github.com/emate/packer@v0.8.1-0.20150625195101-fe0fde195dc6/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 11 ## 0.8.0 (June 23, 2015) 12 13 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 14 15 * core: SSH connection will no longer request a PTY by default. This 16 can be enabled per builder. 17 * builder/digitalocean: no longer supports the v1 API which has been 18 deprecated for some time. Most configurations should continue to 19 work as long as you use the `api_token` field for auth. 20 * builder/digitalocean: `image`, `region`, and `size` are now required. 21 * builder/openstack: auth parameters have been changed to better 22 reflect OS terminology. Existing environment variables still work. 23 24 FEATURES: 25 26 * **WinRM:** You can now connect via WinRM with almost every builder. 27 See the docs for more info. [GH-2239] 28 * **Windows AWS Support:** Windows AMIs can now be built without any 29 external plugins: Packer will start a Windows instance, get the 30 admin password, and can use WinRM (above) to connect through. [GH-2240] 31 * **Disable SSH:** Set `communicator` to "none" in any builder to disable SSH 32 connections. Note that provisioners won't work if this is done. [GH-1591] 33 * **SSH Agent Forwarding:** SSH Agent Forwarding will now be enabled 34 to allow access to remote servers such as private git repos. [GH-1066] 35 * **SSH Bastion Hosts:** You can now specify a bastion host for 36 SSH access (works with all builders). [GH-387] 37 * **OpenStack v3 Identity:** The OpenStack builder now supports the 38 v3 identity API. 39 * **Docker builder supports SSH**: The Docker builder now supports containers 40 with SSH, just set `communicator` to "ssh" [GH-2244] 41 * **File provisioner can download**: The file provisioner can now download 42 files out of the build process. [GH-1909] 43 * **New config function: `build_name`**: The name of the currently running 44 build. [GH-2232] 45 * **New config function: `build_type`**: The type of the currently running 46 builder. This is useful for provisioners. [GH-2232] 47 * **New config function: `template_dir`**: The directory to the template 48 being built. This should be used for template-relative paths. [GH-54] 49 * **New provisioner: shell-local**: Runs a local shell script. [GH-770] 50 * **New provisioner: powershell**: Provision Windows machines 51 with PowerShell scripts. [GH-2243] 52 * **New provisioner: windows-shell**: Provision Windows machines with 53 batch files. [GH-2243] 54 * **New provisioner: windows-restart**: Restart a Windows machines and 55 wait for it to come back online. [GH-2243] 56 * **Compress post-processor supports multiple algorithms:** The compress 57 post-processor now supports lz4 compression and compresses gzip in 58 parallel for much faster throughput. 59 60 IMPROVEMENTS: 61 62 * core: Interrupt handling for SIGTERM signal as well. [GH-1858] 63 * core: HTTP downloads support resuming [GH-2106] 64 * builder/*: Add `ssh_handshake_attempts` to configure the number of 65 handshake attempts done before failure [GH-2237] 66 * builder/amazon: Add `force_deregister` option for automatic AMI 67 deregistration [GH-2221] 68 * builder/amazon: Now applies tags to EBS snapshots [GH-2212] 69 * builder/amazon: Clean up orphaned volumes from Source AMIs [GH-1783] 70 * builder/amazon: Support custom keypairs [GH-1837] 71 * builder/amazon-chroot: Can now resize the root volume of the resulting 72 AMI with the `root_volume_size` option [GH-2289] 73 * builder/amazon-chroot: Add `mount_options` configuration option for providing 74 options to the `mount` command [GH-2296] 75 * builder/digitalocean: Save SSH key to pwd if debug mode is on. [GH-1829] 76 * builder/digitalocean: User data support [GH-2113] 77 * builder/googlecompute: Option to use internal IP for connections. [GH-2152] 78 * builder/parallels: Support Parallels Desktop 11 [GH-2199] 79 * builder/openstack: Add `rackconnect_wait` for Rackspace customers to wait for 80 RackConnect data to appear 81 * buidler/openstack: Add `ssh_interface` option for rackconnect for users that 82 have prohibitive firewalls 83 * builder/openstack: Flavor names can be used as well as refs 84 * builder/openstack: Add `availability_zone` [GH-2016] 85 * builder/openstack: Machine will be stopped prior to imaging if the 86 cluster supports the `startstop` extension. [GH-2223] 87 * builder/openstack: Support for user data [GH-2224] 88 * builder/qemu: Default accelerator to "tcg" on Windows [GH-2291] 89 * builder/virtualbox: Added option: `ssh_skip_nat_mapping` to skip the 90 automatic port forward for SSH and to use the guest port directly. [GH-1078] 91 * builder/virtualbox: Added SCSI support 92 * builder/vmware: Support for additional disks [GH-1382] 93 * builder/vmware: Can now customize the template used for adding disks [GH-2254] 94 * command/fix: After fixing, the template is validated [GH-2228] 95 * command/push: Add `-name` flag for specifying name from CLI [GH-2042] 96 * command/push: Push configuration in templates supports variables [GH-1861] 97 * post-processor/docker-save: Can be chained [GH-2179] 98 * post-processor/docker-tag: Support `force` option [GH-2055] 99 * post-processor/docker-tag: Can be chained [GH-2179] 100 * post-processor/vsphere: Make more fields optional, support empty 101 resource pools. [GH-1868] 102 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: `working_directory` option [GH-1831] 103 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: `packer_build_name` and 104 `packer_build_type` are default facts. [GH-1878] 105 * provisioner/puppet-server: `ignore_exit_codes` option added [GH-2280] 106 107 BUG FIXES: 108 109 * core: Fix potential panic for post-processor plugin exits [GH-2098] 110 * core: `PACKER_CONFIG` may point to a non-existent file [GH-2226] 111 * builder/amazon: Allow spaces in AMI names when using `clean_ami_name` [GH-2182] 112 * builder/amazon: Remove deprecated ec2-upload-bundle paramger [GH-1931] 113 * builder/amazon: Use IAM Profile to upload bundle if provided [GH-1985] 114 * builder/amazon: Use correct exit code after SSH authentication failed [GH-2004] 115 * builder/amazon: Retry finding created instance for eventual 116 consistency. [GH-2129] 117 * builder/amazon: If no AZ is specified, use AZ chosen automatically by 118 AWS for spot instance. [GH-2017] 119 * builder/amazon: Private key file (only available in debug mode) 120 is deleted on cleanup. [GH-1801] 121 * builder/amazon: AMI copy won't copy to the source region [GH-2123] 122 * builder/amazon: Validate AMI doesn't exist with name prior to build [GH-1774] 123 * builder/amazon: Improved retry logic around waiting for instances. [GH-1764] 124 * builder/amazon: Fix issues with creating Block Devices. [GH-2195] 125 * builder/amazon/chroot: Retry waiting for disk attachments [GH-2046] 126 * builder/amazon/chroot: Only unmount path if it is mounted [GH-2054] 127 * builder/amazon/instance: Use `-i` in sudo commands so PATH is inherited. [GH-1930] 128 * builder/amazon/instance: Use `--region` flag for bundle upload command. [GH-1931] 129 * builder/digitalocean: Wait for droplet to unlock before changing state, 130 should lower the "pending event" errors. 