packerlicious 0.4.0

packerlicious - a python wrapper for packer templates.

About

packerlicious - a python library to create packer templates.

Project follows semantic versioning , v0.x.x API should be considered unstable, API will change frequently, please plan accordingly.

This project leverages the logic engine of troposphere.

Installation

packerlicious can be installed via pip:

$ pip install packerlicious

Examples

Below is the packerlicious equivalent of packer’s example template

>>> from packerlicious import builder, provisioner, Template
>>> template = Template()
>>> template.add_builder(
...     builder.AmazonEbs(
...         access_key="...",
...         secret_key="...",
...         region = "us-east-1",
...         source_ami="ami-fce3c696",
...         instance_type="t2.micro",
...         ssh_username="ubuntu",
...         ami_name="packer {{timestamp}}"
...     )
... )
<packerlicious.builder.AmazonEbs object at 0x104e87ad0>
>>> template.add_provisioner(
...     provisioner.Shell(
...         script="setup_things.sh"
...     )
... )
<packerlicious.provisioner.Shell object at 0x1048c08d0>
>>> print(template.to_json())
{
  "builders": [
    {
      "access_key": "...",
      "ami_name": "packer {{timestamp}}",
      "instance_type": "t2.micro",
      "region": "us-east-1",
      "secret_key": "...",
      "source_ami": "ami-fce3c696",
      "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
      "type": "amazon-ebs"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "script": "setup_things.sh",
      "type": "shell"
    }
  ]
}

Currently supported Packer resources

Builders:

• alicloud-ecs

• amazon-ebs

• amazon-instance

• azure-arm

• cloudstack

• digitalocean

• docker

• file

• googlecompute

• hyperv-iso

• null

• oneandone

• openstack

• profitbricks

• qemu

• triton

• virtualbox-iso

• virtualbox-ovf

• vmware-iso

• vmware-vmx

Post Processors:

• alicloud-import

• amazon-import

• artifice

• atlas

• checksum

• compress

• docker-import

• docker-push

• docker-save

• docker-tag

• googlecompute-export

• manifest

• shell-local

• vagrant

• vagrant-cloud

• vsphere

Provisioners:

• ansible-local

• ansible

• chef-client

• chef-solo

• converge

• file

• powershell

• puppet-masterless

• puppet-server

• salt-masterless

• shell

• shell-local

• windows-shell

• windows-restart

Licensing

packerlicious is licensed under the Apache license 2.0. See LICENSE for the full license text.

packerlicious contains source code from troposphere which is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause license