preserves the image hierarchy. 297 * **New Post-Processor: `docker-tag`** - Tag a created image. 298 * **New Template Functions: `upper`, `lower`** - See documentation for 299 more details. 300 * core: Plugins are automatically discovered if they're named properly. 301 Packer will look in the PWD and the directory with `packer` for 302 binaries named `packer-TYPE-NAME`. 303 * core: Plugins placed in `~/.packer.d/plugins` are now automatically 304 discovered. 305 * builder/amazon: Spot instances can now be used to build EBS backed and 306 instance store images. [GH-1139] 307 * builder/docker: Images can now be committed instead of exported. [GH-1198] 308 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: New `import_flags` setting can be used to add 309 new command line flags to `VBoxManage import` to allow things such 310 as EULAs to be accepted. [GH-1383] 311 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported. 312 [GH-1169] 313 * builder/vmware: VMware Player 6 is now supported. [GH-1168] 314 * builder/vmware-vmx: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported. 315 [GH-1169] 316 317 IMPROVEMENTS: 318 319 * core: `isotime` function can take a format. [GH-1126] 320 * builder/amazon/all: `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` is read and can also be 321 set with the `token` configuration. [GH-1236] 322 * builder/amazon/all: Can force SSH on the private IP address with 323 `ssh_private_ip`. [GH-1229] 324 * builder/amazon/all: String fields in device mappings can use variables. [GH-1090] 325 * builder/amazon-instance: EBS AMIs can be used as a source. [GH-1453] 326 * builder/digitalocean: Can set API URL endpoint. [GH-1448] 327 * builder/digitalocean: Region supports variables. [GH-1452] 328 * builder/docker: Can now specify login credentials to pull images. 329 * builder/docker: Support mounting additional volumes. [GH-1430] 330 * builder/parallels/all: Path to tools ISO is calculated automatically. [GH-1455] 331 * builder/parallels-pvm: `reassign_mac` option to choose wehther or not 332 to generate a new MAC address. [GH-1461] 333 * builder/qemu: Can specify "none" acceleration type. [GH-1395] 334 * builder/qemu: Can specify "tcg" acceleration type. [GH-1395] 335 * builder/virtualbox/all: `iso_interface` option to mount ISO with SATA. [GH-1200] 336 * builder/vmware-vmx: Proper `floppy_files` support. [GH-1057] 337 * command/build: Add `-color=false` flag to disable color. [GH-1433] 338 * post-processor/docker-push: Can now specify login credentials. [GH-1243] 339 * provisioner/chef-client: Support `chef_environment`. [GH-1190] 340 341 BUG FIXES: 342 343 * core: nicer error message if an encrypted private key is used for 344 SSH. [GH-1445] 345 * core: Fix crash that could happen with a well timed double Ctrl-C. 346 [GH-1328] [GH-1314] 347 * core: SSH TCP keepalive period is now 5 seconds (shorter). [GH-1232] 348 * builder/amazon-chroot: Can properly build HVM images now. [GH-1360] 349 * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix crash in root device check. [GH-1360] 350 * builder/amazon-chroot: Add description that Packer made the snapshot 351 with a time. [GH-1388] 352 * builder/amazon-ebs: AMI is deregistered if an error. [GH-1186] 353 * builder/amazon-instance: Fix deprecation warning for `ec2-bundle-vol` 354 [GH-1424] 355 * builder/amazon-instance: Add `--no-filter` to the `ec2-bundle-vol` 356 command by default to avoid corrupting data by removing package 357 manager certs. [GH-1137] 358 * builder/amazon/all: `delete_on_termination` set to false will work. 359 * builder/amazon/all: Fix race condition on setting tags. [GH-1367] 360 * builder/amazon/all: More desctriptive error messages if Amazon only 361 sends an error code. [GH-1189] 362 * builder/docker: Error if `DOCKER_HOST` is set. 363 * builder/docker: Remove the container during cleanup. [GH-1206] 364 * builder/docker: Fix case where not all output would show up from 365 provisioners. 366 * builder/googlecompute: add `disk_size` option. [GH-1397] 367 * builder/googlecompute: Auth works with latest formats on Google Cloud 368 Console. [GH-1344] 369 * builder/openstack: Region is not required. [GH-1418] 370 * builder/parallels-iso: ISO not removed from VM after install [GH-1338] 371 * builder/parallels/all: Add support for Parallels Desktop 10 [GH-1438] 372 * builder/parallels/all: Added some navigation keys [GH-1442] 373 * builder/qemu: If headless, sdl display won't be used. [GH-1395] 374 * builder/qemu: Use `512M` as `-m` default. [GH-1444] 375 * builder/virtualbox/all: Search `VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH` for path to 376 `VBoxManage` on Windows. [GH-1337] 377 * builder/virtualbox/all: Seed RNG to avoid same ports. [GH-1386] 378 * builder/virtualbox/all: Better error if guest additions URL couldn't be 379 detected. [GH-1439] 380 * builder/virtualbox/all: Detect errors even when `VBoxManage` exits 381 with a zero exit code. [GH-1119] 382 * builder/virtualbox/iso: Append timestamp to default name for parallel 383 builds. [GH-1365] 384 * builder/vmware/all: No more error when Packer stops an already-stopped 385 VM. [GH-1300] 386 * builder/vmware/all: `ssh_host` accepts templates. [GH-1396] 387 * builder/vmware/all: Don't remount floppy in VMX post step. [GH-1239] 388 * builder/vmware/vmx: Do not re-add floppy disk files to VMX [GH-1361] 389 * builder/vmware-iso: Fix crash when `vnc_port_min` and max were the 390 same value. [GH-1288] 391 * builder/vmware-iso: Finding an available VNC port on Windows works. [GH-1372] 392 * builder/vmware-vmx: Nice error if Clone is not supported (not VMware 393 Fusion Pro). [GH-787] 394 * post-processor/vagrant: Can supply your own metadata.json. [GH-1143] 395 * provisioner/ansible-local: Use proper path on Windows. [GH-1375] 396 * provisioner/file: Mode will now be preserved. [GH-1064] 397 398 ## 0.6.1 (July 20, 2014) 399 400 FEATURES: 401 402 * **New post processor:** `vagrant-cloud` - Push box files generated by 403 vagrant post processor to Vagrant Cloud. [GH-1289] 404 * Vagrant post-processor can now packer Hyper-V boxes. 