## 1.3.1 (September 13, 2018)
### IMPROVEMENTS:
* builder/amazon: automatically decode encoded authorization messages if
    possible [GH-5415]
* builder:amazon: Optional cleanup of the authorized keys file [GH-6713]

### BUG FIXES:
* builder/amazon: fix bugs relating to spot instances provisioning [GH-6697]
    [GH-6693]
* builder/openstack: fix ssh keypair not attached [GH-6701]
* core: progressbar: fix deadlock locking builds afer first display [GH-6698]

## 1.3.0 (September 11, 2018)

### IMPROVEMENTS:
* azure/arm: Retry cleanup of individual resources on error [GH-6644]
* builder/alicloud: Support source image coming from marketplace [GH-6588]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Add new `root_volume_type` option. [GH-6669]
* builder/amazon-chroot: If you have a PV source AMI, with the Amazon Chroot
    builder, and the destination AMI is type HVM, you can now enable
    ena_support, example: [GH-6670]
* builder/amazon-chroot: New feature `root_volume_tags` to tag the created
    volumes. [GH-6504]
* builder/amazon: Create a random interim AMI name when encrypt_boot is true so
    that ami name is not searchable. [GH-6657]
* builder/azure: Implement clean_image_name template engine. [GH-6558]
* builder/cloudstack: Add option to use a fixed port via public_port. [GH-6532]
* builder/digitalocean: Add support for tagging to instances [GH-6546]
* builder/googlecompute: Add new `min_cpu_platform` feature [GH-6607]
* builder/googlecompute: Update the list of public image projects that we
    search, based on GCE documentation. [GH-6648]
* builder/lxc: Allow unplivileged LXC containers. [GH-6279]
* builder/oci: Add `metadata` feature to Packer config. [GH-6498]
* builder/openstack: Add support for getting config from clouds-public.yaml.
    [GH-6595]
* builder/openstack: Add support for ports. [GH-6570]
* builder/openstack: Add support for source_image_filter. [GH-6490]
* builder/openstack: Migrate floating IP usage to Network v2 API from Compute
    API. [GH-6373]
* builder/openstack: Support Block Storage volumes as boot volume. [GH-6596]
* builder/oracle-oci: Add support for freeform tagging of OCI images [GH-6338]
* builder/qemu: add ssh agent support. [GH-6541]
* builder/qemu: New `use_backing_file` feature [GH-6249]
* builder/vmware-iso: Add support for disk compaction [GH-6411]
* builder/vmware-iso: Try to use ISO files uploaded to the datastore when
    building remotely instead of uploading them freshly every time [GH-5165]
* command/validate: Warn users if config needs fixing. [GH-6423]
* core: Add a 'split' function to parse template variables. [GH-6357]
* core: Add a template function allowing users to read keys from consul
    [GH-6577]
* core: Add a template function allowing users to read keys from vault
    [GH-6533]
* core: Add progress-bar to download step. [GH-5851]
* core: Create a new root-level Packer template option, "sensitive-variables"
    which allows users to list which variables they would like to have scrubbed
    from the Packer logs. [GH-6610]
* core: Create new config options, "boot_keygroup_interval" and
    "boot_key_interval" that can be set at the builder-level to supercede
    PACKER_KEY_INTERVAL for the bootcommand. [GH-6616]
* core: Deduplicate ui and log lines that stream to terminal [GH-6611]
* core: Refactor and deduplicate ssh code across builders. This should be a no-
    op but is a big win for maintainability. [GH-6621] [GH-6613]
* post-processor/compress: Add support for xz compression [GH-6534]
* post-processor/vagrant: Support for Docker images. [GH-6494]
* post-processor/vsphere: Add new `esxi_host` option. [GH-5366]
* postprocessor/vagrant: Add support for Azure. [GH-6576]
* provisioner/ansible: Add new "extra var", packer_http_addr. [GH-6501]
* provisioner/ansible: Enable {{.WinRMPassword}} template engine. [GH-6450]
* provisioner/shell-local: Create PACKER_HTTP_ADDR environment variable
    [GH-6503]


### BUG FIXES:
* builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Clean up volumes at end of build. [GH-6514]
* builder/amazon: Increase default waiter timeout for AWS
    WaitUntilImageAvailable command [GH-6601]
* builder/amazon: Increase the MaxRetries in the Amazon client from the default
    to 20, to work around users who regularly reach their requestlimit and are
    being throttled. [GH-6641]
* builder/amazon: Properly apply environment overrides to our custom-written
    waiters. [GH-6649]
* builder/azure: Generated password satisfies Azure password requirements
    [GH-6480]
* builder/hyper-v: Buider no longer errors if skip_compaction isn't true when
    skip_export is true, and compaction efficiency is improved [GH-6393]
* builder/lxc: Correctly pass "config" option to "lxc launch". [GH-6563]
* builder/lxc: Determine lxc root according to the running user [GH-6543]
* builder/lxc: Fix file copying for unprivileged LXC containers [GH-6544]
* builder/oracle-oci: Update OCI sdk, fixing validation bug that occurred when
    RSA key was encrypted. [GH-6492]
* builder/vmware-iso: Fix crash caused by invalid datacenter url. [GH-6529]
* builder/vmware: Maintain original boot order during CreateVMX step for
    vmware-iso builder [GH-6204]
* communicator/chroot: Fix quote escaping so that ansible provisioner works
    properly. [GH-6635]
* core: Better error handling in downloader when connection error occurs.
    [GH-6557]
* core: Fix broken pathing checks in checksum files. [GH-6525]
* provisioner/shell Create new template option allowing users to choose to
    source env vars from a file rather than declaring them inline. This
    resolves a bug that occurred when users had complex quoting in their
    `execute_command`s [GH-6636]
* provisioner/shell-local: Windows inline scripts now default to being appended
    with ".cmd", fixing a backwards incompatibility in v1.2.5 [GH-6626]
* provisioner/windows-restart: Provisioner now works when used in conjuction
    with SSH communicator [GH-6606]

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:
* builder/amazon: "owners" field on source_ami_filter is now required for
    secuirty reasons. [GH-6585]
* builder/vmware-iso: validation will fail for templates using esxi that have the "disk_type_id" set to something other than "thin" or "" and that do not have "skip_compaction": true also set. Use `packer fix` to fix this. [GH-6411]

## 1.2.5 (July 16, 2018)

### BUG FIXES:
* builder/alickoud: Fix issue where internet_max_bandwidth_out template option
    was not being passed to builder. [GH-6416]
* builder/alicloud: Fix an issue with VPC cleanup. [GH-6418]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Fix communicator bug that broke chroot builds.
    [GH-6363]
* builder/amazon: Replace packer's waiters with those from the AWS sdk, solving
    several timeout bugs. [GH-6332]
* builder/azure: update azure-sdk-for-go, fixing 32-bit build errors. [GH-6479]
* builder/azure: update the max length of managed_image_resource_group to match
    new increased length of 90 characters. [GH-6477]
* builder/hyper-v: Fix secure boot template feature so that it properly passes
    the temolate for MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority. [GH-6415]
* builder/hyperv: Fix bug in HyperV IP lookups that was causing breakages in
    FreeBSD/OpenBSD builds. [GH-6416]
* builder/qemu: Fix error race condition in qemu builder that caused convert to
    fail on ubuntu 18.x [GH-6437]
* builder/qemu: vnc_bind_address was not being passed to qemu. [GH-6467]
* builder/virtualbox: Allow iso_url to be a symlink. [GH-6370]
* builder/vmware: Don't fail on DHCP lease files that cannot be read, fixing
    bug where builder failed on NAT networks that don't serve DHCP. [GH-6415]
* builder/vmware: Fix bug where we couldn't discover IP if vm_name differed
    from the vmx displayName. [GH-6448]
* builder/vmware: Fix validation to prevent hang when remopte_password is not
    sent but vmware is building on esxi. [GH-6424]
* builder/vmware:Correctly default the vm export format to ovf; this is what
    the docs claimed we already did, but we didn't. [GH-4538]
* communicator/winrm: Revert an attempt to determine whether remote upload
    destinations were files or directories, as this broke uploads on systems
    without Powershell installed. [GH-6481]
* core: Fix bug in parsing of iso checksum files that arose when setting
    iso_url to a relative filepath. [GH-6488]
* core: Fix Packer crash caused by improper error handling in the downloader.
    [GH-6381]
* fix: Fix bug where fixer for ssh_private_ip that failed when boolean values
    are passed as strings. [GH-6458]
* provisioner/powershell: Make upload of powershell variables retryable, in
    case of system restarts. [GH-6388]

### IMPROVEMENTS:
* builder/amazon: Add the ap-northeast-3 region. [GH-6385]
* builder/amazon: Spot requests may now have tags applied using the `spot_tags`
    option [GH-5452]
* builder/cloudstack: Add support for Projectid and new config option
    prevent_firewall_changes. [GH-6487]
* builder/openstack: Add support for token authorization and cloud.yaml.
    [GH-6362]
* builder/oracle-oci: Add new "instance_name" template option. [GH-6408]
* builder/scaleway: Add new "bootscript" parameter, allowing the user to not
    use the default local bootscript [GH-6439]
* builder/vmware: Add support for linked clones to vmware-vmx. [GH-6394]
* debug: The -debug flag will now cause Packer to pause between provisioner
    scripts in addition to Packer steps. [GH-4663]
* post-processor/googlecompute-import: Added new googlecompute-import post-
    processor [GH-6451]
* provisioner/ansible: Add new "playbook_files" option to execute multiple
    playbooks within one provisioner call. [GH-5086]