131 * builder/digitalocean: Ignore invalid fields from the ever-changing v2 API 132 * builder/digitalocean: Private images can be used as a source [GH-1792] 133 * builder/docker: Fixed hang on prompt while copying script 134 * builder/docker: Use `docker exec` for newer versions of Docker for 135 running scripts [GH-1993] 136 * builder/docker: Fix crash that could occur at certain timed ctrl-c [GH-1838] 137 * builder/docker: validate that `export_path` is not a directory [GH-2105] 138 * builder/google: `ssh_timeout` is respected [GH-1781] 139 * builder/openstack: `ssh_interface` can be used to specify the interface 140 to retrieve the SSH IP from. [GH-2220] 141 * builder/qemu: Add `disk_discard` option [GH-2120] 142 * builder/qemu: Use proper SSH port, not hardcoded to 22. [GH-2236] 143 * builder/qemu: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032] 144 * builder/virtualbox: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with 145 OS installers. [GH-1709] 146 * builder/virtualbox: Remove the floppy controller in addition to the 147 floppy disk. [GH-1879] 148 * builder/virtualbox: Fixed regression where downloading ISO without a 149 ".iso" extension didn't work. [GH-1839] 150 * builder/virtualbox: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template 151 validation time. [GH-2233] 152 * builder/virtualbox: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032] 153 * builder/vmware: Add 100ms delay between keystrokes to avoid subtle 154 timing issues in most cases. [GH-1663] 155 * builder/vmware: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with 156 OS installers. [GH-1709] 157 * builder/vmware: Case-insensitive match of MAC address to find IP [GH-1989] 158 * builder/vmware: More robust IP parsing from ifconfig output [GH-1999] 159 * builder/vmware: Nested output directories for ESXi work [GH-2174] 160 * builder/vmware: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template 161 validation time. [GH-2233] 162 * command/fix: For the `virtualbox` to `virtualbox-iso` builder rename, 163 provisioner overrides are now also fixed [GH-2231] 164 * command/validate: don't crash for invalid builds [GH-2139] 165 * post-processor/atlas: Find common archive prefix for Windows [GH-1874] 166 * post-processor/atlas: Fix index out of range panic [GH-1959] 167 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Fixed failing on response 168 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Don't delete version on error [GH-2014] 169 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Retry failed uploads a few times 170 * provisioner/chef-client: Fix permissions issues on default dir [GH-2255] 171 * provisioner/chef-client: Node cleanup works now. [GH-2257] 172 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Allow manifest_file to be a directory 173 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Add `--retcode-passthrough` to salt-call 174 * provisioner/shell: chmod executable script to 0755, not 0777 [GH-1708] 175 * provisioner/shell: inline commands failing will fail the provisioner [GH-2069] 176 * provisioner/shell: single quotes in env vars are escaped [GH-2229] 177 * provisioner/shell: Temporary file is deleted after run [GH-2259] 178 * provisioner/shell: Randomize default script name to avoid strange 179 race issues from Windows. [GH-2270] 180 181 ## 0.7.5 (December 9, 2014) 182 183 FEATURES: 184 185 * **New command: `packer push`**: Push template and files to HashiCorp's 186 Atlas for building your templates automatically. 187 * **New post-processor: `atlas`**: Send artifact to HashiCorp's Atlas for 188 versioning and storing artifacts. These artifacts can then be queried 189 using the API, Terraform, etc. 190 191 IMPROVEMENTS: 192 193 * builder/googlecompute: Support for ubuntu-os-cloud project 194 * builder/googlecompute: Support for OAuth2 to avoid client secrets file 195 * builder/googlecompute: GCE image from persistant disk instead of tarball 196 * builder/qemu: Checksum type "none" can be used 197 * provisioner/chef: Generate a node name if none available 198 * provisioner/chef: Added ssl_verify_mode configuration 199 200 BUG FIXES: 201 202 * builder/parallels: Fixed attachment of ISO to cdrom device 203 * builder/parallels: Fixed boot load ordering 204 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed decoding of size 205 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed missing content-type header in request 206 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed use of private IP 207 * builder/digitalocean: Fixed the artifact ID generation 208 * builder/vsphere: Fixed credential escaping 209 * builder/qemu: Fixed use of CDROM with disk_image 210 * builder/aws: Fixed IP address for SSH in VPC 211 * builder/aws: Fixed issue with multiple block devices 212 * builder/vmware: Upload VMX to ESX5 after editing 213 * communicator/docker: Fix handling of symlinks during upload 214 * provisioner/chef: Fixed use of sudo in some cases 215 * core: Fixed build name interpolation 216 * postprocessor/vagrant: Fixed check for Vagrantfile template 217 218 ## 0.7.2 (October 28, 2014) 219 220 FEATURES: 221 222 * builder/digitalocean: API V2 support. [GH-1463] 223 * builder/parallels: Don't depend on _prl-utils_ [GH-1499] 224 225 IMPROVEMENTS: 226 227 * builder/amazon/all: Support new AWS Frankfurt region. 228 * builder/docker: Allow remote `DOCKER_HOST`, which works as long as 229 volumes work. [GH-1594] 230 * builder/qemu: Can set cache mode for main disk. [GH-1558] 231 * builder/qemu: Can build from pre-existing disk. [GH-1342] 232 * builder/vmware: Can specify path to Fusion installation with environmental 233 variable `FUSION_APP_PATH`. [GH-1552] 234 * builder/vmware: Can specify the HW version for the VMX. [GH-1530] 235 * builder/vmware/esxi: Will now cache ISOs/floppies remotely. [GH-1479] 236 * builder/vmware/vmx: Source VMX can have a disk connected via SATA. [GH-1604] 237 * post-processors/vagrant: Support Qemu (libvirt) boxes. [GH-1330] 238 * post-processors/vagrantcloud: Support self-hosted box URLs. 239 240 BUG FIXES: 241 242 * core: Fix loading plugins from pwd. [GH-1521] 243 * builder/amazon: Prefer token in config if given. [GH-1544] 244 * builder/amazon/all: Extended timeout for waiting for AMI. [GH-1533] 245 * builder/virtualbox: Can read VirtualBox version on FreeBSD. [GH-1570] 246 * builder/virtualbox: More robust reading of guest additions URL. [GH-1509] 247 * builder/vmware: Always remove floppies/drives. [GH-1504] 248 * builder/vmware: Wait some time so that post-VMX update aren't 249 overwritten. [GH-1504] 250 * builder/vmware/esxi: Retry power on if it fails. [GH-1334] 251 * builder/vmware-vmx: Fix issue with order of boot command support [GH-1492] 252 * builder/amazon: Extend timeout and allow user override [GH-1533] 253 * builder/parallels: Ignore 'The fdd0 device does not exist' [GH-1501] 254 * builder/parallels: Rely on Cleanup functions to detach devices [GH-1502] 255 * builder/parallels: Create VM without hdd and then add it later [GH-1548] 256 * builder/parallels: Disconnect cdrom0 [GH-1605] 257 * builder/qemu: Don't use `-redir` flag anymore, replace with 258 `hostfwd` options. [GH-1561] 259 * builder/qmeu: Use `pc` as default machine type instead of `pc-1.0`. 260 * providers/aws: Ignore transient network errors. [GH-1579] 261 * provisioner/ansible: Don't buffer output so output streams in. [GH-1585] 262 * provisioner/ansible: Use inventory file always to avoid potentially 263 deprecated feature. [GH-1562] 264 * provisioner/shell: Quote environmental variables. [GH-1568] 265 * provisioner/salt: Bootstrap over SSL. [GH-1608] 266 * post-processors/docker-push: Work with docker-tag artifacts. [GH-1526] 267 * post-processors/vsphere: Append "/" to object address. [GH-1615] 268 269 ## 0.7.1 (September 10, 2014) 270 271 FEATURES: 272 273 * builder/vmware: VMware Fusion Pro 7 is now supported. [GH-1478] 274 275 BUG FIXES: 276 277 * core: SSH will connect slightly faster if it is ready immediately. 278 * provisioner/file: directory uploads no longer hang. [GH-1484] 279 * provisioner/file: fixed crash on large files. [GH-1473] 280 * scripts: Windows executable renamed to packer.exe. [GH-1483] 281 282 ## 0.7.0 (September 8, 2014) 283 284 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 285 286 * The authentication configuration for Google Compute Engine has changed. 287 The new method is much simpler, but is not backwards compatible. 288 `packer fix` will _not_ fix this. Please read the updated GCE docs. 289 290 FEATURES: 291 292 * **New Post-Processor: `compress`** - Gzip compresses artifacts with files. 293 * **New Post-Processor: `docker-save`** - Save an image. This is similar to 294 export, but preserves the image hierarchy. 295 * **New Post-Processor: `docker-tag`** - Tag a created image. 296 * **New Template Functions: `upper`, `lower`** - See documentation for 297 more details. 298 * core: Plugins are automatically discovered if they're named properly. 299 Packer will look in the PWD and the directory with `packer` for 300 binaries named `packer-TYPE-NAME`. 