405 406 IMPROVEMENTS: 407 408 * builder/amazon: Support for enhanced networking on HVM images. [GH-1228] 409 * builder/amazon-ebs: Support encrypted EBS volumes [GH-1194] 410 * builder/ansible: Add `playbook_dir` option. [GH-1000] 411 * builder/openstack: Add ability to configure networks. [GH-1261] 412 * builder/openstack: Skip certificate verification. [GH-1121] 413 * builder/parallels/all: Add ability to select interface to connect to. 414 * builder/parallels/pvm: Support `boot_command`. [GH-1082] 415 * builder/virtualbox/all: Attempt to use local guest additions ISO 416 before downloading from internet. [GH-1123] 417 * builder/virtualbox/ovf: Supports `guest_additions_mode` [GH-1035] 418 * builder/vmware/all: Increase cleanup timeout to 120 seconds [GH-1167] 419 * builder/vmware/all: Add `vmx_data_post` for modifying VMX data 420 after shutdown. [GH-1149] 421 * builder/vmware/vmx: Supports tools uploading. [GH-1154] 422 423 BUG FIXES: 424 425 * core: `isotime` is the same time during the entire build. [GH-1153] 426 * builder/amazon-common: Sort AMI strings before outputting [GH-1305] 427 * builder/amazon: User data can use templates/variables. [GH-1343] 428 * builder/amazon: Can now build AMIs in GovCloud. 429 * builder/null: SSH info can use templates/variables. [GH-1343] 430 * builder/openstack: Workaround for gophercloud.ServerById crashing [GH-1257] 431 * builder/openstack: Force IPv4 addresses from address pools [GH-1258] 432 * builder/parallels: Do not delete entire CDROM device. [GH-1115] 433 * builder/parallels: Errors while creating floppy disk. [GH-1225] 434 * builder/parallels: Errors while removing floppy drive. [GH-1226] 435 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Supports guest additions options. [GH-1120] 436 * builder/vmware-iso: Fix esx5 path separator in windows. [GH-1316] 437 * builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder now uploads floppy. [GH-1106] 438 * builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder no longer re-uploads ISO every 439 time. [GH-1244] 440 * post-processor/vsphere: Accept DOMAIN\account usernames [GH-1178] 441 * provisioner/chef-*: Fix remotePaths for Windows [GH-394] 442 443 ## 0.6.0 (May 2, 2014) 444 445 FEATURES: 446 447 * **New builder:** `null` - The null builder does not produce any 448 artifacts, but is useful for debugging provisioning scripts. [GH-970] 449 * **New builder:** `parallels-iso` and `parallels-pvm` - These can be 450 used to build Parallels virtual machines. [GH-1101] 451 * **New provisioner:** `chef-client` - Provision using a the `chef-client` 452 command, which talks to a Chef Server. [GH-855] 453 * **New provisioner:** `puppet-server` - Provision using Puppet by 454 communicating to a Puppet master. [GH-796] 455 * `min_packer_version` can be specified in a Packer template to force 456 a minimum version. [GH-487] 457 458 IMPROVEMENTS: 459 460 * core: RPC transport between plugins switched to MessagePack 461 * core: Templates array values can now be comma separated strings. 462 Most importantly, this allows for user variables to fill 463 array configurations. [GH-950] 464 * builder/amazon: Added `ssh_private_key_file` option [GH-971] 465 * builder/amazon: Added `ami_virtualization_type` option [GH-1021] 466 * builder/digitalocean: Regions, image names, and sizes can be 467 names that are looked up for their valid ID. [GH-960] 468 * builder/googlecompute: Configurable instance name. [GH-1065] 469 * builder/openstack: Support for conventional OpenStack environmental 470 variables such as `OS_USERNAME`, `OS_PASSWORD`, etc. [GH-768] 471 * builder/openstack: Support `openstack_provider` option to automatically 472 fill defaults for different OpenStack variants. [GH-912] 473 * builder/openstack: Support security groups. [GH-848] 474 * builder/qemu: User variable expansion in `ssh_key_path` [GH-918] 475 * builder/qemu: Floppy disk files list can also include globs 476 and directories. [GH-1086] 477 * builder/virtualbox: Support an `export_opts` option which allows 478 specifying arbitrary arguments when exporting the VM. [GH-945] 479 * builder/virtualbox: Added `vboxmanage_post` option to run vboxmanage 480 commands just before exporting [GH-664] 481 * builder/virtualbox: Floppy disk files list can also include globs 482 and directories. [GH-1086] 483 * builder/vmware: Workstation 10 support for Linux. [GH-900] 484 * builder/vmware: add cloning support on Windows [GH-824] 485 * builder/vmware: Floppy disk files list can also include globs 486 and directories. [GH-1086] 487 * command/build: Added `-parallel` flag so you can disable parallelization 488 with `-no-parallel`. [GH-924] 489 * post-processors/vsphere: `disk_mode` option. [GH-778] 490 * provisioner/ansible: Add `inventory_file` option [GH-1006] 491 * provisioner/chef-client: Add `validation_client_name` option. [GH-1056] 492 493 BUG FIXES: 494 495 * core: Errors are properly shown when adding bad floppy files. [GH-1043] 496 * core: Fix some URL parsing issues on Windows. 497 * core: Create Cache directory only when it is needed. [GH-367] 498 * builder/amazon-instance: Use S3Endpoint for ec2-upload-bundle arg, 499 which works for every region. [GH-904] 500 * builder/digitalocean: updated default image_id [GH-1032] 501 * builder/googlecompute: Create persistent disk as boot disk via 502 API v1 [GH-1001] 503 * builder/openstack: Return proper error on invalid instance states [GH-1018] 504 * builder/virtualbox-iso: Retry unregister a few times to deal with 505 VBoxManage randomness. [GH-915] 506 * provisioner/ansible: Fix paths when provisioning Linux from 507 Windows [GH-963] 508 * provisioner/ansible: set cwd to staging directory [GH-1016] 509 * provisioners/chef-client: Don't chown directory with Ubuntu. [GH-939] 510 * provisioners/chef-solo: Deeply nested JSON works properly. [GH-1076] 511 * provisioners/shell: Env var values can have equal signs. [GH-1045] 512 * provisioners/shell: chmod the uploaded script file to 0777. [GH-994] 513 * post-processor/docker-push: Allow repositories with ports. [GH-923] 514 * post-processor/vagrant: Create parent directories for `output` path [GH-1059] 515 * post-processor/vsphere: datastore, network, and folder are no longer 516 required. [GH-1091] 517 518 ## 0.5.2 (02/21/2014) 519 520 FEATURES: 521 522 * **New post-processor:** `docker-import` - Import a Docker image 523 and give it a specific repository/tag. 524 * **New post-processor:** `docker-push` - Push an imported image to 525 a registry. 