## 1.2.4 (May 29, 2018)

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Can now force the chroot builder to mount an entire block
    device instead of a partition [GH-6194]
* builder/azure: windows-sql-cloud is now in the default list of projects to
    check for provided images. [GH-6210]
* builder/chroot: A new template option, `nvme_device_path` has been added to
    provide a workaround for users who need the amazon-chroot builder to mount
    a NVMe volume on their instances. [GH-6295]
* builder/hyper-v: Fix command for mounting multiple disks [GH-6267]
* builder/hyperv: Enable IP retrieval for Server 2008 R2 hosts. [GH-6219]
* builder/hyperv: Fix bug in MAC address specification on Hyper-V. [GH-6187]
* builder/parallels-pvm: Add missing disk compaction step. [GH-6202]
* builder/vmware-esxi: Remove floppy files from the remote server on cleanup.
    [GH-6206]
* communicator/winrm: Updated dependencies to fix a race condition [GH-6261]
* core: When using `-on-error=[abort|ask]`, output the error to the user.
    [GH-6252]
* provisioner/puppet: Extra-Arguments are no longer prematurely
    interpolated.[GH-6215]
* provisioner/shell: Remove file stat that was causing problems uploading files
    [GH-6239]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Amazon builders other than `chroot` now support T2 unlimited
    instances [GH-6265]
* builder/azure: Allow device login for US government cloud. [GH-6105]
* builder/azure: Devicelogin Support for Windows [GH-6285]
* builder/azure: Enable simultaneous builds within one resource group.
    [GH-6231]
* builder/azure: Faster deletion of Azure Resource Groups. [GH-6269]
* builder/azure: Updated Azure SDK to v15.0.0 [GH-6224]
* builder/hyper-v: Hyper-V builds now connect to vnc display by default when
    building [GH-6243]
* builder/hyper-v: New `use_fixed_vhd_format` allows vm export in an Azure-
    compatible format [GH-6101]
* builder/hyperv: New config option for specifying what secure boot template to
    use, allowing secure boot of linux vms. [GH-5883]
* builder/qemu: Add support for hvf accelerator. [GH-6193]
* builder/scaleway: Fix SSH communicator connection issue. [GH-6238]
* core: Add opt-in Packer top-level command autocomplete [GH-5454]
* post-processor/shell-local: New options have been added to create feature
    parity with the shell-local provisioner. This feature now works on Windows
    hosts. [GH-5956]
* provisioner/chef: New config option allows user to skip cleanup of chef
    client staging directory. [GH-4300]
* provisioner/shell-local: Can now access automatically-generated WinRM
    password as variable [GH-6251]
* provisoner/shell-local: New options have been added to create feature parity
    with the shell-local post-processor. This feature now works on Windows
    hosts. [GH-5956]
* builder/virtualbox: Use HTTPS to download guest editions, now that it's
    available. [GH-6406]

## 1.2.3 (April 25, 2018)

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/azure: Azure CLI may now be logged into several accounts. [GH-6087]
* builder/ebssurrogate: Snapshot all launch devices. [GH-6056]
* builder/hyper-v: Fix CopyExportedVirtualMachine script so it works with
    links. [GH-6082]
* builder/oracle-classic: Fix panics when cleaning up resources that haven't
    been created. [GH-6095]
* builder/parallels: Allow user to cancel build while the OS is starting up.
    [GH-6166]
* builder/qemu: Avoid warning when using raw format. [GH-6080]
* builder/scaleway: Fix compilation issues on solaris/amd64. [GH-6069]
* builder/virtualbox: Fix broken scancodes in boot_command. [GH-6067]
* builder/vmware-iso: Fail in validation if user gives wrong remote_type value.
    [GH-4563]
* builder/vmware: Fixed a case-sensitivity issue when determing the network
    type during the cloning step in the vmware-vmx builder. [GH-6057]
* builder/vmware: Fixes the DHCP lease and configuration pathfinders for VMware
    Player. [GH-6096]
* builder/vmware: Multi-disk VM's can be properly handled by the compacting
    stage. [GH-6074]
* common/bootcommand: Fix numerous bugs in the boot command code, and make
    supported features consistent across builders. [GH-6129]
* communicator/ssh: Stop trying to discover whether destination is a directory
    from uploader. [GH-6124]
* post-processor/vagrant: Large VMDKs should no longer show a 0-byte size on OS
    X. [GH-6084]
* post-processor/vsphere: Fix encoding of spaces in passwords for upload.
    [GH-6110]
* provisioner/ansible: Pass the inventory_directory configuration option to
    ansible -i when it is set. [GH-6065]
* provisioner/powershell: fix bug with SSH communicator + cygwin. [GH-6160]
* provisioner/powershell: The {{.WinRMPassword}} template variable now works
    with parallel builders. [GH-6144]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/alicloud: Update aliyungo common package. [GH-6157]
* builder/amazon: Expose more source ami data as template variables. [GH-6088]
* builder/amazon: Setting `force_delete` will only delete AMIs owned by the
    user. This should prevent failures where we try to delete an AMI with a
    matching name, but owned by someone else. [GH-6111]
* builder/azure: Users of Powershell provisioner may access the randomly-
    generated winrm password using the template variable {{.WinRMPassword}}.
    [GH-6113]
* builder/google: Users of Powershell provisioner may access the randomly-
    generated winrm password using the template variable {{.WinRMPassword}}.
    [GH-6141]
* builder/hyper-v: User can now configure hyper-v disk block size. [GH-5941]
* builder/openstack: Add configuration option for `instance_name`. [GH-6041]
* builder/oracle-classic: Better validation of destination image name.
    [GH-6089]
* builder/oracle-oci: New config options for user data and user data file.
    [GH-6079]
* builder/oracle-oci: use the official OCI sdk instead of handcrafted client.
    [GH-6142]
* builder/triton: Add support to Skip TLS Verification of Triton Certificate.
    [GH-6039]
* provisioner/ansible: Ansible users may provide a custom inventory file.
    [GH-6107]
* provisioner/file: New `generated` tag allows users to upload files created
    during Packer run. [GH-3891]

## 1.2.2 (March 26, 2018)

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Fix AWS credential defaulting [GH-6019]
* builder/LXC: make sleep timeout easily configurable [GH-6038]
* builder/virtualbox: Correctly send multi-byte scancodes when typing boot
    command. [GH-5987]
* builder/virtualbox: Special boot-commands no longer overwrite previous
    commands [GH-6002]
* builder/vmware: Default to disabling XHCI bus for USB on the vmware-iso
    builder. [GH-5975]
* builder/vmware: Handle multiple devices per VMware network type [GH-5985]
* communicator/ssh: Handle errors uploading files more gracefully [GH-6033]
* provisioner/powershell: Fix environment variable file escaping. [GH-5973]


### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Added new region `cn-northwest-1`. [GH-5960]
* builder/amazon: Users may now access the amazon-generated administrator
    password [GH-5998]
* builder/azure: Add support concurrent deployments in the same resource group.
    [GH-6005]
* builder/azure: Add support for building with additional disks. [GH-5944]
* builder/azure: Add support for marketplace plan information. [GH-5970]
* builder/azure: Make all command output human readable. [GH-5967]
* builder/azure: Respect `-force` for managed image deletion. [GH-6003]
* builder/google: Add option to specify a service account, or to run without
    one. [GH-5991] [GH-5928]
* builder/oracle-oci: Add new "use_private_ip" option. [GH-5893]
* post-processor/vagrant: Add LXC support. [GH-5980]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Added Windows support. [GH-5702]
* provisioner/salt: Add windows support to salt provisioner [GH-6012] [GH-6012]


## 1.2.1 (February 23, 2018)

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Fix authorization using assume role. [GH-5914]
* builder/hyper-v: Fix command collisions with VMWare PowerCLI. [GH-5861]
* builder/vmware-iso: Fix panic when building on esx5 remotes. [GH-5931]
* builder/vmware: Fix issue detecting host IP. [GH-5898] [GH-5900]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Fix conflicting escaping schemes for vars provided
    via `--extra-vars`. [GH-5888]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/oracle-classic: Add `snapshot_timeout` option to control how long we
    wait for the snapshot to be created. [GH-5932]
* builder/oracle-classic: Add support for WinRM connections. [GH-5929]