301 * core: Plugins placed in `~/.packer.d/plugins` are now automatically 302 discovered. 303 * builder/amazon: Spot instances can now be used to build EBS backed and 304 instance store images. [GH-1139] 305 * builder/docker: Images can now be committed instead of exported. [GH-1198] 306 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: New `import_flags` setting can be used to add 307 new command line flags to `VBoxManage import` to allow things such 308 as EULAs to be accepted. [GH-1383] 309 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported. 310 [GH-1169] 311 * builder/vmware: VMware Player 6 is now supported. [GH-1168] 312 * builder/vmware-vmx: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported. 313 [GH-1169] 314 315 IMPROVEMENTS: 316 317 * core: `isotime` function can take a format. [GH-1126] 318 * builder/amazon/all: `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` is read and can also be 319 set with the `token` configuration. [GH-1236] 320 * builder/amazon/all: Can force SSH on the private IP address with 321 `ssh_private_ip`. [GH-1229] 322 * builder/amazon/all: String fields in device mappings can use variables. [GH-1090] 323 * builder/amazon-instance: EBS AMIs can be used as a source. [GH-1453] 324 * builder/digitalocean: Can set API URL endpoint. [GH-1448] 325 * builder/digitalocean: Region supports variables. [GH-1452] 326 * builder/docker: Can now specify login credentials to pull images. 327 * builder/docker: Support mounting additional volumes. [GH-1430] 328 * builder/parallels/all: Path to tools ISO is calculated automatically. [GH-1455] 329 * builder/parallels-pvm: `reassign_mac` option to choose wehther or not 330 to generate a new MAC address. [GH-1461] 331 * builder/qemu: Can specify "none" acceleration type. [GH-1395] 332 * builder/qemu: Can specify "tcg" acceleration type. [GH-1395] 333 * builder/virtualbox/all: `iso_interface` option to mount ISO with SATA. [GH-1200] 334 * builder/vmware-vmx: Proper `floppy_files` support. [GH-1057] 335 * command/build: Add `-color=false` flag to disable color. [GH-1433] 336 * post-processor/docker-push: Can now specify login credentials. [GH-1243] 337 * provisioner/chef-client: Support `chef_environment`. [GH-1190] 338 339 BUG FIXES: 340 341 * core: nicer error message if an encrypted private key is used for 342 SSH. [GH-1445] 343 * core: Fix crash that could happen with a well timed double Ctrl-C. 344 [GH-1328] [GH-1314] 345 * core: SSH TCP keepalive period is now 5 seconds (shorter). [GH-1232] 346 * builder/amazon-chroot: Can properly build HVM images now. [GH-1360] 347 * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix crash in root device check. [GH-1360] 348 * builder/amazon-chroot: Add description that Packer made the snapshot 349 with a time. [GH-1388] 350 * builder/amazon-ebs: AMI is deregistered if an error. [GH-1186] 351 * builder/amazon-instance: Fix deprecation warning for `ec2-bundle-vol` 352 [GH-1424] 353 * builder/amazon-instance: Add `--no-filter` to the `ec2-bundle-vol` 354 command by default to avoid corrupting data by removing package 355 manager certs. [GH-1137] 356 * builder/amazon/all: `delete_on_termination` set to false will work. 357 * builder/amazon/all: Fix race condition on setting tags. [GH-1367] 358 * builder/amazon/all: More desctriptive error messages if Amazon only 359 sends an error code. [GH-1189] 360 * builder/docker: Error if `DOCKER_HOST` is set. 361 * builder/docker: Remove the container during cleanup. [GH-1206] 362 * builder/docker: Fix case where not all output would show up from 363 provisioners. 364 * builder/googlecompute: add `disk_size` option. [GH-1397] 365 * builder/googlecompute: Auth works with latest formats on Google Cloud 366 Console. [GH-1344] 367 * builder/openstack: Region is not required. [GH-1418] 368 * builder/parallels-iso: ISO not removed from VM after install [GH-1338] 369 * builder/parallels/all: Add support for Parallels Desktop 10 [GH-1438] 370 * builder/parallels/all: Added some navigation keys [GH-1442] 371 * builder/qemu: If headless, sdl display won't be used. [GH-1395] 372 * builder/qemu: Use `512M` as `-m` default. [GH-1444] 373 * builder/virtualbox/all: Search `VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH` for path to 374 `VBoxManage` on Windows. [GH-1337] 375 * builder/virtualbox/all: Seed RNG to avoid same ports. [GH-1386] 376 * builder/virtualbox/all: Better error if guest additions URL couldn't be 377 detected. [GH-1439] 378 * builder/virtualbox/all: Detect errors even when `VBoxManage` exits 379 with a zero exit code. [GH-1119] 380 * builder/virtualbox/iso: Append timestamp to default name for parallel 381 builds. [GH-1365] 382 * builder/vmware/all: No more error when Packer stops an already-stopped 383 VM. [GH-1300] 384 * builder/vmware/all: `ssh_host` accepts templates. [GH-1396] 385 * builder/vmware/all: Don't remount floppy in VMX post step. [GH-1239] 386 * builder/vmware/vmx: Do not re-add floppy disk files to VMX [GH-1361] 387 * builder/vmware-iso: Fix crash when `vnc_port_min` and max were the 388 same value. [GH-1288] 389 * builder/vmware-iso: Finding an available VNC port on Windows works. [GH-1372] 390 * builder/vmware-vmx: Nice error if Clone is not supported (not VMware 391 Fusion Pro). [GH-787] 392 * post-processor/vagrant: Can supply your own metadata.json. [GH-1143] 393 * provisioner/ansible-local: Use proper path on Windows. [GH-1375] 394 * provisioner/file: Mode will now be preserved. [GH-1064] 395 396 ## 0.6.1 (July 20, 2014) 397 398 FEATURES: 399 400 * **New post processor:** `vagrant-cloud` - Push box files generated by 401 vagrant post processor to Vagrant Cloud. [GH-1289] 402 * Vagrant post-processor can now packer Hyper-V boxes. 403 404 IMPROVEMENTS: 405 406 * builder/amazon: Support for enhanced networking on HVM images. [GH-1228] 407 * builder/amazon-ebs: Support encrypted EBS volumes [GH-1194] 408 * builder/ansible: Add `playbook_dir` option. [GH-1000] 409 * builder/openstack: Add ability to configure networks. [GH-1261] 410 * builder/openstack: Skip certificate verification. [GH-1121] 411 * builder/parallels/all: Add ability to select interface to connect to. 412 * builder/parallels/pvm: Support `boot_command`. [GH-1082] 413 * builder/virtualbox/all: Attempt to use local guest additions ISO 414 before downloading from internet. [GH-1123] 415 * builder/virtualbox/ovf: Supports `guest_additions_mode` [GH-1035] 416 * builder/vmware/all: Increase cleanup timeout to 120 seconds [GH-1167] 417 * builder/vmware/all: Add `vmx_data_post` for modifying VMX data 418 after shutdown. [GH-1149] 419 * builder/vmware/vmx: Supports tools uploading. [GH-1154] 420 421 BUG FIXES: 422 423 * core: `isotime` is the same time during the entire build. [GH-1153] 424 * builder/amazon-common: Sort AMI strings before outputting [GH-1305] 425 * builder/amazon: User data can use templates/variables. [GH-1343] 426 * builder/amazon: Can now build AMIs in GovCloud. 427 * builder/null: SSH info can use templates/variables. [GH-1343] 428 * builder/openstack: Workaround for gophercloud.ServerById crashing [GH-1257] 429 * builder/openstack: Force IPv4 addresses from address pools [GH-1258] 430 * builder/parallels: Do not delete entire CDROM device. [GH-1115] 431 * builder/parallels: Errors while creating floppy disk. [GH-1225] 432 * builder/parallels: Errors while removing floppy drive. [GH-1226] 433 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Supports guest additions options. [GH-1120] 434 * builder/vmware-iso: Fix esx5 path separator in windows. [GH-1316] 435 * builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder now uploads floppy. [GH-1106] 436 * builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder no longer re-uploads ISO every 437 time. [GH-1244] 438 * post-processor/vsphere: Accept DOMAIN\account usernames [GH-1178] 439 * provisioner/chef-*: Fix remotePaths for Windows [GH-394] 440 441 ## 0.6.0 (May 2, 2014) 442 443 FEATURES: 444 445 * **New builder:** `null` - The null builder does not produce any 446 artifacts, but is useful for debugging provisioning scripts. [GH-970] 447 * **New builder:** `parallels-iso` and `parallels-pvm` - These can be 448 used to build Parallels virtual machines. [GH-1101] 449 * **New provisioner:** `chef-client` - Provision using a the `chef-client` 450 command, which talks to a Chef Server. [GH-855] 451 * **New provisioner:** `puppet-server` - Provision using Puppet by 452 communicating to a Puppet master. [GH-796] 453 * `min_packer_version` can be specified in a Packer template to force 454 a minimum version. [GH-487] 455 456 IMPROVEMENTS: 457 458 * core: RPC transport between plugins switched to MessagePack 459 * core: Templates array values can now be comma separated strings. 460 Most importantly, this allows for user variables to fill 461 array configurations. [GH-950] 462 * builder/amazon: Added `ssh_private_key_file` option [GH-971] 463 * builder/amazon: Added `ami_virtualization_type` option [GH-1021] 464 * builder/digitalocean: Regions, image names, and sizes can be 465 names that are looked up for their valid ID. [GH-960] 466 * builder/googlecompute: Configurable instance name. [GH-1065] 467 * builder/openstack: Support for conventional OpenStack environmental 468 variables such as `OS_USERNAME`, `OS_PASSWORD`, etc. [GH-768] 469 * builder/openstack: Support `openstack_provider` option to automatically 470 fill defaults for different OpenStack variants. [GH-912] 471 * builder/openstack: Support security groups. [GH-848] 472 * builder/qemu: User variable expansion in `ssh_key_path` [GH-918] 473 * builder/qemu: Floppy disk files list can also include globs 474 and directories. [GH-1086] 475 * builder/virtualbox: Support an `export_opts` option which allows 476 specifying arbitrary arguments when exporting the VM. [GH-945] 477 * builder/virtualbox: Added `vboxmanage_post` option to run vboxmanage 478 commands just before exporting [GH-664] 479 * builder/virtualbox: Floppy disk files list can also include globs 480 and directories. [GH-1086] 481 * builder/vmware: Workstation 10 support for Linux. [GH-900] 482 * builder/vmware: add cloning support on Windows [GH-824] 483 * builder/vmware: Floppy disk files list can also include globs 484 and directories. [GH-1086] 485 * command/build: Added `-parallel` flag so you can disable parallelization 486 with `-no-parallel`. [GH-924] 487 * post-processors/vsphere: `disk_mode` option. [GH-778] 488 * provisioner/ansible: Add `inventory_file` option [GH-1006] 489 * provisioner/chef-client: Add `validation_client_name` option. [GH-1056] 490 491 BUG FIXES: 492 493 * core: Errors are properly shown when adding bad floppy files. [GH-1043] 494 * core: Fix some URL parsing issues on Windows. 495 * core: Create Cache directory only when it is needed. [GH-367] 496 * builder/amazon-instance: Use S3Endpoint for ec2-upload-bundle arg, 497 which works for every region. [GH-904] 498 * builder/digitalocean: updated default image_id [GH-1032] 499 * builder/googlecompute: Create persistent disk as boot disk via 500 API v1 [GH-1001] 501 * builder/openstack: Return proper error on invalid instance states [GH-1018] 502 * builder/virtualbox-iso: Retry unregister a few times to deal with 503 VBoxManage randomness. [GH-915] 504 * provisioner/ansible: Fix paths when provisioning Linux from 505 Windows [GH-963] 506 * provisioner/ansible: set cwd to staging directory [GH-1016] 507 * provisioners/chef-client: Don't chown directory with Ubuntu. [GH-939] 508 * provisioners/chef-solo: Deeply nested JSON works properly. [GH-1076] 509 * provisioners/shell: Env var values can have equal signs. [GH-1045] 510 * provisioners/shell: chmod the uploaded script file to 0777. [GH-994] 511 * post-processor/docker-push: Allow repositories with ports. [GH-923] 512 * post-processor/vagrant: Create parent directories for `output` path [GH-1059] 513 * post-processor/vsphere: datastore, network, and folder are no longer 514 required. [GH-1091] 515 516 ## 0.5.2 (02/21/2014) 517 518 FEATURES: 519 520 * **New post-processor:** `docker-import` - Import a Docker image 521 and give it a specific repository/tag. 522 * **New post-processor:** `docker-push` - Push an imported image to 523 a registry. 524 525 IMPROVEMENTS: 526 527 * core: Most downloads made by Packer now use a custom user agent. [GH-803] 528 * builder/googlecompute: SSH private key will be saved to disk if `-debug` 529 is specified. [GH-867] 530 * builder/qemu: Can specify the name of the qemu binary. [GH-854] 531 * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Can specify import options such as "keepallmacs". 532 [GH-883] 533 534 BUG FIXES: 535 536 * core: Fix crash case if blank parameters are given to Packer. [GH-832] 537 * core: Fix crash if big file uploads are done. [GH-897] 538 * core: Fix crash if machine-readable output is going to a closed 539 pipe. [GH-875] 540 * builder/docker: user variables work properly. [GH-777] 541 * builder/qemu: reboots are now possible in provisioners. [GH-864] 542 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: iso\_checksum is not required if the 543 checksum type is "none" 544 * builder/virtualbox,vmware/qemu: Support for additional scancodes for 545 `boot_command` such as `<up>`, `<left>`, `<insert>`, etc. [GH-808] 546 * communicator/ssh: Send TCP keep-alives on connections. [GH-872] 547 * post-processor/vagrant: AWS/DigitalOcean keep input artifacts by 548 default. [GH-55] 549 * provisioners/ansible-local: Properly upload custom playbooks. [GH-829] 550 * provisioners/ansible-local: Better error if ansible isn't installed. 551 [GH-836] 552 553 ## 0.5.1 (01/02/2014) 554 555 BUG FIXES: 556 557 * core: If a stream ID loops around, don't let it use stream ID 0 [GH-767] 558 * core: Fix issue where large writes to plugins would result in stream 559 corruption. [GH-727] 560 * builders/virtualbox-ovf: `shutdown_timeout` config works. [GH-772] 561 * builders/vmware-iso: Remote driver works properly again. [GH-773] 562 563 ## 0.5.0 (12/30/2013) 564 565 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 566 567 * "virtualbox" builder has been renamed to "virtualbox-iso". Running your 568 template through `packer fix` will resolve this. 569 * "vmware" builder has been renamed to "vmware-iso". Running your template 570 through `packer fix` will resolve this. 571 * post-processor/vagrant: Syntax for overriding by provider has changed. 572 See the documentation for more information. Running your template 573 through `packer fix` should resolve this. 574 * post-processor/vsphere: Some available configuration options were 575 changed. Running your template through `packer fix` should resolve 576 this. 577 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: The `execute_command` no longer has 578 the `Has*` variables, since the templating language now supports 579 comparison operations. See the Go documentation for more info: 580 http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/ 581 582 FEATURES: 583 584 * **New builder:** Google Compute Engine. You can now build images for 585 use in Google Compute Engine. See the documentation for more information. 586 [GH-715] 587 * **New builder:** "virtualbox-ovf" can build VirtualBox images from 588 an existing OVF or OVA. [GH-201] 589 * **New builder:** "vmware-vmx" can build VMware images from an existing 590 VMX. [GH-201] 591 * Environmental variables can now be accessed as default values for 592 user variables using the "env" function. See the documentation for more 593 information. 594 * "description" field in templates: write a human-readable description 595 of what a template does. This will be shown in `packer inspect`. 596 * Vagrant post-processor now accepts a list of files to include in the 597 box. 598 * All provisioners can now have a "pause\_before" parameter to wait 599 some period of time before running that provisioner. This is useful 600 for reboots. [GH-737] 601 602 IMPROVEMENTS: 603 604 * core: Plugins communicate over a single TCP connection per plugin now, 605 instead of sometimes dozens. Performance around plugin communication 606 dramatically increased. 607 * core: Build names are now template processed so you can use things 608 like user variables in them. [GH-744] 609 * core: New "pwd" function available globally that returns the working 610 directory. [GH-762] 611 * builder/amazon/all: Launched EC2 instances now have a name of 612 "Packer Builder" so that they are easily recognizable. [GH-642] 613 * builder/amazon/all: Copying AMIs to multiple regions now happens 614 in parallel. [GH-495] 615 * builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify "run\_tags" to tag the instance 616 while running. [GH-722] 617 * builder/digitalocean: Private networking support. [GH-698] 618 * builder/docker: A "run\_command" can be specified, configuring how 619 the container is started. [GH-648] 620 * builder/openstack: In debug mode, the generated SSH keypair is saved 621 so you can SSH into the machine. [GH-746] 622 * builder/qemu: Floppy files are supported. [GH-686] 623 * builder/qemu: Next `run_once` option tells Qemu to run only once, 624 which is useful for Windows installs that handle reboots for you. 625 [GH-687] 626 * builder/virtualbox: Nice errors if Packer can't write to 627 the output directory. 628 * builder/virtualbox: ISO is ejected prior to export. 629 * builder/virtualbox: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471] 630 * builder/vmware: Can now specify path to the Fusion application. [GH-677] 631 * builder/vmware: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471] 632 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Can now specify a `manifest_dir` to 633 upload manifests to the remote machine for imports. [GH-655] 634 635 BUG FIXES: 636 637 * core: No colored output in machine-readable output. [GH-684] 638 * core: User variables can now be used for non-string fields. [GH-598] 639 * core: Fix bad download paths if the download URL contained a "." 640 before a "/" [GH-716] 641 * core: "{{timestamp}}" values will always be the same for the entire 642 duration of a build. [GH-744] 643 * builder/amazon: Handle cases where security group isn't instantly 644 available. [GH-494] 645 * builder/virtualbox: don't download guest additions if disabled. [GH-731] 646 * post-processor/vsphere: Uploads VM properly. [GH-694] 647 * post-processor/vsphere: Process user variables. 648 * provisioner/ansible-local: all configurations are processed as templates 649 [GH-749] 650 * provisioner/ansible-local: playbook paths are properly validated 651 as directories, not files. [GH-710] 652 * provisioner/chef-solo: Environments are recognized. [GH-726] 653 654 ## 0.4.1 (December 7, 2013) 655 656 IMPROVEMENTS: 657 658 * builder/amazon/ebs: New option allows associating a public IP with 659 non-default VPC instances. [GH-660] 660 * builder/openstack: A "proxy\_url" setting was added to define an HTTP 661 proxy to use when building with this builder. [GH-637] 662 663 BUG FIXES: 664 665 * core: Don't change background color on CLI anymore, making things look 666 a tad nicer in some terminals. 667 * core: multiple ISO URLs works properly in all builders. [GH-683] 668 * builder/amazon/chroot: Block when obtaining file lock to allow 669 parallel builds. [GH-689] 670 * builder/amazon/instance: Add location flag to upload bundle command 671 so that building AMIs works out of us-east-1 [GH-679] 672 * builder/qemu: Qemu arguments are templated. [GH-688] 673 * builder/vmware: Cleanup of VMX keys works properly so cd-rom won't 674 get stuck with ISO. [GH-685] 675 * builder/vmware: File cleanup is more resilient to file delete races 676 with the operating system. [GH-675] 677 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Check for hiera config path existence 678 properly. [GH-656] 679 680 ## 0.4.0 (November 19, 2013) 681 682 FEATURES: 683 684 * Docker builder: build and export Docker containers, easily provisioned 685 with any of the Packer built-in provisioners. 686 * QEMU builder: builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen using QEMU. 687 * Remote ESXi builder: builds a VMware VM using ESXi remotely using only 688 SSH to an ESXi machine directly. 689 * vSphere post-processor: Can upload VMware artifacts to vSphere 690 * Vagrant post-processor can now make DigitalOcean provider boxes. [GH-504] 691 692 IMPROVEMENTS: 693 694 * builder/amazon/all: Can now specify a list of multiple security group 695 IDs to apply. [GH-499] 696 * builder/amazon/all: AWS API requests are now retried when a temporary 697 network error occurs as well as 500 errors. [GH-559] 698 * builder/virtualbox: Use VBOX\_INSTALL\_PATH env var on Windows to find 699 VBoxManage. [GH-628] 700 * post-processor/vagrant: skips gzip compression when compression_level=0 701 * provisioner/chef-solo: Encrypted data bag support [GH-625] 702 703 BUG FIXES: 704 705 * builder/amazon/chroot: Copying empty directories works. [GH-588] 706 * builder/amazon/chroot: Chroot commands work with shell provisioners. [GH-581] 707 * builder/amazon/chroot: Don't choose a mount point that is a partition of 708 an already mounted device. [GH-635] 709 * builder/virtualbox: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618] 710 * builder/vmware: VMX modifications are now case-insensitive. [GH-608] 711 * builder/vmware: VMware Fusion won't ask for VM upgrade. 712 * builder/vmware: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618] 713 * provisioner/chef-solo: Output is slightly prettier and more informative. 714 715 ## 0.3.11 (November 4, 2013) 716 717 FEATURES: 718 719 * builder/amazon/ebs: Ability to specify which availability zone to create 720 instance in. [GH-536] 721 722 IMPROVEMENTS: 723 724 * core: builders can now give warnings during validation. warnings won't 725 fail the build but may hint at potential future problems. 726 * builder/digitalocean: Can now specify a droplet name 727 * builder/virtualbox: Can now disable guest addition download entirely 728 by setting "guest_additions_mode" to "disable" [GH-580] 729 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: ISO urls can now be https [GH-587] 730 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Warning if shutdown command is not specified, 731 since it is a common case of data loss. 732 733 BUG FIXES: 734 735 * core: Won't panic when writing to a bad pipe. [GH-560] 736 * builder/amazon/all: Properly scrub access key and secret key from logs. 737 [GH-554] 738 * builder/openstack: Properly scrub password from logs [GH-554] 739 * builder/virtualbox: No panic if SSH host port min/max is the same. [GH-594] 740 * builder/vmware: checks if `ifconfig` is in `/sbin` [GH-591] 741 * builder/vmware: Host IP lookup works for non-C locales. [GH-592] 742 * common/uuid: Use cryptographically secure PRNG when generating 743 UUIDs. [GH-552] 744 * communicator/ssh: File uploads that exceed the size of memory no longer 745 cause crashes. [GH-561] 746 747 ## 0.3.10 (October 20, 2013) 748 749 FEATURES: 750 751 * Ansible provisioner 752 753 IMPROVEMENTS: 754 755 * post-processor/vagrant: support instance-store AMIs built by Packer. [GH-502] 756 * post-processor/vagrant: can now specify compression level to use 757 when creating the box. [GH-506] 758 759 BUG FIXES: 760 761 * builder/all: timeout waiting for SSH connection is a failure. [GH-491] 762 * builder/amazon: Scrub sensitive data from the logs. [GH-521] 763 * builder/amazon: Handle the situation where an EC2 instance might not 764 be immediately available. [GH-522] 765 * builder/amazon/chroot: Files copied into the chroot remove destination 766 before copy, fixing issues with dangling symlinks. [GH-500] 767 * builder/digitalocean: don't panic if erroneous API response doesn't 768 contain error message. [GH-492] 769 * builder/digitalocean: scrub API keys from config debug output [GH-516] 770 * builder/virtualbox: error if VirtualBox version cant be detected. [GH-488] 771 * builder/virtualbox: detect if vboxdrv isn't properly setup. [GH-488] 772 * builder/virtualbox: sleep a bit before export to ensure the sesssion 773 is unlocked. [GH-512] 774 * builder/virtualbox: create SATA drives properly on VirtualBox 4.3 [GH-547] 775 * builder/virtualbox: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539] 776 * builder/vmware: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539] 777 * communicator/ssh: Fix issue where a panic could arise from a nil 778 dereference. [GH-525] 779 * post-processor/vagrant: Fix issue with VirtualBox OVA. [GH-548] 780 * provisioner/salt: Move salt states to correct remote directory. [GH-513] 781 * provisioner/shell: Won't block on certain scripts on Windows anymore. 782 [GH-507] 783 784 ## 0.3.9 (October 2, 2013) 785 786 FEATURES: 787 788 * The Amazon chroot builder is now able to run without any `sudo` privileges 789 by using the "command_wrapper" configuration. [GH-430] 790 * Chef provisioner supports environments. [GH-483] 791 792 BUG FIXES: 793 794 * core: default user variable values don't need to be strings. [GH-456] 795 * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix errors with waitin for state change. [GH-459] 796 * builder/digitalocean: Use proper error message JSON key (DO API change). 797 * communicator/ssh: SCP uploads now work properly when directories 798 contain symlinks. [GH-449] 799 * provisioner/chef-solo: Data bags and roles path are now properly 800 populated when set. [GH-470] 801 * provisioner/shell: Windows line endings are actually properly changed 802 to Unix line endings. [GH-477] 803 804 ## 0.3.8 (September 22, 2013) 805 806 FEATURES: 807 808 * core: You can now specify `only` and `except` configurations on any 809 provisioner or post-processor to specify a list of builds that they 810 are valid for. [GH-438] 811 * builders/virtualbox: Guest additions can be attached rather than uploaded, 812 easier to handle for Windows guests. [GH-405] 813 * provisioner/chef-solo: Ability to specify a custom Chef configuration 814 template. 815 * provisioner/chef-solo: Roles and data bags support. [GH-348] 816 817 IMPROVEMENTS: 818 819 * core: User variables can now be used for integer, boolean, etc. 820 values. [GH-418] 821 * core: Plugins made with incompatible versions will no longer load. 822 * builder/amazon/all: Interrupts work while waiting for AMI to be ready. 823 * provisioner/shell: Script line-endings are automatically converted to 824 Unix-style line-endings. Can be disabled by setting "binary" to "true". 825 [GH-277] 826 827 BUG FIXES: 828 829 * core: Set TCP KeepAlives on internally created RPC connections so that 830 they don't die. [GH-416] 831 * builder/amazon/all: While waiting for AMI, will detect "failed" state. 832 * builder/amazon/all: Waiting for state will detect if the resource (AMI, 833 instance, etc.) disappears from under it. 834 * builder/amazon/instance: Exclude only contents of /tmp, not /tmp 835 itself. [GH-437] 836 * builder/amazon/instance: Make AccessKey/SecretKey available to bundle 837 command even when they come from the environment. [GH-434] 838 * builder/virtualbox: F1-F12 and delete scancodes now work. [GH-425] 839 * post-processor/vagrant: Override configurations properly work. [GH-426] 840 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Fix failure case when both facter vars 841 are used and prevent_sudo. [GH-415] 842 * provisioner/puppet-masterless: User variables now work properly in 843 manifest file and hiera path. [GH-448] 844 845 ## 0.3.7 (September 9, 2013) 846 847 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 848 849 * The "event_delay" option for the DigitalOcean builder is now gone. 850 The builder automatically waits for events to go away. Run your templates 851 through `packer fix` to get rid of these. 852 853 FEATURES: 854 855 * **NEW PROVISIONER:** `puppet-masterless`. You can now provision with 856 a masterless Puppet setup. [GH-234] 857 * New globally available template function: `uuid`. Generates a new random 858 UUID. 859 * New globally available template function: `isotime`. Generates the 860 current time in ISO standard format. 861 * New Amazon template function: `clean_ami_name`. Substitutes '-' for 862 characters that are illegal to use in an AMI name. 863 864 IMPROVEMENTS: 865 866 * builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify the format of the temporary 867 keypair created. [GH-389] 868 * builder/amazon/all: Support the NoDevice flag for block mappings. [GH-396] 869 * builder/digitalocean: Retry on any pending event errors. 870 * builder/openstack: Can now specify a project. [GH-382] 871 * builder/virtualbox: Can now attach hard drive over SATA. [GH-391] 872 * provisioner/file: Can now upload directories. [GH-251] 873 874 BUG FIXES: 875 876 * core: Detect if SCP is not enabled on the other side. [GH-386] 877 * builder/amazon/all: When copying AMI to multiple regions, copy 878 the metadata (tags and attributes) as well. [GH-388] 879 * builder/amazon/all: Fix panic case where eventually consistent 880 instance state caused an index out of bounds. 881 * builder/virtualbox: The `vm_name` setting now properly sets the OVF 882 name of the output. [GH-401] 883 * builder/vmware: Autoanswer VMware dialogs. [GH-393] 884 * command/inspect: Fix weird output for default values for optional vars. 885 886 ## 0.3.6 (September 2, 2013) 887 888 FEATURES: 889 890 * User variables can now be specified as "required", meaning the user 891 MUST specify a value. Just set the default value to "null". [GH-374] 892 893 IMPROVEMENTS: 894 895 * core: Much improved interrupt handling. For example, interrupts now 896 cancel much more quickly within provisioners. 897 * builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the keypair used will be saved to 898 the current directory so you can access the machine. [GH-373] 899 * builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the DNS is outputted. 900 * builder/openstack: IPv6 addresses supported for SSH. [GH-379] 901 * communicator/ssh: Support for private keys encrypted using PKCS8. [GH-376] 902 * provisioner/chef-solo: You can now use user variables in the `json` 903 configuration for Chef. [GH-362] 904 905 BUG FIXES: 906 907 * core: Concurrent map access is completely gone, fixing rare issues 908 with runtime memory corruption. [GH-307] 909 * core: Fix possible panic when ctrl-C during provisioner run. 910 * builder/digitalocean: Retry destroy a few times because DO sometimes 911 gives false errors. 912 * builder/openstack: Properly handle the case no image is made. [GH-375] 913 * builder/openstack: Specifying a region is now required in a template. 914 * provisioners/salt-masterless: Use filepath join to properly join paths. 915 916 ## 0.3.5 (August 28, 2013) 917 918 FEATURES: 919 920 * **NEW BUILDER:** `openstack`. You can now build on OpenStack. [GH-155] 921 * **NEW PROVISIONER:** `chef-solo`. You can now provision with Chef 922 using `chef-solo` from local cookbooks. 923 * builder/amazon: Copy AMI to multiple regions with `ami_regions`. [GH-322] 924 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Can now use SSH keys as an auth mechanism for 925 SSH using `ssh_key_path`. [GH-70] 926 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Support SHA512 as a checksum type. [GH-356] 927 * builder/vmware: The root hard drive type can now be specified with 928 "disk_type_id" for advanced users. [GH-328] 929 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to specfy a minion config. [GH-264] 930 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to upload pillars. [GH-353] 931 932 IMPROVEMENTS: 933 934 * core: Output message when Ctrl-C received that we're cleaning up. [GH-338] 935 * builder/amazon: Tagging now works with all amazon builder types. 936 * builder/vmware: Option `ssh_skip_request_pty` for not requesting a PTY 937 for the SSH connection. [GH-270] 938 * builder/vmware: Specify a `vmx_template_path` in order to customize 939 the generated VMX. [GH-270] 940 * command/build: Machine-readable output now contains build errors, if any. 941 * command/build: An "end" sentinel is outputted in machine-readable output 942 for artifact listing so it is easier to know when it is over. 943 944 BUG FIXES: 945 946 * core: Fixed a couple cases where a double ctrl-C could panic. 947 * core: Template validation fails if an override is specified for a 948 non-existent builder. [GH-336] 949 * core: The SSH connection is heartbeated so that drops can be 950 detected. [GH-200] 951 * builder/amazon/instance: Remove check for ec2-ami-tools because it 952 didn't allow absolute paths to work properly. [GH-330] 953 * builder/digitalocean: Send a soft shutdown request so that files 954 are properly synced before shutdown. [GH-332] 955 * command/build,command/validate: If a non-existent build is specified to 956 '-only' or '-except', it is now an error. [GH-326] 957 * post-processor/vagrant: Setting OutputPath with a timestamp now 958 always works properly. [GH-324] 959 * post-processor/vagrant: VirtualBox OVA formats now turn into 960 Vagrant boxes properly. [GH-331] 961 * provisioner/shell: Retry upload if start command fails, making reboot 962 handling much more robust. 963 964 ## 0.3.4 (August 21, 2013) 965 966 IMPROVEMENTS: 967 968 * post-processor/vagrant: the file being compressed will be shown 969 in the UI [GH-314] 970 971 BUG FIXES: 972 973 * core: Avoid panics when double-interrupting Packer. 974 * provisioner/shell: Retry shell script uploads, making reboots more 975 robust if they happen to fail in this stage. [GH-282] 976 977 ## 0.3.3 (August 19, 2013) 978 979 FEATURES: 980 981 * builder/virtualbox: support exporting in OVA format. [GH-309] 982 983 IMPROVEMENTS: 984 985 * core: All HTTP downloads across Packer now support the standard 986 proxy environmental variables (`HTTP_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY`, etc.) [GH-252] 987 * builder/amazon: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified by 988 enviromental variables. 989 * builder/digitalocean: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified 990 by environmental variables. 991 992 BUG FIXES: 993 994 * core: TCP connection between plugin processes will keep-alive. [GH-312] 995 * core: No more "unused key keep_input_artifact" for post processors [GH-310] 996 * post-processor/vagrant: `output_path` templates now work again. 997 998 ## 0.3.2 (August 18, 2013) 999 1000 FEATURES: 1001 1002 * New command: `packer inspect`. This command tells you the components of 1003 a template. It respects the `-machine-readable` flag as well so you can 1004 parse out components of a template. 1005 * Packer will detect its own crashes (always a bug) and save a "crash.log" 1006 file. 1007 * builder/virtualbox: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO 1008 using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order. 1009 * builder/vmware: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO 1010 using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order. 1011 1012 IMPROVEMENTS: 1013 1014 * core: built with Go 1.1.2 1015 * core: packer help output now loads much faster. 1016 * builder/virtualbox: guest_additions_url can now use the `Version` 1017 variable to get the VirtualBox version. [GH-272] 1018 * builder/virtualbox: Do not check for VirtualBox as part of template 1019 validation; only check at execution. 1020 * builder/vmware: Do not check for VMware as part of template validation; 1021 only check at execution. 1022 * command/build: A path of "-" will read the template from stdin. 1023 * builder/amazon: add block device mappings [GH-90] 1024 1025 BUG FIXES: 1026 1027 * windows: file URLs are easier to get right as Packer 1028 has better parsing and error handling for Windows file paths. [GH-284] 1029 * builder/amazon/all: Modifying more than one AMI attribute type no longer 1030 crashes. 1031 * builder/amazon-instance: send IAM instance profile data. [GH-294] 1032 * builder/digitalocean: API request parameters are properly URL 1033 encoded. [GH-281] 1034 * builder/virtualbox: dowload progress won't be shown until download 1035 actually starts. [GH-288] 1036 * builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly 1037 written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285] 1038 * builder/vmware: dowload progress won't be shown until download 1039 actually starts. [GH-288] 1040 * builder/vmware: interrupt works while typing commands over VNC. 1041 * builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly 1042 written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285] 1043 * post-processor/vagrant: Process user variables. [GH-295] 1044 1045 ## 0.3.1 (August 12, 2013) 1046 1047 IMPROVEMENTS: 1048 1049 * provisioner/shell: New setting `start_retry_timeout` which is the timeout 1050 for the provisioner to attempt to _start_ the remote process. This allows 1051 the shell provisioner to work properly with reboots. [GH-260] 1052 1053 BUG FIXES: 1054 1055 * core: Remote command output containing '\r' now looks much better 1056 within the Packer output. 1057 * builder/vmware: Fix issue with finding driver files. [GH-279] 1058 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Uploads work properly from Windows. [GH-276] 1059 1060 ## 0.3.0 (August 12, 2013) 1061 1062 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 1063 1064 * All `{{.CreateTime}}` variables within templates (such as for AMI names) 1065 are now replaced with `{{timestamp}}`. Run `packer fix` to fix your 1066 templates. 1067 1068 FEATURES: 1069 1070 * **User Variables** allow you to specify variables within your templates 1071 that can be replaced using the command-line, files, or environmental 1072 variables. This dramatically improves the portability of packer templates. 1073 See the documentation for more information. 1074 * **Machine-readable output** can be enabled by passing the 1075 `-machine-readable` flag to _any_ Packer command. 1076 * All strings in a template are now processed for variables/functions, 1077 so things like `{{timestamp}}` can be used everywhere. More features will 1078 be added in the future. 1079 * The `amazon` builders (all of them) can now have attributes of their 1080 resulting AMIs modified, such as access permissions and product codes. 1081 1082 IMPROVEMENTS: 1083 1084 * builder/amazon/all: User data can be passed to start the instances. [GH-253] 1085 * provisioner/salt-masterless: `local_state_tree` is no longer required, 1086 allowing you to use shell provisioner (or others) to bring this down. 1087 [GH-269] 1088 1089 BUG FIXES: 1090 1091 * builder/amazon/ebs,instance: Retry deleing security group a few times. 1092 [GH-278] 1093 * builder/vmware: Workstation works on Windows XP now. [GH-238] 1094 * builder/vmware: Look for files on Windows in multiple locations 1095 using multiple environmental variables. [GH-263] 1096 * provisioner/salt-masterless: states aren't deleted after the run 1097 anymore. [GH-265] 1098 * provisioner/salt-masterless: error if any commands exit with a non-zero 1099 exit status. [GH-266] 1100 1101 ## 0.2.3 (August 7, 2013) 1102 1103 IMPROVEMENTS: 1104 1105 * builder/amazon/all: Added Amazon AMI tag support [GH-233] 1106 1107 BUG FIXES: 1108 1109 * core: Absolute/relative filepaths on Windows now work for iso_url 1110 and other settings. [GH-240] 1111 * builder/amazon/all: instance info is refreshed while waiting for SSH, 1112 allowing Packer to see updated IP/DNS info. [GH-243] 1113 1114 ## 0.2.2 (August 1, 2013) 1115 1116 FEATURES: 1117 1118 * New builder: `amazon-chroot` can create EBS-backed AMIs without launching 1119 a new EC2 instance. This can shave minutes off of the AMI creation process. 1120 See the docs for more info. 1121 * New provisioner: `salt-masterless` will provision the node using Salt 1122 without a master. 1123 * The `vmware` builder now works with Workstation 9 on Windows. [GH-222] 1124 * The `vmware` builder now works with Player 5 on Linux. [GH-190] 1125 1126 IMPROVEMENTS: 1127 1128 * core: Colors won't be outputted on Windows unless in Cygwin. 1129 * builder/amazon/all: Added `iam_instance_profile` to launch the source 1130 image with a given IAM profile. [GH-226] 1131 1132 BUG FIXES: 1133 1134 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: relative paths work properly as URL 1135 configurations. [GH-215] 1136 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: fix race condition in deleting the output 1137 directory on Windows by retrying. 1138 1139 ## 0.2.1 (July 26, 2013) 1140 1141 FEATURES: 1142 1143 * New builder: `amazon-instance` can create instance-storage backed 1144 AMIs. 1145 * VMware builder now works with Workstation 9 on Linux. 