526 527 IMPROVEMENTS: 528 529 * core: Most downloads made by Packer now use a custom user agent. [GH-803] 530 * builder/googlecompute: SSH private key will be saved to disk if `-debug` 531 is specified. [GH-867] 532 * builder/qemu: Can specify the name of the qemu binary. [GH-854] 533 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Can specify import options such as "keepallmacs". 534 [GH-883] 535 536 BUG FIXES: 537 538 * core: Fix crash case if blank parameters are given to Packer. [GH-832] 539 * core: Fix crash if big file uploads are done. [GH-897] 540 * core: Fix crash if machine-readable output is going to a closed 541 pipe. [GH-875] 542 * builder/docker: user variables work properly. [GH-777] 543 * builder/qemu: reboots are now possible in provisioners. [GH-864] 544 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: iso\_checksum is not required if the 545 checksum type is "none" 546 * builder/virtualbox,vmware/qemu: Support for additional scancodes for 547 `boot_command` such as `<up>`, `<left>`, `<insert>`, etc. [GH-808] 548 * communicator/ssh: Send TCP keep-alives on connections. [GH-872] 549 * post-processor/vagrant: AWS/DigitalOcean keep input artifacts by 550 default. [GH-55] 551 * provisioners/ansible-local: Properly upload custom playbooks. [GH-829] 552 * provisioners/ansible-local: Better error if ansible isn't installed. 553 [GH-836] 554 555 ## 0.5.1 (01/02/2014) 556 557 BUG FIXES: 558 559 * core: If a stream ID loops around, don't let it use stream ID 0 [GH-767] 560 * core: Fix issue where large writes to plugins would result in stream 561 corruption. [GH-727] 562 * builders/virtualbox-ovf: `shutdown_timeout` config works. [GH-772] 563 * builders/vmware-iso: Remote driver works properly again. [GH-773] 564 565 ## 0.5.0 (12/30/2013) 566 567 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 568 569 * "virtualbox" builder has been renamed to "virtualbox-iso". Running your 570 template through `packer fix` will resolve this. 571 * "vmware" builder has been renamed to "vmware-iso". Running your template 572 through `packer fix` will resolve this. 573 * post-processor/vagrant: Syntax for overriding by provider has changed. 574 See the documentation for more information. Running your template 575 through `packer fix` should resolve this. 576 * post-processor/vsphere: Some available configuration options were 577 changed. Running your template through `packer fix` should resolve 578 this. 579 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: The `execute_command` no longer has 580 the `Has*` variables, since the templating language now supports 581 comparison operations. See the Go documentation for more info: 582 http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/ 583 584 FEATURES: 585 586 * **New builder:** Google Compute Engine. You can now build images for 587 use in Google Compute Engine. See the documentation for more information. 588 [GH-715] 589 * **New builder:** "virtualbox-ovf" can build VirtualBox images from 590 an existing OVF or OVA. [GH-201] 591 * **New builder:** "vmware-vmx" can build VMware images from an existing 592 VMX. [GH-201] 593 * Environmental variables can now be accessed as default values for 594 user variables using the "env" function. See the documentation for more 595 information. 596 * "description" field in templates: write a human-readable description 597 of what a template does. This will be shown in `packer inspect`. 598 * Vagrant post-processor now accepts a list of files to include in the 599 box. 600 * All provisioners can now have a "pause\_before" parameter to wait 601 some period of time before running that provisioner. This is useful 602 for reboots. [GH-737] 603 604 IMPROVEMENTS: 605 606 * core: Plugins communicate over a single TCP connection per plugin now, 607 instead of sometimes dozens. Performance around plugin communication 608 dramatically increased. 609 * core: Build names are now template processed so you can use things 610 like user variables in them. [GH-744] 611 * core: New "pwd" function available globally that returns the working 612 directory. [GH-762] 613 * builder/amazon/all: Launched EC2 instances now have a name of 614 "Packer Builder" so that they are easily recognizable. [GH-642] 615 * builder/amazon/all: Copying AMIs to multiple regions now happens 616 in parallel. [GH-495] 617 * builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify "run\_tags" to tag the instance 618 while running. [GH-722] 619 * builder/digitalocean: Private networking support. [GH-698] 620 * builder/docker: A "run\_command" can be specified, configuring how 621 the container is started. [GH-648] 622 * builder/openstack: In debug mode, the generated SSH keypair is saved 623 so you can SSH into the machine. [GH-746] 624 * builder/qemu: Floppy files are supported. [GH-686] 625 * builder/qemu: Next `run_once` option tells Qemu to run only once, 626 which is useful for Windows installs that handle reboots for you. 627 [GH-687] 628 * builder/virtualbox: Nice errors if Packer can't write to 629 the output directory. 630 * builder/virtualbox: ISO is ejected prior to export. 631 * builder/virtualbox: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471] 632 * builder/vmware: Can now specify path to the Fusion application. [GH-677] 633 * builder/vmware: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471] 634 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Can now specify a `manifest_dir` to 635 upload manifests to the remote machine for imports. [GH-655] 636 637 BUG FIXES: 638 639 * core: No colored output in machine-readable output. [GH-684] 640 * core: User variables can now be used for non-string fields. [GH-598] 641 * core: Fix bad download paths if the download URL contained a "." 642 before a "/" [GH-716] 643 * core: "{{timestamp}}" values will always be the same for the entire 644 duration of a build. [GH-744] 645 * builder/amazon: Handle cases where security group isn't instantly 646 available. [GH-494] 647 * builder/virtualbox: don't download guest additions if disabled. [GH-731] 648 * post-processor/vsphere: Uploads VM properly. [GH-694] 649 * post-processor/vsphere: Process user variables. 650 * provisioner/ansible-local: all configurations are processed as templates 651 [GH-749] 652 * provisioner/ansible-local: playbook paths are properly validated 653 as directories, not files. [GH-710] 654 * provisioner/chef-solo: Environments are recognized. [GH-726] 655 656 ## 0.4.1 (December 7, 2013) 657 658 IMPROVEMENTS: 659 660 * builder/amazon/ebs: New option allows associating a public IP with 661 non-default VPC instances. [GH-660] 662 * builder/openstack: A "proxy\_url" setting was added to define an HTTP 663 proxy to use when building with this builder. [GH-637] 664 665 BUG FIXES: 666 667 * core: Don't change background color on CLI anymore, making things look 668 a tad nicer in some terminals. 669 * core: multiple ISO URLs works properly in all builders. [GH-683] 670 * builder/amazon/chroot: Block when obtaining file lock to allow 671 parallel builds. [GH-689] 672 * builder/amazon/instance: Add location flag to upload bundle command 673 so that building AMIs works out of us-east-1 [GH-679] 674 * builder/qemu: Qemu arguments are templated. [GH-688] 675 * builder/vmware: Cleanup of VMX keys works properly so cd-rom won't 676 get stuck with ISO. [GH-685] 677 * builder/vmware: File cleanup is more resilient to file delete races 678 with the operating system. [GH-675] 679 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Check for hiera config path existence 680 properly. [GH-656] 681 682 ## 0.4.0 (November 19, 2013) 683 684 FEATURES: 685 686 * Docker builder: build and export Docker containers, easily provisioned 687 with any of the Packer built-in provisioners. 688 * QEMU builder: builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen using QEMU. 689 * Remote ESXi builder: builds a VMware VM using ESXi remotely using only 690 SSH to an ESXi machine directly. 691 * vSphere post-processor: Can upload VMware artifacts to vSphere 692 * Vagrant post-processor can now make DigitalOcean provider boxes. [GH-504] 693 694 IMPROVEMENTS: 695 696 * builder/amazon/all: Can now specify a list of multiple security group 697 IDs to apply. [GH-499] 698 * builder/amazon/all: AWS API requests are now retried when a temporary 699 network error occurs as well as 500 errors. [GH-559] 700 * builder/virtualbox: Use VBOX\_INSTALL\_PATH env var on Windows to find 701 VBoxManage. [GH-628] 702 * post-processor/vagrant: skips gzip compression when compression_level=0 703 * provisioner/chef-solo: Encrypted data bag support [GH-625] 704 705 BUG FIXES: 706 707 * builder/amazon/chroot: Copying empty directories works. [GH-588] 708 * builder/amazon/chroot: Chroot commands work with shell provisioners. [GH-581] 709 * builder/amazon/chroot: Don't choose a mount point that is a partition of 710 an already mounted device. [GH-635] 711 * builder/virtualbox: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618] 712 * builder/vmware: VMX modifications are now case-insensitive. [GH-608] 713 * builder/vmware: VMware Fusion won't ask for VM upgrade. 714 * builder/vmware: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618] 715 * provisioner/chef-solo: Output is slightly prettier and more informative. 716 717 ## 0.3.11 (November 4, 2013) 718 719 FEATURES: 720 721 * builder/amazon/ebs: Ability to specify which availability zone to create 722 instance in. [GH-536] 723 724 IMPROVEMENTS: 725 726 * core: builders can now give warnings during validation. warnings won't 727 fail the build but may hint at potential future problems. 728 * builder/digitalocean: Can now specify a droplet name 729 * builder/virtualbox: Can now disable guest addition download entirely 730 by setting "guest_additions_mode" to "disable" [GH-580] 731 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: ISO urls can now be https [GH-587] 732 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Warning if shutdown command is not specified, 733 since it is a common case of data loss. 734 735 BUG FIXES: 736 737 * core: Won't panic when writing to a bad pipe. [GH-560] 738 * builder/amazon/all: Properly scrub access key and secret key from logs. 739 [GH-554] 740 * builder/openstack: Properly scrub password from logs [GH-554] 741 * builder/virtualbox: No panic if SSH host port min/max is the same. [GH-594] 742 * builder/vmware: checks if `ifconfig` is in `/sbin` [GH-591] 743 * builder/vmware: Host IP lookup works for non-C locales. [GH-592] 744 * common/uuid: Use cryptographically secure PRNG when generating 745 UUIDs. [GH-552] 746 * communicator/ssh: File uploads that exceed the size of memory no longer 747 cause crashes. [GH-561] 748 749 ## 0.3.10 (October 20, 2013) 750 751 FEATURES: 752 753 * Ansible provisioner 754 755 IMPROVEMENTS: 756 757 * post-processor/vagrant: support instance-store AMIs built by Packer. [GH-502] 758 * post-processor/vagrant: can now specify compression level to use 759 when creating the box. [GH-506] 760 761 BUG FIXES: 762 763 * builder/all: timeout waiting for SSH connection is a failure. [GH-491] 764 * builder/amazon: Scrub sensitive data from the logs. [GH-521] 765 * builder/amazon: Handle the situation where an EC2 instance might not 766 be immediately available. [GH-522] 767 * builder/amazon/chroot: Files copied into the chroot remove destination 768 before copy, fixing issues with dangling symlinks. [GH-500] 769 * builder/digitalocean: don't panic if erroneous API response doesn't 770 contain error message. [GH-492] 771 * builder/digitalocean: scrub API keys from config debug output [GH-516] 772 * builder/virtualbox: error if VirtualBox version cant be detected. [GH-488] 773 * builder/virtualbox: detect if vboxdrv isn't properly setup. [GH-488] 774 * builder/virtualbox: sleep a bit before export to ensure the sesssion 775 is unlocked. [GH-512] 776 * builder/virtualbox: create SATA drives properly on VirtualBox 4.3 [GH-547] 777 * builder/virtualbox: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539] 778 * builder/vmware: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539] 779 * communicator/ssh: Fix issue where a panic could arise from a nil 780 dereference. [GH-525] 781 * post-processor/vagrant: Fix issue with VirtualBox OVA. [GH-548] 782 * provisioner/salt: Move salt states to correct remote directory. [GH-513] 783 * provisioner/shell: Won't block on certain scripts on Windows anymore. 