## 1.2.0 (February 9, 2018)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* 3rd party plugins: We have moved internal dependencies, meaning your 3rd
    party plugins will no longer compile (however existing builds will still
    work fine); the work to fix them is minimal and documented in GH-5810.
    [GH-5810]
* builder/amazon: The `ssh_private_ip` option has been removed. Instead, please
    use `"ssh_interface": "private"`. A fixer has been written for this, which
    can be invoked with `packer fix`. [GH-5876]
* builder/openstack: Extension support has been removed. To use OpenStack
    builder with the OpenStack Newton (Oct 2016) or earlier, we recommend you
    use Packer v1.1.2 or earlier version.
* core: Affects Windows guests: User variables containing Powershell special
    characters no longer need to be escaped.[GH-5376]
* provisioner/file: We've made destination semantics more consistent across the
    various communicators. In general, if the destination is a directory, files
    will be uploaded into the directory instead of failing. This mirrors the
    behavior of `rsync`. There's a chance some users might be depending on the
    previous buggy behavior, so it's worth ensuring your configuration is
    correct. [GH-5426]
* provisioner/powershell: Regression from v1.1.1 forcing extra escaping of
    environment variables in the non-elevated provisioner has been fixed.
    [GH-5515] [GH-5872]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* **New builder:** `ncloud` for building server images using the NAVER Cloud
    Platform. [GH-5791]
* **New builder:** `oci-classic` for building new custom images for use with
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Compute. [GH-5819]
* **New builder:** `scaleway` - The Scaleway Packer builder is able to create
    new images for use with Scaleway BareMetal and Virtual cloud server.
    [GH-4770]
* builder/amazon: Add `kms_key_id` option to block device mappings. [GH-5774]
* builder/amazon: Add `skip_metadata_api_check` option to skip consulting the
    amazon metadata service. [GH-5764]
* builder/amazon: Add Paris region (eu-west-3) [GH-5718]
* builder/amazon: Give better error messages if we have trouble during
    authentication. [GH-5764]
* builder/amazon: Remove Session Token (STS) from being shown in the log.
    [GH-5665]
* builder/amazon: Replace `InstanceStatusOK` check with `InstanceReady`. This
    reduces build times universally while still working for all instance types.
    [GH-5678]
* builder/amazon: Report which authentication provider we're using. [GH-5764]
* builder/amazon: Timeout early if metadata service can't be reached. [GH-5764]
* builder/amazon: Warn during prepare if we didn't get both an access key and a
    secret key when we were expecting one. [GH-5762]
* builder/azure: Add validation for incorrect VHD URLs [GH-5695]
* builder/docker: Remove credentials from being shown in the log. [GH-5666]
* builder/google: Support specifying licenses for images. [GH-5842]
* builder/hyper-v: Allow MAC address specification. [GH-5709]
* builder/hyper-v: New option to use differential disks and Inline disk
    creation to improve build time and reduce disk usage [GH-5631]
* builder/qemu: Add Intel HAXM support to QEMU builder [GH-5738]
* builder/triton: Triton RBAC is now supported. [GH-5741]
* builder/triton: Updated triton-go dependencies, allowing better error
    handling. [GH-5795]
* builder/vmware-iso: Add support for cdrom and disk adapter types. [GH-3417]
* builder/vmware-iso: Add support for setting network type and network adapter
    type. [GH-3417]
* builder/vmware-iso: Add support for usb/serial/parallel ports. [GH-3417]
* builder/vmware-iso: Add support for virtual soundcards. [GH-3417]
* builder/vmware-iso: More reliably retrieve the guest networking
    configuration. [GH-3417]
* builder/vmware: Add support for "super" key in `boot_command`. [GH-5681]
* communicator/ssh: Add session-level keep-alives [GH-5830]
* communicator/ssh: Detect dead connections. [GH-4709]
* core: Gracefully clean up resources on SIGTERM. [GH-5318]
* core: Improved error logging in floppy file handling. [GH-5802]
* core: Improved support for downloading and validating a uri containing a
    Windows UNC path or a relative file:// scheme. [GH-2906]
* post-processor/amazon-import: Allow user to specify role name in amazon-
    import [GH-5817]
* post-processor/docker: Remove credentials from being shown in the log.
    [GH-5666]
* post-processor/google-export: Synchronize credential semantics with the
    Google builder. [GH-4148]
* post-processor/vagrant: Add vagrant post-processor support for Google
    [GH-5732]
* post-processor/vsphere-template: Now accepts artifacts from the vSphere post-
    processor. [GH-5380]
* provisioner/amazon: Use Amazon SDK's InstanceRunning waiter instead of
    InstanceStatusOK waiter [GH-5773]
* provisioner/ansible: Improve user retrieval. [GH-5758]
* provisioner/chef: Add support for 'trusted_certs_dir' chef-client
    configuration option [GH-5790]
* provisioner/chef: Added Policyfile support to chef-client provisioner.
    [GH-5831]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/alicloud-ecs: Attach keypair before starting instance in alicloud
    builder [GH-5739]
* builder/amazon: Fix tagging support when building in us-gov/china. [GH-5841]
* builder/amazon: NewSession now inherits MaxRetries and other settings.
    [GH-5719]
* builder/virtualbox: Fix interpolation ordering so that edge cases around
    guest_additions_url are handled correctly [GH-5757]
* builder/virtualbox: Fix regression affecting users running Packer on a
    Windows host that kept Packer from finding Virtualbox guest additions if
    Packer ran on a different drive from the one where the guest additions were
    stored. [GH-5761]
* builder/vmware: Fix case where artifacts might not be cleaned up correctly.
    [GH-5835]
* builder/vmware: Fixed file handle leak that may have caused race conditions
    in vmware builder [GH-5767]
* communicator/ssh: Add deadline to SSH connection to prevent Packer hangs
    after script provisioner reboots vm [GH-4684]
* communicator/winrm: Fix issue copying empty directories. [GH-5763]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Fix support for `--extra-vars` in
    `extra_arguments`. [GH-5703]
* provisioner/ansible-remote: Fixes an error where Packer's private key can be
    overridden by inherited `ansible_ssh_private_key` options. [GH-5869]
* provisioner/ansible: The "default extra variables" feature added in Packer
    v1.0.1 caused the ansible-local provisioner to fail when an --extra-vars
    argument was specified in the extra_arguments configuration option; this
    has been fixed. [GH-5335]
* provisioner/powershell: Regression from v1.1.1 forcing extra escaping of
    environment variables in the non-elevated provisioner has been fixed.
    [GH-5515] [GH-5872]


## 1.1.3 (December 8, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/alicloud-ecs: Add security token support and set TLS handshake
    timeout through environment variable. [GH-5641]
* builder/amazon: Add a new parameter `ssh_interface`. Valid values include
    `public_ip`, `private_ip`, `public_dns` or `private_dns`. [GH-5630]
* builder/azure: Add sanity checks for resource group names [GH-5599]
* builder/azure: Allow users to specify an existing resource group to use,
    instead of creating a new one for every run. [GH-5548]
* builder/hyper-v: Add support for differencing disk. [GH-5458]
* builder/vmware-iso: Improve logging of network errors. [GH-5456]
* core: Add new `packer_version` template engine. [GH-5619]
* core: Improve logic checking for downloaded ISOs in case where user has
    provided more than one URL in `iso_urls` [GH-5632]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Add ability to clean staging directory. [GH-5618]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Allow `region` to appear in `ami_regions`. [GH-5660]
* builder/amazon: `C5` instance types now build more reliably. [GH-5678]
* builder/amazon: Correctly set AWS region if given in template along with a
    profile. [GH-5676]
* builder/amazon: Prevent `sriov_support` and `ena_support` from being used
    with spot instances, which would cause a build failure. [GH-5679]
* builder/hyper-v: Fix interpolation context for user variables in
    `boot_command` [GH-5547]
* builder/qemu: Set default disk size to 40960 MB to prevent boot failures.
    [GH-5588]
* builder/vmware: Correctly detect Windows boot on vmware workstation.
    [GH-5672]
* core: Fix windows path regression when downloading ISOs. [GH-5591]
* provisioner/chef: Fix chef installs on Windows. [GH-5649]

## 1.1.2 (November 15, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Correctly deregister AMIs when `force_deregister` is set.
    [GH-5525]
* builder/digitalocean: Add `ipv6` option to enable on droplet. [GH-5534]
* builder/docker: Add `aws_profile` option to control the aws profile for ECR.
    [GH-5470]
* builder/google: Add `clean_image_name` template engine. [GH-5463]
* builder/google: Allow selecting container optimized images. [GH-5576]
* builder/google: Interpolate network and subnetwork values, rather than
    relying on an API call that packer may not have permission for. [GH-5343]
* builder/hyper-v: Add `disk_additional_size` option to allow for up to 64
    additional disks. [GH-5491]
* builder/hyper-v: Also disable automatic checkpoints for gen 2 VMs. [GH-5517]
* builder/lxc: Add new `publish_properties` field to set image properties.
    [GH-5475]
* builder/lxc: Add three new configuration option categories to LXC builder:
    `create_options`, `start_options`, and `attach_options`. [GH-5530]
* builder/triton: Add `source_machine_image_filter` option to select an image
    ID based on a variety of parameters. [GH-5538]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Error during prepare if source path doesn't exist.
    [GH-5573]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Retry while removing VM to solve for transient
    errors. [GH-5512]
* communicator/ssh: Add socks 5 proxy support. [GH-5439]
* core/iso_config: Support relative paths in checksum file. [GH-5578]
* core: Rewrite vagrantfile code to make cross-platform development easier.
    [GH-5539]
* post-processor/docker-push: Add `aws_profile` option to control the aws
    profile for ECR. [GH-5470]
* post-processor/vsphere: Properly capture `ovftool` output. [GH-5499]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Add a delay option to security group waiter. [GH-5536]
* builder/amazon: Fix regressions relating to spot instances and EBS volumes.
    [GH-5495]
* builder/amazon: Set region from profile, if profile is set, rather than being
    overridden by metadata. [GH-5562]
* builder/docker: Remove `login_email`, which no longer exists in the docker
    client. [GH-5511]
* builder/hyperv: Fix admin check that was causing powershell failures.
    [GH-5510]
* builder/oracle: Defaulting of OCI builder region will first check the packer
    template and the OCI config file. [GH-5407]
* builder/triton: Fix a bug where partially created images can be reported as
    complete. [GH-5566]
* post-processor/vsphere: Use the vm disk path information to re-create the vmx
    datastore path. [GH-5567]
* provisioner/windows-restart: Wait for restart no longer endlessly loops if
    user specifies a custom restart check command. [GH-5563]

## 1.1.1 (October 13, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* **New builder:** `hyperv-vmcx` for building images from existing VMs.
    [GH-4944] [GH-5444]
* builder/amazon-instance: Add `.Token` as a variable in the
    `BundleUploadCommand` template. [GH-5288]
* builder/amazon: Add `temporary_security_group_source_cidr` option to control
    ingress to source instances. [GH-5384]
* builder/amazon: Output AMI Name during prevalidation. [GH-5389]
* builder/amazon: Support template functions in tag keys. [GH-5381]
* builder/amazon: Tag volumes on creation instead of as a separate step.
    [GH-5417]
* builder/docker: Add option to set `--user` flag when running `exec`.
    [GH-5406]
* builder/docker: Set file owner to container user when uploading. Can be
    disabled by setting `fix_upload_owner` to `false`. [GH-5422]
* builder/googlecompute: Support setting labels on the resulting image.
    [GH-5356]
* builder/hyper-v: Add `vhd_temp_path` option to control where the VHD resides
    while it's being provisioned. [GH-5206]
* builder/hyper-v: Allow vhd or vhdx source images instead of just ISO.
    [GH-4944] [GH-5444]
* builder/hyper-v: Disable automatic checkpoints. [GH-5374]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Add `keep_registered` option. [GH-5336]
* builder/vmware: Add `disable_vnc` option to prevent VNC connections from
    being made. [GH-5436]
* core: Releases will now be built for ppc64le.
* post-processor/vagrant: When building from a builder/hyper-v artifact, link
    instead of copy when available. [GH-5207]


