Simply put this is where we do some stuff to the machine before we turn it into a base box file. With the vnc connection used in VMware this is a little less important.Īs root is a role in Solaris 11 you can't login as root, so it is important to ensure the vagrant account can sudo to root without password so our post provisioning can finish hence lines 42-47. Note there is no key buffer in the console so the strategically placed wait statements are important. The boot command for our Solaris example contains all the key strokes required to be sent to the virtual-box console to install and reboot the OS. The Solaris 11 equivalent would be the boot and use the AI server, well no surprises Packer has no built in AI server. The boot command for Linux is usually just a simple boot and use this kickstart file served from packer's build in http server. Note line 10 iso_url refers to a local file location I have download the ISO image too since I can't have a direct URL to the Oracle site.įor our Solaris machine the boot command is a little more complex than the average Linux build hence in the above example "boot command goes here". This contains mostly information about what we are building, guest type weather we have VirtualBox or VMware or other, how big the machine is, user name's password etc etc. Most obviously this is where the heavy lifting is done. The Packer json config file contains three main parts builders, provisioners, and post-processors the latter two are optional but used often. What you'll need, VirtualBox or VMware Fusion (Workstation), Solaris 11.1 image, I went for the text base installer just because I like to make my life a little more difficult, and Packer. Since there is no shortage of info on building Linux base boxes I decided if I was going to kick the tires on packer then I'd make it useful and build a Solaris 11 base box. I've experimented with veewee and bento but packer the new kid on the block seems to fit the bill. There is however not a lot of Solaris base boxes about, mostly I'd guess due to distribution restrictions, or lack of demand. There are countless base box's available on line if your are not inclined/interested in building your own. Targeted early at developers its certainly a tool that has different uses to different folk, as a system admin I find it handy to test and build SOE's, deployment scripts and an assortment of sandbox stuff. It's certainly come a long way since the early days and expanded beyond just VirtualBox.
If you haven't used Vagrant then go check it out.
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