784 [GH-507] 785 786 ## 0.3.9 (October 2, 2013) 787 788 FEATURES: 789 790 * The Amazon chroot builder is now able to run without any `sudo` privileges 791 by using the "command_wrapper" configuration. [GH-430] 792 * Chef provisioner supports environments. [GH-483] 793 794 BUG FIXES: 795 796 * core: default user variable values don't need to be strings. [GH-456] 797 * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix errors with waitin for state change. [GH-459] 798 * builder/digitalocean: Use proper error message JSON key (DO API change). 799 * communicator/ssh: SCP uploads now work properly when directories 800 contain symlinks. [GH-449] 801 * provisioner/chef-solo: Data bags and roles path are now properly 802 populated when set. [GH-470] 803 * provisioner/shell: Windows line endings are actually properly changed 804 to Unix line endings. [GH-477] 805 806 ## 0.3.8 (September 22, 2013) 807 808 FEATURES: 809 810 * core: You can now specify `only` and `except` configurations on any 811 provisioner or post-processor to specify a list of builds that they 812 are valid for. [GH-438] 813 * builders/virtualbox: Guest additions can be attached rather than uploaded, 814 easier to handle for Windows guests. [GH-405] 815 * provisioner/chef-solo: Ability to specify a custom Chef configuration 816 template. 817 * provisioner/chef-solo: Roles and data bags support. [GH-348] 818 819 IMPROVEMENTS: 820 821 * core: User variables can now be used for integer, boolean, etc. 822 values. [GH-418] 823 * core: Plugins made with incompatible versions will no longer load. 824 * builder/amazon/all: Interrupts work while waiting for AMI to be ready. 825 * provisioner/shell: Script line-endings are automatically converted to 826 Unix-style line-endings. Can be disabled by setting "binary" to "true". 827 [GH-277] 828 829 BUG FIXES: 830 831 * core: Set TCP KeepAlives on internally created RPC connections so that 832 they don't die. [GH-416] 833 * builder/amazon/all: While waiting for AMI, will detect "failed" state. 834 * builder/amazon/all: Waiting for state will detect if the resource (AMI, 835 instance, etc.) disappears from under it. 836 * builder/amazon/instance: Exclude only contents of /tmp, not /tmp 837 itself. [GH-437] 838 * builder/amazon/instance: Make AccessKey/SecretKey available to bundle 839 command even when they come from the environment. [GH-434] 840 * builder/virtualbox: F1-F12 and delete scancodes now work. [GH-425] 841 * post-processor/vagrant: Override configurations properly work. [GH-426] 842 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Fix failure case when both facter vars 843 are used and prevent_sudo. [GH-415] 844 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: User variables now work properly in 845 manifest file and hiera path. [GH-448] 846 847 ## 0.3.7 (September 9, 2013) 848 849 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 850 851 * The "event_delay" option for the DigitalOcean builder is now gone. 852 The builder automatically waits for events to go away. Run your templates 853 through `packer fix` to get rid of these. 854 855 FEATURES: 856 857 * **NEW PROVISIONER:** `puppet-masterless`. You can now provision with 858 a masterless Puppet setup. [GH-234] 859 * New globally available template function: `uuid`. Generates a new random 860 UUID. 861 * New globally available template function: `isotime`. Generates the 862 current time in ISO standard format. 863 * New Amazon template function: `clean_ami_name`. Substitutes '-' for 864 characters that are illegal to use in an AMI name. 865 866 IMPROVEMENTS: 867 868 * builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify the format of the temporary 869 keypair created. [GH-389] 870 * builder/amazon/all: Support the NoDevice flag for block mappings. [GH-396] 871 * builder/digitalocean: Retry on any pending event errors. 872 * builder/openstack: Can now specify a project. [GH-382] 873 * builder/virtualbox: Can now attach hard drive over SATA. [GH-391] 874 * provisioner/file: Can now upload directories. [GH-251] 875 876 BUG FIXES: 877 878 * core: Detect if SCP is not enabled on the other side. [GH-386] 879 * builder/amazon/all: When copying AMI to multiple regions, copy 880 the metadata (tags and attributes) as well. [GH-388] 881 * builder/amazon/all: Fix panic case where eventually consistent 882 instance state caused an index out of bounds. 883 * builder/virtualbox: The `vm_name` setting now properly sets the OVF 884 name of the output. [GH-401] 885 * builder/vmware: Autoanswer VMware dialogs. [GH-393] 886 * command/inspect: Fix weird output for default values for optional vars. 887 888 ## 0.3.6 (September 2, 2013) 889 890 FEATURES: 891 892 * User variables can now be specified as "required", meaning the user 893 MUST specify a value. Just set the default value to "null". [GH-374] 894 895 IMPROVEMENTS: 896 897 * core: Much improved interrupt handling. For example, interrupts now 898 cancel much more quickly within provisioners. 899 * builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the keypair used will be saved to 900 the current directory so you can access the machine. [GH-373] 901 * builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the DNS is outputted. 902 * builder/openstack: IPv6 addresses supported for SSH. [GH-379] 903 * communicator/ssh: Support for private keys encrypted using PKCS8. [GH-376] 904 * provisioner/chef-solo: You can now use user variables in the `json` 905 configuration for Chef. [GH-362] 906 907 BUG FIXES: 908 909 * core: Concurrent map access is completely gone, fixing rare issues 910 with runtime memory corruption. [GH-307] 911 * core: Fix possible panic when ctrl-C during provisioner run. 912 * builder/digitalocean: Retry destroy a few times because DO sometimes 913 gives false errors. 