### BUG FIXES:

* builder/cloudstack: Fix panic if build is aborted. [GH-5388]
* builder/hyper-v: Respect `enable_dynamic_memory` flag. [GH-5363]
* builder/puppet-masterless: Make sure directories created with sudo are
    writable by the packer user. [GH-5351]
* provisioner/chef-solo: Fix issue installing chef-solo on Windows. [GH-5357]
* provisioner/powershell: Fix issue setting environment variables by writing
    them to a file, instead of the command line. [GH-5345]
* provisioner/powershell: Fix issue where powershell scripts could hang.
    [GH-5082]
* provisioner/powershell: Fix Powershell progress stream leak to stderr for
    normal and elevated commands. [GH-5365]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: Fix bug where `puppet_bin_dir` wasn't being
    respected. [GH-5340]
* provisioner/puppet: Fix setting facter vars on Windows. [GH-5341]


## 1.1.0 (September 12, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/alicloud: Update alicloud go sdk and enable multi sites support for
    alicloud [GH-5219]
* builder/amazon: Upgrade aws-sdk-go to 1.10.14, add tags at instance run time.
    [GH-5196]
* builder/azure: Add object_id to windows_custom_image.json. [GH-5285]
* builder/azure: Add support for storage account for managed images. [GH-5244]
* builder/azure: Update pkcs12 package. [GH-5301]
* builder/cloudstack: Add support for Security Groups. [GH-5175]
* builder/docker: Uploading files and directories now use docker cp. [GH-5273]
    [GH-5333]
* builder/googlecompute: Add `labels` option for labeling launched instances.
    [GH-5308]
* builder/googlecompute: Add support for accelerator api. [GH-5137]
* builder/profitbricks: added support for Cloud API v4. [GH-5233]
* builder/vmware-esxi: Remote builds now respect `output_directory` [GH-4592]
* builder/vmware: Set artifact ID to `VMName`. [GH-5187]
* core: Build solaris binary by default. [GH-5268] [GH-5248]
* core: Remove LGPL dependencies. [GH-5262]
* provisioner/puppet: Add `guest_os_type` option to add support for Windows.
    [GH-5252]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Also use sudo to clean up if we used sudo to
    install. [GH-5240]

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* builder/amazon: Changes way that AMI artifacts are printed out after build,
    aligning them to builder. Could affect output parsing. [GH-5281]
* builder/amazon: Split `enhanced_networking` into `sriov_support` and
    `ena_support` to support finer grained control. Use `packer fix
    <template.json>` to automatically update your template to use `ena_support`
    where previously there was only `enhanced_networking`. Make sure to also
    add `sriov_support` if you need that feature, and to ensure `ena_support`
    is what you intended to be in your template. [GH-5284]
* builder/cloudstack: Setup temporary SSH keypair; backwards incompatible in
    the uncommon case that the source image allowed SSH auth with password but
    not with keypair. [GH-5174]
* communicator/ssh: Renamed `ssh_disable_agent` to
    `ssh_disable_agent_forwarding`. Need to run fixer on packer configs that
    use `ssh_disable_agent`. [GH-5024]
* communicator: Preserve left-sided white-space in remote command output. Make
    sure any scripts that parse this output can handle the new whitespace
    before upgrading. [GH-5167]
* provisioner/shell: Set default for `ExpectDisconnect` to `false`. If your
    script causes the connection to be reset, you should set this to `true` to
    prevent errors. [GH-5283]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: `force_deregister` works in all regions, not just original
    region. [GH-5250]
* builder/docker: Directory uploads now use the same semantics as the rest of
    the communicators. [GH-5333]
* builder/vmware: Fix timestamp in default VMName. [GH-5274]
* builder/winrm: WinRM now waits to make sure commands can run successfully
    before considering itself connected. [GH-5300]
* core: Fix issue where some builders wouldn't respect `-on-error` behavior.
    [GH-5297]
* provisioner/windows-restart: The first powershell provisioner after a restart
    now works. [GH-5272]

### FEATURES:

* **New builder**: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) builder for creating
    custom images. [GH-4554]
* **New builder:** `lxc` for building lxc images. [GH-3523]
* **New builder:** `lxd` for building lxd images. [GH-3625]
* **New post-processor**: vSphere Template post-processor to be used with
    vmware-iso builder enabling user to mark a VM as a template. [GH-5114]

## 1.0.4 (August 11, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/alicloud: Increase polling timeout. [GH-5148]
* builder/azure: Add `private_virtual_network_with_public_ip` option to
    optionally obtain a public IP. [GH-5222]
* builder/googlecompute: use a more portable method of obtaining zone.
    [GH-5192]
* builder/hyperv: Properly interpolate user variables in template. [GH-5184]
* builder/parallels: Remove soon to be removed --vmtype flag in createvm.
    [GH-5172]
* contrib: add json files to zsh completion. [GH-5195]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Don't delete snapshots we didn't create. [GH-5211]
* builder/amazon: fix builds when using the null communicator. [GH-5217]
* builder/docker: Correctly handle case when uploading an empty directory.
    [GH-5234]
* command/push: Don't push variables if they are unspecified. Reverts to
    behavior in 1.0.1. [GH-5235]
* command/push: fix handling of symlinks. [GH-5226]
* core: Strip query parameters from ISO URLs when checking against a checksum
    file. [GH-5181]
* provisioner/ansible-remote: Fix issue where packer could hang communicating
    with ansible-remote. [GH-5146]

## 1.0.3 (July 17, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:
* builder/azure: Update to latest Azure SDK, enabling support for managed
    disks. [GH-4511]
* builder/cloudstack: Add default cidr_list [ 0.0.0.0/0 ]. [GH-5125]
* builder/cloudstack: Add support for ssh_agent_auth. [GH-5130]
* builder/cloudstack: Add support for using a HTTP server. [GH-5017]
* builder/cloudstack: Allow reading api_url, api_key, and secret_key from env
    vars. [GH-5124]
* builder/cloudstack: Make expunge optional and improve logging output.
    [GH-5099]
* builder/googlecompute: Allow using URL's for network and subnetwork.
    [GH-5035]
* builder/hyperv: Add support for floppy_dirs with hyperv-iso builder.
* builder/hyperv: Add support for override of system %temp% path.
* core: Experimental Android ARM support. [GH-5111]
* post-processor/atlas: Disallow packer push of vagrant.box artifacts to atlas.
    [GH-4780]
* postprocessor/atlas: Disallow pushing vagrant.box artifacts now that Vagrant
    cloud is live. [GH-4780]

### BUG FIXES:
* builder/amazon: Fix panic that happens if ami_block_device_mappings is empty.
    [GH-5059]
* builder/azure: Write private SSH to file in debug mode. [GH-5070] [GH-5074]
* builder/cloudstack: Properly report back errors. [GH-5103] [GH-5123]
* builder/docker: Fix windows filepath in docker-toolbox call [GH-4887]
* builder/docker: Fix windows filepath in docker-toolbox call. [GH-4887]
* builder/hyperv: Use SID to verify membership in Admin group, fixing for non-
    english users. [GH-5022]
* builder/hyperv: Verify membership in the group Hyper-V Administrators by SID
    not name. [GH-5022]
* builder/openstack: Update gophercloud version, fixing builds  > 1 hr long.
    [GH-5046]
* builder/parallels: Skip missing paths when looking for unnecessary files.
    [GH-5058]
* builder/vmware-esxi: Fix VNC port discovery default timeout. [GH-5051]
* communicator/ssh: Add ProvisionerTypes to communicator tests, resolving panic
    [GH-5116]
* communicator/ssh: Resolve race condition that sometimes truncates ssh
    provisioner stdout [GH-4719]
* post-processor/checksum: Fix interpolation of "output". [GH-5112]
* push: Push vars in packer config, not just those set from command line and in
    var-file. [GH-5101]

## 1.0.2 (June 21, 2017)

### BUG FIXES:
* communicator/ssh: Fix truncated stdout from remote ssh provisioner. [GH-5050]
* builder/amazon: Fix bugs related to stop instance command. [GH-4719]
* communicator/ssh: Fix ssh connection errors. [GH-5038]
* core: Remove logging that shouldn't be there when running commands. [GH-5042]
* provisioner/shell: Fix bug where scripts were being run under `sh`. [GH-5043]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* provisioner/windows-restart: make it clear that timeouts come from the
    provisioner, not winrm. [GH-5040]

## 1.0.1 (June 19, 2017)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Allow amis to be copied to other regions, encrypted with
    custom KMS keys. [GH-4948]
* builder/amazon: Allow configuration of api endpoint to support api-compatible
    cloud providers. [GH-4896]
* builder/amazon: Fix regex used for ami name validation [GH-4902]
* builder/amazon: Look up vpc from subnet id if no vpc was specified. [GH-4879]
* builder/amazon: Print temporary security group name to the UI. [GH-4997]
* builder/amazon: Support Assume Role with MFA and ECS Task Roles. Also updates
    to a newer version of aws-sdk-go. [GH-4996]
* builder/amazon: Use retry logic when creating instance tags. [GH-4876]
* builder/amazon: Validate ami name. [GH-4762]
* builder/azure: Add build output to artifact. [GH-4953]
* builder/azure: Use disk URI as artifact ID. [GH-4981]
* builder/digitalocean: Added support for monitoring. [GH-4782]
* builder/digitalocean: Support for copying snapshot to other regions.
    [GH-4893]
* builder/hyper-v: Remove the check for administrator rights when sending key
    strokes to Hyper-V. [GH-4687] # builder/openstack: Fix private key error
    message to match documentation [GH-4898]
* builder/null: Support SSH agent auth [GH-4956]
* builder/openstack: Add ssh agent support. [GH-4655]
* builder/openstack: Support client x509 certificates. [GH-4921]
* builder/parallels-iso: Configuration of disk type, plain or expanding.
    [GH-4621]
* builder/triton: An SSH agent can be used to authenticate requests, making
    `triton_key_material` optional. [GH-4838]
* builder/triton: If no source machine networks are specified, instances are
    started on the default public and internal networks. [GH-4838]
* builder/virtualbox: Add sata port count configuration option. [GH-4699]
* builder/virtualbox: Don't add port forwarding when using "none" communicator.
    [GH-4960]
* builder/vmware: Add option to remove interfaces from the vmx. [GH-4927]
* builder/vmware: Properly remove mounted CDs on OS X. [GH-4810]
* builder/vmware: VNC probe timeout is configurable. [GH-4919]
* command/push: add `-sensitive` flag to mark pushed vars are sensitive.
    [GH-4970]
* command/push: Vagrant support in Terraform Enterprise is deprecated.
    [GH-4950]
* communicator/ssh: Add ssh agent support for bastion connections. [GH-4940]
* communicator/winrm: Add NTLM authentication support. [GH-4979]
* communicator/winrm: Add support for file downloads. [GH-4748]
* core: add telemetry for better product support. [GH-5015]
* core: Build binaries for arm64 [GH-4892]
* post-processor/amazon-import: Add support for `license_type`. [GH-4634]
* post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Get vagrant cloud token from environment.
    [GH-4982]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Add extra-vars `packer_build_name`,
    `packer_builder_type`, and `packer_http_addr`. [GH-4821]
* provisioner/ansible: Add `inventory_directory` option to control where to
    place the generated inventory file. [GH-4760]
* provisioner/ansible: Add `skip_version_check` flag for when ansible will be
    installed from a prior provisioner. [GH-4983]
* provisioner/ansible: Add extra-vars `packer_build_name` and
    `packer_builder_type`. [GH-4821]
* provisioner/chef-solo: Add option to select Chef version. [GH-4791]
* provisioner/salt: Add salt bin directory configuration. [GH-5009]
* provisioner/salt: Add support for grains. [GH-4961]
* provisioner/shell: Use `env` to set environment variables to support freebsd
    out of the box. [GH-4909]
* website/docs: Clarify language, improve formatting. [GH-4866]
* website/docs: Update docker metadata fields that can be changed. [GH-4867]


### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Use ami device settings when creating the AMI.
    [GH-4972]
* builder/amazon: don't try to delete extra volumes during clean up. [GH-4930]
* builder/amazon: fix `force_delete_snapshot` when the launch instance has
    extra volumes. [GH-4931]
* builder/amazon: Only delete temporary key if we created one. [GH-4850]
* builder/azure: Replace calls to panic with error returns. [GH-4846]
* communicator/winrm: Use KeepAlive to keep long-running connections open.
    [GH-4952]
* core: Correctly reject config files which have junk after valid json.
    [GH-4906]
* post-processor/checksum: fix crash when invalid checksum is used. [GH-4812]
* post-processor/vagrant-cloud: don't read files to upload in to memory first.
    [GH-5005]
* post-processor/vagrant-cloud: only upload once under normal conditions.
    [GH-5008]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Correctly set the default staging directory under
    Windows. [GH-4792]

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** `alicloud-ecs` for building Alicloud ECS images. [GH-4619]


## 1.0.0 (April 4, 2017)

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Fix b/c issue by reporting again the tags we create.
    [GH-4704]
* builder/amazon: Fix crash in `step_region_copy`. [GH-4642]
* builder/googlecompute: Correct values for `on_host_maintenance`. [GH-4643]
* builder/googlecompute: Use "default" service account. [GH-4749]
* builder/hyper-v: Don't wait for shutdown_command to return. [GH-4691]
* builder/virtualbox: fix `none` communicator by allowing skipping upload of
    version file. [GH-4678]
* builder/virtualbox: retry removing floppy controller. [GH-4705]
* communicator/ssh: don't return error if we can't close connection. [GH-4741]
* communicator/ssh: fix nil pointer error. [GH-4690]
* core: fix version number
* core: Invoking packer `--help` or `--version` now exits with status 0.
    [GH-4723]
* core: show correct step name when debugging. [GH-4672]
* communicator/winrm: Directory uploads behave more like scp. [GH-4438]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon-chroot: Ability to give an empty list in `copy_files` to
    prevent the default `/etc/resolv.conf` file from being copied. If
    `copy_files` isn't given at all, the default behavior remains. [GH-4708]
* builder/amazon: set force_deregister to true on -force. [GH-4649]
* builder/amazon: validate ssh key name/file. [GH-4665]
* builder/ansible: Clearer error message when we have problems getting the
    ansible version. [GH-4694]
* builder/hyper-v: validate output dir in step, not in config. [GH-4645]
* More diligently try to complete azure-setup.sh. [GH-4752]
* website: fix display on ios devices. [GH-4618]

## 0.12.3 (March 1, 2017)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* provisioner/ansible: by default, the staging dir will be randomized. [GH-4472]

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** `ebs-surrogate` for building AMIs from EBS volumes. [GH-4351]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon-chroot: support encrypted boot volume. [GH-4584]
* builder/amazon: Add BuildRegion and SourceAMI template variables. [GH-4399]
* builder/amazon: Change EC2 Windows password timeout to 20 minutes. [GH-4590]
* builder/amazon: enable ena when `enhanced_networking` is set. [GH-4578]
* builder/azure:: add two new config variables for temp_compute_name and
    temp_resource_group_name. [GH-4468]
* builder/docker: create export dir if needed. [GH-4439]
* builder/googlecompute: Add `on_host_maintenance` option. [GH-4544]
* builder/openstack: add reuse_ips option to try to re-use existing IPs.
    [GH-4564]
* builder/vmware-esxi: try for longer to connect to vnc port. [GH-4480]
    [GH-4610]
* builder/vmware: allow extra options for ovftool. [GH-4536]
* builder/vmware: don't cache ip address so we know if it changes. [GH-4532]
* communicator/docker: preserve file mode. [GH-4443]
* communicator/ssh: Use SSH agent when enabled for bastion step. [GH-4598]
* communicator/winrm: support ProxyFromEnvironment. [GH-4463]
* core: don't show ui color if we're not colorized. [GH-4525]
* core: make VNC links clickable in terminal. [GH-4497] [GH-4498]
* docs: add community page. [GH-4550]
* post-processor/amazon-import: support AMI attributes on import [GH-4216]
* post-processor/docker-import: print stderr on docker import failure.
    [GH-4529]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon-ebsvolume: Fix interpolation of block_device. [GH-4464]
* builder/amazon: Fix ssh agent authentication. [GH-4597]
* builder/docker: Don't force tag if using a docker version that doesn't
    support it. [GH-4560]
* builder/googlecompute: fix bug when creating image from custom image_family.
    [GH-4518]
* builder/virtualbox: remove guest additions before saving image. [GH-4496]
* core: always check for an error first when walking a path. [GH-4467]
* core: update crypto/ssh lib to fix large file uploads. [GH-4546]
* provisioner/chef-client: only upload knife config if we're cleaning.
    [GH-4534]

## 0.12.2 (January 20, 2017)

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** `triton` for building images for Joyent Triton. [GH-4325]
* **New provisioner:** `converge` for provisioning with converge.sh. [GH-4326]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/hyperv-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294]
* builder/openstack: Add support for instance metadata. [GH-4361]
* builder/openstack: Attempt to use existing floating IPs before allocating a
    new one. [GH-4357]
* builder/parallels-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294]
* builder/qemu: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294]
* builder/qemu: add `use_default_display` option for osx compatibility.
    [GH-4293]
* builder/qemu: Detect input disk image format during copy/convert. [GH-4343]
* builder/virtualbox-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294]
* builder/virtualbox: add `skip_export` option to skip exporting the VM after
    build completes. [GH-4339]
* builder/vmware & builder/qemu: Allow configurable delay between keystrokes
    when typing boot command. [GH-4403]
* builder/vmware-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294]
* builder/vmware-iso: add `skip_export` option to skip exporting the VM after
    build completes. [GH-4378]
* builder/vmware: Try to use `ip address` to find host IP. [GH-4411]
* common/step_http\_server: set `PACKER_HTTP_ADDR` env var for accessing http
    server from inside builder. [GH-4409]
* provisioner/powershell: Allow equals sign in value of environment variables.
    [GH-4328]
* provisioner/puppet-server: Add default facts.  [GH-4286]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon-chroot: Panic in AMI region copy step. [GH-4341]
* builder/amazon: Crashes when new EBS vols are used. [GH-4308]
* builder/amazon: Fix crash in amazon-instance. [GH-4372]
* builder/amazon: fix run volume tagging [GH-4420]
* builder/amazon: fix when using non-existent security\_group\_id. [GH-4425]
* builder/amazon: Properly error if we don't have the
    ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups permission. [GH-4304]
* builder/amazon: Properly wait for security group to exist. [GH-4369]
* builder/docker: Fix crash when performing log in to ECR with an invalid URL.
    [GH-4385]
* builder/openstack: fix for finding resource by ID. [GH-4301]
* builder/qemu: Explicitly set WinRMPort for StepConnect. [GH-4321]
* builder/virtualbox: Explicitly set WinRMPort for StepConnect. [GH-4321]
* builder/virtualbox: Pause between each boot command element in -debug.
    [GH-4346]
* builder/vmware builder/parallels: Fix hang when shutting down windows in
    certain cases. [GH-4436]
* command/push: Don't interpolate variables when pushing. [GH-4389]
* common/step_http_server: make port range inclusive. [GH-4398]
* communicator/winrm: update winrm client, resolving `MaxMemoryPerShellMB`
    errors and properly error logging instead of panicking. [GH-4412] [GH-4424]
* provider/windows-shell: Allows equals sign in env var value. [GH-4423]