1146 1147 IMPROVEMENTS: 1148 1149 * builder/amazon/all: Ctrl-C while waiting for state change works 1150 * builder/amazon/ebs: Can now launch instances into a VPC for added protection [GH-210] 1151 * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Add backspace, delete, and F1-F12 keys to the boot 1152 command. 1153 * builder/virtualbox: massive performance improvements with big ISO files because 1154 an expensive copy is avoided. [GH-202] 1155 * builder/vmware: CD is removed prior to exporting final machine. [GH-198] 1156 1157 BUG FIXES: 1158 1159 * builder/amazon/all: Gracefully handle when AMI appears to not exist 1160 while AWS state is propogating. [GH-207] 1161 * builder/virtualbox: Trim carriage returns for Windows to properly 1162 detect VM state on Windows. [GH-218] 1163 * core: build names no longer cause invalid config errors. [GH-197] 1164 * command/build: If any builds fail, exit with non-zero exit status. 1165 * communicator/ssh: SCP exit codes are tested and errors are reported. [GH-195] 1166 * communicator/ssh: Properly change slash direction for Windows hosts. [GH-218] 1167 1168 ## 0.2.0 (July 16, 2013) 1169 1170 BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: 1171 1172 * "iso_md5" in the virtualbox and vmware builders is replaced with 1173 "iso_checksum" and "iso_checksum_type" (with the latter set to "md5"). 1174 See the announce below on `packer fix` to automatically fix your templates. 1175 1176 FEATURES: 1177 1178 * **NEW COMMAND:** `packer fix` will attempt to fix templates from older 1179 versions of Packer that are now broken due to backwards incompatibilities. 1180 This command will fix the backwards incompatibilities introduced in this 1181 version. 1182 * Amazon EBS builder can now optionally use a pre-made security group 1183 instead of randomly generating one. 1184 * DigitalOcean API key and client IDs can now be passed in as 1185 environmental variables. See the documentatin for more details. 1186 * VirtualBox and VMware can now have `floppy_files` specified to attach 1187 floppy disks when booting. This allows for unattended Windows installs. 1188 * `packer build` has a new `-force` flag that forces the removal of 1189 existing artifacts if they exist. [GH-173] 1190 * You can now log to a file (instead of just stderr) by setting the 1191 `PACKER_LOG_FILE` environmental variable. [GH-168] 1192 * Checksums other than MD5 can now be used. SHA1 and SHA256 can also 1193 be used. See the documentation on `iso_checksum_type` for more info. [GH-175] 1194 1195 IMPROVEMENTS: 1196 1197 * core: invalid keys in configuration are now considered validation 1198 errors. [GH-104] 1199 * core: all builders now share a common SSH connection core, improving 1200 SSH reliability over all the builders. 1201 * amazon-ebs: Credentials will come from IAM role if available. [GH-160] 1202 * amazon-ebs: Verify the source AMI is EBS-backed before launching. [GH-169] 1203 * shell provisioner: the build name and builder type are available in 1204 the `PACKER_BUILD_NAME` and `PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE` env vars by default, 1205 respectively. [GH-154] 1206 * vmware: error if shutdown command has non-zero exit status. 1207 1208 BUG FIXES: 1209 1210 * core: UI messages are now properly prefixed with spaces again. 1211 * core: If SSH connection ends, re-connection attempts will take 1212 place. [GH-152] 1213 * virtualbox: "paused" doesn't mean the VM is stopped, improving 1214 shutdown detection. 1215 * vmware: error if guest IP could not be detected. [GH-189] 1216 1217 ## 0.1.5 (July 7, 2013) 1218 1219 FEATURES: 1220 1221 * "file" uploader will upload files from the machine running Packer to the 1222 remote machine. 1223 * VirtualBox guest additions URL and checksum can now be specified, allowing 1224 the VirtualBox builder to have the ability to be used completely offline. 1225 1226 IMPROVEMENTS: 1227 1228 * core: If SCP is not available, a more descriptive error message 1229 is shown telling the user. [GH-127] 1230 * shell: Scripts are now executed by default according to their shebang, 1231 not with `/bin/sh`. [GH-105] 1232 * shell: You can specify what interpreter you want inline scripts to 1233 run with `inline_shebang`. 1234 * virtualbox: Delete the packer-made SSH port forwarding prior to 1235 exporting the VM. 1236 1237 BUG FIXES: 1238 1239 * core: Non-200 response codes on downloads now show proper errors. 1240 [GH-141] 1241 * amazon-ebs: SSH handshake is retried. [GH-130] 1242 * vagrant: The `BuildName` template propery works properly in 1243 the output path. 1244 * vagrant: Properly configure the provider-specific post-processors so 1245 things like `vagrantfile_template` work. [GH-129] 1246 * vagrant: Close filehandles when copying files so Windows can 1247 rename files. [GH-100] 1248 1249 ## 0.1.4 (July 2, 2013) 1250 1251 FEATURES: 1252 1253 * virtualbox: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99] 1254 * virtualbox: <wait5> and <wait10> codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds 1255 during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97] 1256 * vmware: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99] 1257 * vmware: <wait5> and <wait10> codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds 1258 during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97] 1259 * vmware: Disks are defragmented and compacted at the end of the build. 1260 This can be disabled using "skip_compaction" 1261 1262 IMPROVEMENTS: 1263 1264 * core: Template syntax errors now show line and character number. [GH-56] 1265 * amazon-ebs: Access key and secret access key default to 1266 environmental variables. [GH-40] 1267 * virtualbox: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth [GH-121] 1268 * vmware: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth [GH-121] 1269 1270 BUG FIXES: 1271 1272 * vmware: Wait until shut down cleans up properly to avoid corrupt 1273 disk files [GH-111] 1274 1275 ## 0.1.3 (July 1, 2013) 1276 1277 FEATURES: 1278 1279 * The VMware builder can now upload the VMware tools for you into 1280 the VM. This is opt-in, you must specify the `tools_upload_flavor` 1281 option. See the website for more documentation. 1282 1283 IMPROVEMENTS: 1284 1285 * digitalocean: Errors contain human-friendly error messages. [GH-85] 1286 1287 BUG FIXES: 1288 1289 * core: More plugin server fixes that avoid hangs on OS X 10.7 [GH-87] 1290 * vagrant: AWS boxes will keep the AMI artifact around [GH-55] 1291 * virtualbox: More robust version parsing for uploading guest additions. [GH-69] 1292 * virtualbox: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name, 1293 avoiding collisions. [GH-91] 1294 * vmware: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name, 1295 avoiding collisions. [GH-91] 1296 1297 ## 0.1.2 (June 29, 2013) 1298 1299 IMPROVEMENTS: 1300 1301 * core: Template doesn't validate if there are no builders. 1302 * vmware: Delete any VMware files in the VM that aren't necessary for 1303 it to function. 1304 1305 BUG FIXES: 1306 1307 * core: Plugin servers consider a port in use if there is any 1308 error listening to it. This fixes I18n issues and Windows. [GH-58] 1309 * amazon-ebs: Sleep between checking instance state to avoid 1310 RequestLimitExceeded [GH-50] 1311 * vagrant: Rename VirtualBox ovf to "box.ovf" [GH-64] 1312 * vagrant: VMware boxes have the correct provider type. 1313 * vmware: Properly populate files in artifact so that the Vagrant 1314 post-processor works. [GH-63] 1315 1316 ## 0.1.1 (June 28, 2013) 1317 1318 BUG FIXES: 1319 1320 * core: plugins listen explicitly on 127.0.0.1, fixing odd hangs. [GH-37] 1321 * core: fix race condition on verifying checksum of large ISOs which 1322 could cause panics [GH-52] 1323 * virtualbox: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44] 1324 * virtualbox: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer 1325 panic [GH-53] 1326 * vmware: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44] 1327 * vmware: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer 1328 panic [GH-53] 1329 1330 ## 0.1.0 (June 28, 2013) 1331 1332 * Initial release