914 * builder/openstack: Properly handle the case no image is made. [GH-375] 915 * builder/openstack: Specifying a region is now required in a template. 916 * provisioners/salt-masterless: Use filepath join to properly join paths. 917 918 ## 0.3.5 (August 28, 2013) 919 920 FEATURES: 921 922 * **NEW BUILDER:** `openstack`. You can now build on OpenStack. [GH-155] 923 * **NEW PROVISIONER:** `chef-solo`. You can now provision with Chef 924 using `chef-solo` from local cookbooks. 925 * builder/amazon: Copy AMI to multiple regions with `ami_regions`. [GH-322] 926 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Can now use SSH keys as an auth mechanism for 927 SSH using `ssh_key_path`. [GH-70] 928 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Support SHA512 as a checksum type. [GH-356] 929 * builder/vmware: The root hard drive type can now be specified with 930 "disk_type_id" for advanced users. [GH-328] 931 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to specfy a minion config. [GH-264] 932 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to upload pillars. [GH-353] 933 934 IMPROVEMENTS: 935 936 * core: Output message when Ctrl-C received that we're cleaning up. [GH-338] 937 * builder/amazon: Tagging now works with all amazon builder types. 938 * builder/vmware: Option `ssh_skip_request_pty` for not requesting a PTY 939 for the SSH connection. [GH-270] 940 * builder/vmware: Specify a `vmx_template_path` in order to customize 941 the generated VMX. [GH-270] 942 * command/build: Machine-readable output now contains build errors, if any. 943 * command/build: An "end" sentinel is outputted in machine-readable output 944 for artifact listing so it is easier to know when it is over. 945 946 BUG FIXES: 947 948 * core: Fixed a couple cases where a double ctrl-C could panic. 949 * core: Template validation fails if an override is specified for a 950 non-existent builder. [GH-336] 951 * core: The SSH connection is heartbeated so that drops can be 952 detected. [GH-200] 953 * builder/amazon/instance: Remove check for ec2-ami-tools because it 954 didn't allow absolute paths to work properly. [GH-330] 955 * builder/digitalocean: Send a soft shutdown request so that files 956 are properly synced before shutdown. [GH-332] 957 * command/build,command/validate: If a non-existent build is specified to 958 '-only' or '-except', it is now an error. [GH-326] 959 * post-processor/vagrant: Setting OutputPath with a timestamp now 960 always works properly. [GH-324] 961 * post-processor/vagrant: VirtualBox OVA formats now turn into 962 Vagrant boxes properly. [GH-331] 963 * provisioner/shell: Retry upload if start command fails, making reboot 964 handling much more robust. 965 966 ## 0.3.4 (August 21, 2013) 967 968 IMPROVEMENTS: 969 970 * post-processor/vagrant: the file being compressed will be shown 971 in the UI [GH-314] 972 973 BUG FIXES: 974 975 * core: Avoid panics when double-interrupting Packer. 976 * provisioner/shell: Retry shell script uploads, making reboots more 977 robust if they happen to fail in this stage. [GH-282] 978 979 ## 0.3.3 (August 19, 2013) 980 981 FEATURES: 982 983 * builder/virtualbox: support exporting in OVA format. [GH-309] 984 985 IMPROVEMENTS: 986 987 * core: All HTTP downloads across Packer now support the standard 988 proxy environmental variables (`HTTP_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY`, etc.) [GH-252] 989 * builder/amazon: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified by 990 enviromental variables. 991 * builder/digitalocean: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified 992 by environmental variables. 993 994 BUG FIXES: 995 996 * core: TCP connection between plugin processes will keep-alive. [GH-312] 997 * core: No more "unused key keep_input_artifact" for post processors [GH-310] 998 * post-processor/vagrant: `output_path` templates now work again. 999 1000 ## 0.3.2 (August 18, 2013) 1001 1002 FEATURES: 1003 1004 * New command: `packer inspect`. This command tells you the components of 1005 a template. It respects the `-machine-readable` flag as well so you can 1006 parse out components of a template. 1007 * Packer will detect its own crashes (always a bug) and save a "crash.log" 1008 file. 1009 * builder/virtualbox: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO 1010 using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order. 1011 * builder/vmware: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO 1012 using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order. 1013 1014 IMPROVEMENTS: 1015 1016 * core: built with Go 1.1.2 1017 * core: packer help output now loads much faster. 1018 * builder/virtualbox: guest_additions_url can now use the `Version` 1019 variable to get the VirtualBox version. [GH-272] 1020 * builder/virtualbox: Do not check for VirtualBox as part of template 1021 validation; only check at execution. 1022 * builder/vmware: Do not check for VMware as part of template validation; 1023 only check at execution. 1024 * command/build: A path of "-" will read the template from stdin. 1025 * builder/amazon: add block device mappings [GH-90] 1026 1027 BUG FIXES: 1028 1029 * windows: file URLs are easier to get right as Packer 1030 has better parsing and error handling for Windows file paths. [GH-284] 1031 * builder/amazon/all: Modifying more than one AMI attribute type no longer 1032 crashes. 1033 * builder/amazon-instance: send IAM instance profile data. [GH-294] 1034 * builder/digitalocean: API request parameters are properly URL 1035 encoded. [GH-281] 1036 * builder/virtualbox: dowload progress won't be shown until download 1037 actually starts. [GH-288] 1038 * builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly 1039 written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285] 1040 * builder/vmware: dowload progress won't be shown until download 1041 actually starts. [GH-288] 1042 * builder/vmware: interrupt works while typing commands over VNC. 1043 * builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly 1044 written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285] 1045 * post-processor/vagrant: Process user variables. [GH-295] 1046 1047 ## 0.3.1 (August 12, 2013) 1048 1049 IMPROVEMENTS: 1050 1051 * provisioner/shell: New setting `start_retry_timeout` which is the timeout 1052 for the provisioner to attempt to _start_ the remote process. This allows 1053 the shell provisioner to work properly with reboots. [GH-260] 1054 1055 BUG FIXES: 1056 1057 * core: Remote command output containing '\r' now looks much better 1058 within the Packer output. 1059 * builder/vmware: Fix issue with finding driver files. [GH-279] 1060 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Uploads work properly from Windows. [GH-276] 1061 1062 ## 0.3.0 (August 12, 2013) 1063 1064 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 1065 1066 * All `{{.CreateTime}}` variables within templates (such as for AMI names) 1067 are now replaced with `{{timestamp}}`. Run `packer fix` to fix your 1068 templates. 1069 1070 FEATURES: 1071 1072 * **User Variables** allow you to specify variables within your templates 1073 that can be replaced using the command-line, files, or environmental 1074 variables. This dramatically improves the portability of packer templates. 1075 See the documentation for more information. 1076 * **Machine-readable output** can be enabled by passing the 1077 `-machine-readable` flag to _any_ Packer command. 1078 * All strings in a template are now processed for variables/functions, 1079 so things like `{{timestamp}}` can be used everywhere. More features will 1080 be added in the future. 1081 * The `amazon` builders (all of them) can now have attributes of their 1082 resulting AMIs modified, such as access permissions and product codes. 1083 1084 IMPROVEMENTS: 1085 1086 * builder/amazon/all: User data can be passed to start the instances. [GH-253] 1087 * provisioner/salt-masterless: `local_state_tree` is no longer required, 1088 allowing you to use shell provisioner (or others) to bring this down. 1089 [GH-269] 1090 1091 BUG FIXES: 1092 1093 * builder/amazon/ebs,instance: Retry deleing security group a few times. 1094 [GH-278] 1095 * builder/vmware: Workstation works on Windows XP now. [GH-238] 1096 * builder/vmware: Look for files on Windows in multiple locations 1097 using multiple environmental variables. [GH-263] 1098 * provisioner/salt-masterless: states aren't deleted after the run 1099 anymore. [GH-265] 1100 * provisioner/salt-masterless: error if any commands exit with a non-zero 1101 exit status. [GH-266] 1102 1103 ## 0.2.3 (August 7, 2013) 1104 1105 IMPROVEMENTS: 1106 1107 * builder/amazon/all: Added Amazon AMI tag support [GH-233] 1108 1109 BUG FIXES: 1110 1111 * core: Absolute/relative filepaths on Windows now work for iso_url 1112 and other settings. [GH-240] 1113 * builder/amazon/all: instance info is refreshed while waiting for SSH, 1114 allowing Packer to see updated IP/DNS info. [GH-243] 1115 1116 ## 0.2.2 (August 1, 2013) 1117 1118 FEATURES: 1119 1120 * New builder: `amazon-chroot` can create EBS-backed AMIs without launching 1121 a new EC2 instance. This can shave minutes off of the AMI creation process. 1122 See the docs for more info. 1123 * New provisioner: `salt-masterless` will provision the node using Salt 1124 without a master. 1125 * The `vmware` builder now works with Workstation 9 on Windows. [GH-222] 1126 * The `vmware` builder now works with Player 5 on Linux. [GH-190] 1127 1128 IMPROVEMENTS: 1129 1130 * core: Colors won't be outputted on Windows unless in Cygwin. 1131 * builder/amazon/all: Added `iam_instance_profile` to launch the source 1132 image with a given IAM profile. [GH-226] 1133 1134 BUG FIXES: 1135 1136 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: relative paths work properly as URL 1137 configurations. [GH-215] 1138 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: fix race condition in deleting the output 1139 directory on Windows by retrying. 1140 1141 ## 0.2.1 (July 26, 2013) 1142 1143 FEATURES: 1144 1145 * New builder: `amazon-instance` can create instance-storage backed 1146 AMIs. 1147 * VMware builder now works with Workstation 9 on Linux. 1148 1149 IMPROVEMENTS: 1150 1151 * builder/amazon/all: Ctrl-C while waiting for state change works 1152 * builder/amazon/ebs: Can now launch instances into a VPC for added protection [GH-210] 1153 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Add backspace, delete, and F1-F12 keys to the boot 1154 command. 1155 * builder/virtualbox: massive performance improvements with big ISO files because 1156 an expensive copy is avoided. [GH-202] 1157 * builder/vmware: CD is removed prior to exporting final machine. [GH-198] 1158 1159 BUG FIXES: 1160 1161 * builder/amazon/all: Gracefully handle when AMI appears to not exist 1162 while AWS state is propogating. [GH-207] 1163 * builder/virtualbox: Trim carriage returns for Windows to properly 1164 detect VM state on Windows. [GH-218] 1165 * core: build names no longer cause invalid config errors. [GH-197] 1166 * command/build: If any builds fail, exit with non-zero exit status. 1167 * communicator/ssh: SCP exit codes are tested and errors are reported. [GH-195] 1168 * communicator/ssh: Properly change slash direction for Windows hosts. [GH-218] 1169 1170 ## 0.2.0 (July 16, 2013) 1171 1172 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 1173 1174 * "iso_md5" in the virtualbox and vmware builders is replaced with 1175 "iso_checksum" and "iso_checksum_type" (with the latter set to "md5"). 1176 See the announce below on `packer fix` to automatically fix your templates. 1177 1178 FEATURES: 1179 1180 * **NEW COMMAND:** `packer fix` will attempt to fix templates from older 1181 versions of Packer that are now broken due to backwards incompatibilities. 1182 This command will fix the backwards incompatibilities introduced in this 1183 version. 1184 * Amazon EBS builder can now optionally use a pre-made security group 1185 instead of randomly generating one. 1186 * DigitalOcean API key and client IDs can now be passed in as 1187 environmental variables. See the documentatin for more details. 