## 0.12.1 (December 15, 2016)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* `ssh_username` is now required if using communicator ssh. [GH-4172]
* builder/amazon: Change `shutdown_behaviour` to `shutdown_behavior`.  Run
    "packer fix template.json" to migrate a template. [GH-4285]
* builder/openstack: No long supports the `api_key` option for rackspace.
    [GH-4283]
* post-processor/manifest: Changed `filename` field to be `output`, to be more
    consistent with other post-processors. `packer fix` will fix this for you.
    [GH-4192]
* post-processor/shell-local: Now runs per-builder instead of per-file. The
    filename is no longer passed in as an argument to the script, but instead
    needs to be gleaned from the manifest post-processor. [GH-4189]

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** "Hyper-V" Added new builder for Hyper-V on Windows.
    [GH-2576]
* **New builder:** "1&1" Added new builder for [1&1](https://www.1and1.com/).
    [GH-4163]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon-ebs: Support specifying KMS key for encryption. [GH-4023]
* builder/amazon-ebsvolume: Add artifact output. [GH-4141]
* builder/amazon: Add `snapshot_tag` overrides. [GH-4015]
* builder/amazon: Added new region London - eu-west-2. [GH-4284]
* builder/amazon: Added ca-central-1 to list of known aws regions. [GH-4274]
* builder/amazon: Adds `force_delete_snapshot` flag to also cleanup snapshots
    if we're removing a preexisting image, as with `force_deregister_image`.
    [GH-4223]
* builder/amazon: Support `snapshot_users` and `snapshot_groups` for sharing
    ebs snapshots. [GH-4243]
* builder/cloudstack: Support reusing an already associated public IP.
    [GH-4149]
* builder/docker: Introduce docker commit changes, author, and message.
    [GH-4202]
* builder/googlecompute: Support `source_image_family`. [GH-4162]
* builder/googlecompute: enable support for Google Compute XPN. [GH-4288]
* builder/openstack: Added `image_members` to add new members to image after
    it's created. [GH-4283]
* builder/openstack: Added `image_visibility` field to specify visibility of
    created image. [GH-4283]
* builder/openstack: Automatically reauth as needed. [GH-4262]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Can now give a URL to an ova file. [GH-3982]
* communicator/ssh: adds ability to download download directories and
    wildcards, fix destination file mode (not hardcoded anymore). [GH-4210]
* post-processor/shell-local: support spaces in script path. [GH-4144]
* provisioner/ansible: Allow `winrm` communicator. [GH-4209]
* provisioner/salt: Bootstrap fallback on wget if curl failed. [GH-4244]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Correctly assign key from `ssh_keypair_name` to source
    instance. [GH-4222]
* builder/amazon: Fix `source_ami_filter` ignores `owners`. [GH-4235]
* builder/amazon: Fix launching spot instances in EC2 Classic [GH-4204]
* builder/qemu: Fix issue where multiple <waitXX> commands on a single line
    in boot_command wouldn't be parsed correctly. [GH-4269]
* core: Unbreak glob patterns in `floppy_files`. [GH-3890]
* post-processor/checksum: cleanup, and fix output to specified file with
    more than one artifacts. [GH-4210]
* post-processor/checksum: reset hash after each artifact file. [GH-4210]
* provisioner/file: fix for directory download. [GH-4210]
* provisioner/file: fix issue uploading multiple files to a directory,
    mentioned in [GH-4049]. [GH-4210]
* provisioner/shell: Treat disconnects as retryable when running cleanup. If
    you have a reboot in your script, we'll now wait until the host is
    available before attempting to cleanup the script. [GH-4197]

## 0.12.0 (November 15, 2016)

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** "cloudstack" Can create new templates for use with
    CloudStack taking either an ISO or existing template as input. [GH-3909]
* **New builder:** "profitbricks" Builder for creating images in the
    ProfitBricks cloud. [GH-3660]
* **New builder:** "amazon-ebsvolume" Can create Amazon EBS volumes which are
    preinitialized with a filesystem and data. [GH-4088]


### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Allow polling delay override with `AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS`.
    [GH-4083]
* builder/amazon: Allow use of local SSH Agent. [GH-4050]
* builder/amazon: Dynamic source AMI [GH-3817]
* builder/amazon: Show AMI ID found when using `source_ami_filter`. [GH-4096]
* builder/googlecompute: Support `ssh_private_key_file` in communicator.
    [GH-4101]
* builder/googlecompute: Support custom scopes. [GH-4043]
* command/push: Fix variable pushes to Atlas. Still needs Atlas server to be
    updated before the issue will be fixed completely. [GH-4089]
* communicator/ssh: Improved SSH upload performance. [GH-3940]
* contrib/azure-setup.sh: Support for azure-cli 0.10.7. [GH-4133]
* docs: Fix command line variable docs. [GH-4143]
* post-processor/vagrant: Fixed inconsistency between vagrant-libvirt driver
    and packer QEMU accelerator. [GH-4104]
* provisioner/ansible: Move info messages to log [GH-4123]
* provisioner/puppet: Add `puppet_bin_dir` option. [GH-4014]
* provisioner/salt: Add `salt_call_args` option. [GH-4158]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Fixed an error where we wouldn't fail the build even if we
    timed out waiting for the temporary security group to become available.
    [GH-4099]
* builder/amazon: Properly cleanup temporary key pairs. [GH-4080]
* builder/google: Fix issue where we'd hang waiting for a startup script
    which doesn't exist. [GH-4102]
* builder/qemu: Fix keycodes for ctrl, shift and alt keys. [GH-4115]
* builder/vmware: Fix keycodes for ctrl, shift and alt keys. [GH-4115]
* builder/vmware: Fixed build error when shutting down. [GH-4041]
* common/step_create_floppy: Fixed support for 1.44MB floppies on Windows.
    [GH-4135]
* post-processor/googlecompute-export: Fixes scopes. [GH-4147]
* provisioner/powershell: Reverted [GH-3371] fixes quoting issue. [GH-4069]
* scripts: Fix build under Windows for go 1.5. [GH-4142]

## 0.11.0 (October 21, 2016)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* VNC and VRDP-like features in VirtualBox, VMware, and QEMU now configurable
    but bind to 127.0.0.1 by default to improve security. See the relevant
    builder docs for more info.
* Docker builder requires Docker > 1.3
* provisioner/chef-solo: default staging directory renamed to
    `packer-chef-solo`. [GH-3971]

### FEATURES:

* **New Checksum post-processor**: Create a checksum file from your build
    artifacts as part of your build. [GH-3492] [GH-3790]
* **New build flag** `-on-error` to allow inspection and keeping artifacts on
    builder errors. [GH-3885]
* **New Google Compute Export post-processor**: exports an image from a Packer
    googlecompute builder run and uploads it to Google Cloud Storage.
    [GH-3760]
* **New Manifest post-processor**: writes metadata about packer's output
    artifacts data to a JSON file. [GH-3651]


### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Added `disable_stop_instance` option to prevent automatic
    shutdown when the build is complete. [GH-3352]
* builder/amazon: Added `shutdown_behavior` option to support `stop` or
    `terminate` at the end of the build. [GH-3556]
* builder/amazon: Added `skip_region_validation` option to allow newer or
    custom AWS regions. [GH-3598]
* builder/amazon: Added `us-east-2` and `ap-south-1` regions. [GH-4021]
    [GH-3663]
* builder/amazon: Support building from scratch with amazon-chroot builder.
    [GH-3855] [GH-3895]
* builder/amazon: Support create an AMI with an `encrypt_boot` volume.
    [GH-3382]
* builder/azure: Add `os_disk_size_gb`. [GH-3995]
* builder/azure: Add location to setup script. [GH-3803]
* builder/azure: Allow user to set custom data. [GH-3996]
* builder/azure: Made `tenant_id` optional. [GH-3643]
* builder/azure: Now pre-validates `capture_container_name` and
    `capture_name_prefix` [GH-3537]
* builder/azure: Removed superfluous polling code for deployments. [GH-3638]
* builder/azure: Support for a user defined VNET. [GH-3683]
* builder/azure: Support for custom images. [GH-3575]
* builder/azure: tag all resources. [GH-3764]
* builder/digitalocean: Added `user_data_file` support. [GH-3933]
* builder/digitalocean: Fixes timeout waiting for snapshot. [GH-3868]
* builder/digitalocean: Use `state_timeout` for unlock and off transitions.
    [GH-3444]
* builder/docker: Improved support for Docker pull from Amazon ECR. [GH-3856]
* builder/google: Add `-force` option to delete old image before creating new
    one. [GH-3918]
* builder/google: Add image license metadata. [GH-3873]
* builder/google: Added support for `image_family` [GH-3531]
* builder/google: Added support for startup scripts. [GH-3639]
* builder/google: Create passwords for Windows instances. [GH-3932]
* builder/google: Enable to select NVMe images. [GH-3338]
* builder/google: Signal that startup script fished via metadata. [GH-3873]
* builder/google: Use gcloud application default credentials. [GH-3655]
* builder/google: provision VM without external IP address. [GH-3774]
* builder/null: Can now be used with WinRM. [GH-2525]
* builder/openstack: Added support for `ssh_password` instead of generating
    ssh keys. [GH-3976]
* builder/parallels: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in
    `boot_command`.  [GH-3767]
* builder/parallels: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`.
    [GH-2919]
* builder/parallels: Now pauses between `boot_command` entries when running
    with `-debug` [GH-3547]
* builder/parallels: Support future versions of Parallels by using the latest
    driver. [GH-3673]
* builder/qemu: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in `boot_command`.
    [GH-3767]
* builder/qemu: Added `vnc_bind_address` option. [GH-3574]
* builder/qemu: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`. [GH-2919]
* builder/qemu: Now pauses between `boot_command` entries when running with
    `-debug` [GH-3547]
* builder/qemu: Specify disk format when starting qemu. [GH-3888]
* builder/virtualbox-iso: Added `hard_drive_nonrotational` and
    `hard_drive_discard` options to enable trim/discard. [GH-4013]
* builder/virtualbox-iso: Added `keep_registered` option to skip cleaning up
    the image. [GH-3954]
* builder/virtualbox: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in
    `boot_command`.  [GH-3767]
* builder/virtualbox: Added `post_shutdown_delay` option to wait after
    shutting down to prevent issues removing floppy drive. [GH-3952]
* builder/virtualbox: Added `vrdp_bind_address` option. [GH-3566]
* builder/virtualbox: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`.
    [GH-2919]
* builder/virtualbox: Now pauses between `boot_command` entries when running
    with `-debug` [GH-3542]
* builder/vmware-vmx: Added `tools_upload_flavor` and `tools_upload_path` to
    docs.
* builder/vmware: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in `boot_command`.
    [GH-3767]
* builder/vmware: Added `vnc_bind_address` option. [GH-3565]
* builder/vmware: Adds passwords for VNC. [GH-2325]
* builder/vmware: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`. [GH-2919]
* builder/vmware: Handle connection to VM with more than one NIC on ESXi
    [GH-3347]
* builder/vmware: Now paused between `boot_command` entries when running with
    `-debug` [GH-3542]
* core: Supress plugin discovery from plugins. [GH-4002]
* core: Test floppy disk files actually exist. [GH-3756]
* core: setting `PACKER_LOG=0` now disables logging. [GH-3964]
* post-processor/amazon-import: Support `ami_name` for naming imported AMI.
    [GH-3941]
* post-processor/compress: Added support for bgzf compression. [GH-3501]
* post-processor/docker: Improved support for Docker push to Amazon ECR.
    [GH-3856]
* post-processor/docker: Preserve tags when running docker push. [GH-3631]
* post-processor/vagrant: Added vsphere-esx hosts to supported machine types.
    [GH-3967]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Support for ansible-galaxy. [GH-3350] [GH-3836]
* provisioner/ansible: Improved logging and error handling. [GH-3477]
* provisioner/ansible: Support scp. [GH-3861]
* provisioner/chef: Added `knife_command` option and added a correct default
    value for Windows. [GH-3622]
* provisioner/chef: Installs 64bit chef on Windows if available. [GH-3848]
* provisioner/file: Now makes destination directory. [GH-3692]
* provisioner/puppet: Added `execute_command` option. [GH-3614]
* provisioner/salt: Added `custom_state` to specify state to run instead of
    `highstate`. [GH-3776]
* provisioner/shell: Added `expect_disconnect` flag to fail if remote
    unexpectedly disconnects. [GH-4034]
* scripts: Added `help` target to Makefile. [GH-3290]
* vendor: Moving from Godep to govendor. See `CONTRIBUTING.md` for details.
    [GH-3956]
* website: code examples now use inconsolata. Improve code font rendering on
    linux.

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Add 0.5 cents to discovered spot price. [GH-3662]
* builder/amazon: Allow using `ssh_private_key_file` and `ssh_password`.
    [GH-3953]
* builder/amazon: Fix packer crash when waiting for SSH. [GH-3865]
* builder/amazon: Honor ssh_private_ip flag in EC2-Classic. [GH-3752]
* builder/amazon: Properly clean up EBS volumes on failure. [GH-3789]
* builder/amazon: Use `temporary_key_pair_name` when specified. [GH-3739]
* builder/amazon: retry creating tags on images since the images might take
    some time to become available. [GH-3938]
* builder/azure: Fix authorization setup script failing to creating service
    principal. [GH-3812]
* builder/azure: check for empty resource group. [GH-3606]
* builder/azure: fix token validity test. [GH-3609]
* builder/docker: Fix file provisioner dotfile matching. [GH-3800]
* builder/docker: fix docker builder with ansible provisioner. [GH-3476]
* builder/qemu: Don't fail on communicator set to `none`. [GH-3681]
* builder/qemu: Make `ssh_host_port_max` an inclusive bound. [GH-2784]
* builder/virtualbox: Make `ssh_host_port_max` an inclusive bound. [GH-2784]
* builder/virtualbox: Respect `ssh_host` [GH-3617]
* builder/vmware: Do not add remotedisplay.vnc.ip to VMX data on ESXi
    [GH-3740]
* builder/vmware: Don't check for poweron errors on ESXi. [GH-3195]
* builder/vmware: Re-introduce case sensitive VMX keys. [GH-2707]
* builder/vmware: Respect `ssh_host`/`winrm_host` on ESXi. [GH-3738]
* command/push: Allows dot (`.`) in image names. [GH-3937]
* common/iso_config: fix potential panic when iso checksum url was given but
    not the iso url. [GH-4004]
* communicator/ssh: fixed possible panic when reconnecting fails. [GH-4008]
* communicator/ssh: handle error case where server closes the connection but
    doesn't give us an error code. [GH-3966]
* post-processor/shell-local: Do not set execute bit on artifact file.
    [GH-3505]
* post-processor/vsphere: Fix upload failures with vsphere. [GH-3321]
* provisioner/ansible: Properly set host key checking even when a custom ENV
    is specified. [GH-3568]
* provisioner/file: Fix directory download. [GH-3899]
* provisioner/powershell: fixed issue with setting environment variables.
    [GH-2785]
* website: improved rendering on iPad. [GH-3780]

## 0.10.2 (September 20, 2016)

### BUG FIXES:

* Rebuilding with OS X Sierra and go 1.7.1 to fix bug  in Sierra

## 0.10.1 (May 7, 2016)

### FEATURES:

* `azure-arm` builder: Can now build Windows images, and supports additional
    configuration. Please refer to the documentation for details.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Added support for `ATLAS_CAFILE` and `ATLAS_CAPATH` [GH-3494]
* builder/azure: Improved build cancellation and cleanup of partially-
    provisioned resources. [GH-3461]
* builder/azure: Improved logging. [GH-3461]
* builder/azure: Added support for US Government and China clouds. [GH-3461]
* builder/azure: Users may now specify an image version. [GH-3461]
* builder/azure: Added device login. [GH-3461]
* builder/docker: Added `privileged` build option. [GH-3475]
* builder/google: Packer now identifies its version to the service. [GH-3465]
* provisioner/shell: Added `remote_folder` and `remote_file` options
    [GH-3462]
* post-processor/compress: Added support for `bgzf` format and added
    `format` option. [GH-3501]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Fix hang after pressing enter key in `-debug` mode. [GH-3346]
* provisioner/chef: Use custom values for remote validation key path
    [GH-3468]

## 0.10.0 (March 14, 2016)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* Building Packer now requires go >= 1.5 (>= 1.6 is recommended). If you want
    to continue building with go 1.4 you can remove the `azurearmbuilder` line
    from `command/plugin.go`.

### FEATURES:

* **New `azure-arm` builder**: Build virtual machines in Azure Resource
    Manager

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/google: Added support for `disk_type` [GH-2830]
* builder/openstack: Added support for retrieving the Administrator password
    when using WinRM if no `winrm_password` is set. [GH-3209]
* provisioner/ansible: Added the `empty_groups` parameter. [GH-3232]
* provisioner/ansible: Added the `user` parameter. [GH-3276]
* provisioner/ansible: Don't use deprecated ssh option with Ansible 2.0
    [GH-3291]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: Add `ignore_exit_codes` parameter. [GH-3349]

### BUG FIXES:

* builders/parallels: Handle `output_directory` containing `.` and `..`
    [GH-3239]
* provisioner/ansible: os.Environ() should always be passed to the ansible
    command. [GH-3274]

## 0.9.0 (February 19, 2016)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* Packer now ships as a single binary, including plugins. If you install packer
    0.9.0 over a previous packer installation, **you must delete all of the
    packer-* plugin files** or packer will load out-of-date plugins from disk.
* Release binaries are now provided via <https://releases.hashicorp.com>.
* Packer 0.9.0 is now built with Go 1.6.
* core: Plugins that implement the Communicator interface must now implement
    a DownloadDir method. [GH-2618]
* builder/amazon: Inline `user_data` for EC2 is now base64 encoded
    automatically. [GH-2539]
* builder/parallels: `parallels_tools_host_path` and `guest_os_distribution`
    have been replaced by `guest_os_type`; use `packer fix` to update your
    templates. [GH-2751]