1188 * VirtualBox and VMware can now have `floppy_files` specified to attach 1189 floppy disks when booting. This allows for unattended Windows installs. 1190 * `packer build` has a new `-force` flag that forces the removal of 1191 existing artifacts if they exist. [GH-173] 1192 * You can now log to a file (instead of just stderr) by setting the 1193 `PACKER_LOG_FILE` environmental variable. [GH-168] 1194 * Checksums other than MD5 can now be used. SHA1 and SHA256 can also 1195 be used. See the documentation on `iso_checksum_type` for more info. [GH-175] 1196 1197 IMPROVEMENTS: 1198 1199 * core: invalid keys in configuration are now considered validation 1200 errors. [GH-104] 1201 * core: all builders now share a common SSH connection core, improving 1202 SSH reliability over all the builders. 1203 * amazon-ebs: Credentials will come from IAM role if available. [GH-160] 1204 * amazon-ebs: Verify the source AMI is EBS-backed before launching. [GH-169] 1205 * shell provisioner: the build name and builder type are available in 1206 the `PACKER_BUILD_NAME` and `PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE` env vars by default, 1207 respectively. [GH-154] 1208 * vmware: error if shutdown command has non-zero exit status. 1209 1210 BUG FIXES: 1211 1212 * core: UI messages are now properly prefixed with spaces again. 1213 * core: If SSH connection ends, re-connection attempts will take 1214 place. [GH-152] 1215 * virtualbox: "paused" doesn't mean the VM is stopped, improving 1216 shutdown detection. 1217 * vmware: error if guest IP could not be detected. [GH-189] 1218 1219 ## 0.1.5 (July 7, 2013) 1220 1221 FEATURES: 1222 1223 * "file" uploader will upload files from the machine running Packer to the 1224 remote machine. 1225 * VirtualBox guest additions URL and checksum can now be specified, allowing 1226 the VirtualBox builder to have the ability to be used completely offline. 1227 1228 IMPROVEMENTS: 1229 1230 * core: If SCP is not available, a more descriptive error message 1231 is shown telling the user. [GH-127] 1232 * shell: Scripts are now executed by default according to their shebang, 1233 not with `/bin/sh`. [GH-105] 1234 * shell: You can specify what interpreter you want inline scripts to 1235 run with `inline_shebang`. 1236 * virtualbox: Delete the packer-made SSH port forwarding prior to 1237 exporting the VM. 1238 1239 BUG FIXES: 1240 1241 * core: Non-200 response codes on downloads now show proper errors. 1242 [GH-141] 1243 * amazon-ebs: SSH handshake is retried. [GH-130] 1244 * vagrant: The `BuildName` template propery works properly in 1245 the output path. 1246 * vagrant: Properly configure the provider-specific post-processors so 1247 things like `vagrantfile_template` work. [GH-129] 1248 * vagrant: Close filehandles when copying files so Windows can 1249 rename files. [GH-100] 1250 1251 ## 0.1.4 (July 2, 2013) 1252 1253 FEATURES: 1254 1255 * virtualbox: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99] 1256 * virtualbox: <wait5> and <wait10> codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds 1257 during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97] 1258 * vmware: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99] 1259 * vmware: <wait5> and <wait10> codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds 1260 during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97] 1261 * vmware: Disks are defragmented and compacted at the end of the build. 1262 This can be disabled using "skip_compaction" 1263 1264 IMPROVEMENTS: 1265 1266 * core: Template syntax errors now show line and character number. [GH-56] 1267 * amazon-ebs: Access key and secret access key default to 1268 environmental variables. [GH-40] 1269 * virtualbox: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth [GH-121] 1270 * vmware: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth [GH-121] 1271 1272 BUG FIXES: 1273 1274 * vmware: Wait until shut down cleans up properly to avoid corrupt 1275 disk files [GH-111] 1276 1277 ## 0.1.3 (July 1, 2013) 1278 1279 FEATURES: 1280 1281 * The VMware builder can now upload the VMware tools for you into 1282 the VM. This is opt-in, you must specify the `tools_upload_flavor` 1283 option. See the website for more documentation. 1284 1285 IMPROVEMENTS: 1286 1287 * digitalocean: Errors contain human-friendly error messages. [GH-85] 1288 1289 BUG FIXES: 1290 1291 * core: More plugin server fixes that avoid hangs on OS X 10.7 [GH-87] 1292 * vagrant: AWS boxes will keep the AMI artifact around [GH-55] 1293 * virtualbox: More robust version parsing for uploading guest additions. [GH-69] 1294 * virtualbox: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name, 1295 avoiding collisions. [GH-91] 1296 * vmware: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name, 1297 avoiding collisions. [GH-91] 1298 1299 ## 0.1.2 (June 29, 2013) 1300 1301 IMPROVEMENTS: 1302 1303 * core: Template doesn't validate if there are no builders. 1304 * vmware: Delete any VMware files in the VM that aren't necessary for 1305 it to function. 1306 1307 BUG FIXES: 1308 1309 * core: Plugin servers consider a port in use if there is any 1310 error listening to it. This fixes I18n issues and Windows. [GH-58] 1311 * amazon-ebs: Sleep between checking instance state to avoid 1312 RequestLimitExceeded [GH-50] 1313 * vagrant: Rename VirtualBox ovf to "box.ovf" [GH-64] 1314 * vagrant: VMware boxes have the correct provider type. 1315 * vmware: Properly populate files in artifact so that the Vagrant 1316 post-processor works. [GH-63] 1317 1318 ## 0.1.1 (June 28, 2013) 1319 1320 BUG FIXES: 1321 1322 * core: plugins listen explicitly on 127.0.0.1, fixing odd hangs. [GH-37] 1323 * core: fix race condition on verifying checksum of large ISOs which 1324 could cause panics [GH-52] 1325 * virtualbox: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44] 1326 * virtualbox: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer 1327 panic [GH-53] 1328 * vmware: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44] 1329 * vmware: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer 1330 panic [GH-53] 1331 1332 ## 0.1.0 (June 28, 2013) 1333 1334 * Initial release