### FEATURES:

* **Chef on Windows**: The chef provisioner now has native support for
    Windows using Powershell and WinRM. [GH-1215]
* **New `vmware-esxi` feature**: Packer can now export images from vCloud or
    vSphere during the build. [GH-1921]
* **New Ansible Provisioner**: `ansible` provisioner supports remote
    provisioning to keep your build image cleaner. [GH-1969]
* **New Amazon Import post-processor**: `amazon-import` allows you to upload an
    OVA-based VM to Amazon EC2. [GH-2962]
* **Shell Local post-processor**: `shell-local` allows you to run shell
    commands on the host after a build has completed for custom packaging or
    publishing of your artifacts. [GH-2706]
* **Artifice post-processor**: Override packer artifacts during post-
    processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder and
    use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Packer plugins are now compiled into the main binary, reducing file
    size and build times, and making packer easier to install. The overall
    plugin architecture has not changed and third-party plugins can still be
    loaded from disk. Please make sure your plugins are up-to-date! [GH-2854]
* core: Packer now indicates line numbers for template parse errors. [GH-2742]
* core: Scripts are executed via `/usr/bin/env bash` instead of `/bin/bash`
    for broader compatibility. [GH-2913]
* core: `target_path` for builder downloads can now be specified. [GH-2600]
* core: WinRM communicator now supports HTTPS protocol. [GH-3061]
* core: Template syntax errors now show line, column, offset. [GH-3180]
* core: SSH communicator now supports downloading directories. [GH-2618]
* builder/amazon: Add support for `ebs_optimized` [GH-2806]
* builder/amazon: You can now specify `0` for `spot_price` to switch to on
    demand instances. [GH-2845]
* builder/amazon: Added `ap-northeast-2` (Seoul) [GH-3056]
* builder/amazon: packer will try to derive the AZ if only a subnet is
    specified. [GH-3037]
* builder/digitalocean: doubled instance wait timeouts to power off or
    shutdown (now 4 minutes) and to complete a snapshot (now 20 minutes)
    [GH-2939]
* builder/google: `account_file` can now be provided as a JSON string
    [GH-2811]
* builder/google: added support for `preemptible` instances. [GH-2982]
* builder/google: added support for static external IPs via `address` option
    [GH-3030]
* builder/openstack: added retry on WaitForImage 404. [GH-3009]
* builder/openstack: Can specify `source_image_name` instead of the ID
    [GH-2577]
* builder/openstack: added support for SSH over IPv6. [GH-3197]
* builder/parallels: Improve support for Parallels 11. [GH-2662]
* builder/parallels: Parallels disks are now compacted by default. [GH-2731]
* builder/parallels: Packer will look for Parallels in
    `/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app` if it is not detected automatically
    [GH-2839]
* builder/qemu: qcow2 images are now compacted by default. [GH-2748]
* builder/qemu: qcow2 images can now be compressed. [GH-2748]
* builder/qemu: Now specifies `virtio-scsi` by default. [GH-2422]
* builder/qemu: Now checks for version-specific options. [GH-2376]
* builder/qemu: Can now bypass disk cache using `iso_skip_cache` [GH-3105]
* builder/qemu: `<wait>` in `boot_command` now accepts an arbitrary duration
    like <wait1m30s> [GH-3129]
* builder/qemu: Expose `{{ .SSHHostPort }}` in templates. [GH-2884]
* builder/virtualbox: Added VRDP for debugging. [GH-3188]
* builder/vmware-esxi: Added private key auth for remote builds via
    `remote_private_key_file` [GH-2912]
* post-processor/atlas: Added support for compile ID. [GH-2775]
* post-processor/docker-import: Can now import Artifice artifacts. [GH-2718]
* provisioner/chef: Added `encrypted_data_bag_secret_path` option. [GH-2653]
* provisioner/puppet: Added the `extra_arguments` parameter. [GH-2635]
* provisioner/salt: Added `no_exit_on_failure`, `log_level`, and improvements
    to salt command invocation. [GH-2660]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Random number generator is now seeded. [GH-2640]
* core: Packer should now have a lot less race conditions. [GH-2824]
* builder/amazon: The `no_device` option for block device mappings is now handled correctly. [GH-2398]
* builder/amazon: AMI name validation now matches Amazon's spec. [GH-2774]
* builder/amazon: Use snapshot size when volume size is unspecified. [GH-2480]
* builder/amazon: Pass AccessKey and SecretKey when uploading bundles for
    instance-backed AMIs. [GH-2596]
* builder/parallels: Added interpolation in `prlctl_post` [GH-2828]
* builder/vmware: `format` option is now read correctly. [GH-2892]
* builder/vmware-esxi: Correct endless loop in destroy validation logic
    [GH-2911]
* provisioner/shell: No longer leaves temp scripts behind. [GH-1536]
* provisioner/winrm: Now waits for reboot to complete before continuing with provisioning. [GH-2568]
* post-processor/artifice: Fix truncation of files downloaded from Docker. [GH-2793]


## 0.8.6 (Aug 22, 2015)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/docker: Now supports Download so it can be used with the file
    provisioner to download a file from a container. [GH-2585]
* builder/docker: Now verifies that the artifact will be used before the build
    starts, unless the `discard` option is specified. This prevent failures
    after the build completes. [GH-2626]
* post-processor/artifice: Now supports glob-like syntax for filenames. [GH-2619]
* post-processor/vagrant: Like the compress post-processor, vagrant now uses a
    parallel gzip algorithm to compress vagrant boxes. [GH-2590]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: When `iso_url` is a local file and the checksum is invalid, the local
    file will no longer be deleted. [GH-2603]
* builder/parallels: Fix interpolation in `parallels_tools_guest_path` [GH-2543]

## 0.8.5 (Aug 10, 2015)

### FEATURES:

* **[Beta]** Artifice post-processor: Override packer artifacts during post-
    processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder
    and use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* Many docs have been updated and corrected; big thanks to our contributors!
* builder/openstack: Add debug logging for IP addresses used for SSH. [GH-2513]
* builder/openstack: Add option to use existing SSH keypair. [GH-2512]
* builder/openstack: Add support for Glance metadata. [GH-2434]
* builder/qemu and builder/vmware: Packer's VNC connection no longer asks for
    an exclusive connection. [GH-2522]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Can now customize salt remote directories. [GH-2519]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon: Improve instance cleanup by storing id sooner. [GH-2404]
* builder/amazon: Only fetch windows password when using WinRM communicator. [GH-2538]
* builder/openstack: Support IPv6 SSH address. [GH-2450]
* builder/openstack: Track new IP address discovered during RackConnect. [GH-2514]
* builder/qemu: Add 100ms delay between VNC key events. [GH-2415]
* post-processor/atlas: atlas_url configuration option works now. [GH-2478]
* post-processor/compress: Now supports interpolation in output config. [GH-2414]
* provisioner/powershell: Elevated runs now receive environment variables. [GH-2378]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Clarify error messages when we can't create or
    write to the temp directory. [GH-2518]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Copy state even if /srv/salt exists already. [GH-1699]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Make sure /etc/salt exists before writing to it. [GH-2520]
* provisioner/winrm: Connect to the correct port when using NAT with
    VirtualBox / VMware. [GH-2399]

## Note: 0.8.3 was pulled and 0.8.4 was skipped.

## 0.8.2 (July 17, 2015)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/docker: Add option to use a Pty. [GH-2425]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Fix crash when `min_packer_version` is specified in a template. [GH-2385]
* builder/amazon: Fix EC2 devices being included in EBS mappings. [GH-2459]
* builder/googlecompute: Fix default name for GCE images. [GH-2400]
* builder/null: Fix error message with missing ssh_host. [GH-2407]
* builder/virtualbox: Use --portcount on VirtualBox 5.x. [GH-2438]
* provisioner/puppet: Packer now correctly handles a directory for manifest_file. [GH-2463]
* provisioner/winrm: Fix potential crash with WinRM. [GH-2416]

## 0.8.1 (July 2, 2015)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: When debug mode is enabled, the Windows administrator
    password for Windows instances will be shown. [GH-2351]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: `min_packer_version`  field in configs work. [GH-2356]
* core: The `build_name` and `build_type` functions work in provisioners. [GH-2367]
* core: Handle timeout in SSH handshake. [GH-2333]
* command/build: Fix reading configuration from stdin. [GH-2366]
* builder/amazon: Fix issue with sharing AMIs when using `ami_users` [GH-2308]
* builder/amazon: Fix issue when using multiple Security Groups. [GH-2381]
* builder/amazon: Fix for tag creation when creating new ec2 instance. [GH-2317]
* builder/amazon: Fix issue with creating AMIs with multiple device mappings. [GH-2320]
* builder/amazon: Fix failing AMI snapshot tagging when copying to other
    regions. [GH-2316]
* builder/amazon: Fix setting AMI launch permissions. [GH-2348]
* builder/amazon: Fix spot instance cleanup to remove the correct request. [GH-2327]
* builder/amazon: Fix `bundle_prefix` not interpolating `timestamp` [GH-2352]
* builder/amazon-instance: Fix issue with creating AMIs without specifying a
    virtualization type. [GH-2330]
* builder/digitalocean: Fix builder using private IP instead of public IP. [GH-2339]
* builder/google: Set default communicator settings properly. [GH-2353]
* builder/vmware-iso: Setting `checksum_type` to `none` for ESX builds
    now works. [GH-2323]
* provisioner/chef: Use knife config file vs command-line params to
    clean up nodes so full set of features can be used. [GH-2306]
* post-processor/compress: Fixed crash in compress post-processor plugin. [GH-2311]

## 0.8.0 (June 23, 2015)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* core: SSH connection will no longer request a PTY by default. This
    can be enabled per builder.
* builder/digitalocean: no longer supports the v1 API which has been
    deprecated for some time. Most configurations should continue to
    work as long as you use the `api_token` field for auth.
* builder/digitalocean: `image`, `region`, and `size` are now required.
* builder/openstack: auth parameters have been changed to better
    reflect OS terminology. Existing environment variables still work.

### FEATURES:

* **WinRM:** You can now connect via WinRM with almost every builder.
    See the docs for more info. [GH-2239]
* **Windows AWS Support:** Windows AMIs can now be built without any
    external plugins: Packer will start a Windows instance, get the
    admin password, and can use WinRM (above) to connect through. [GH-2240]
* **Disable SSH:** Set `communicator` to "none" in any builder to disable SSH
    connections. Note that provisioners won't work if this is done. [GH-1591]
* **SSH Agent Forwarding:** SSH Agent Forwarding will now be enabled
    to allow access to remote servers such as private git repos. [GH-1066]
* **SSH Bastion Hosts:** You can now specify a bastion host for
    SSH access (works with all builders). [GH-387]
* **OpenStack v3 Identity:** The OpenStack builder now supports the
    v3 identity API.
* **Docker builder supports SSH**: The Docker builder now supports containers
    with SSH, just set `communicator` to "ssh" [GH-2244]
* **File provisioner can download**: The file provisioner can now download
    files out of the build process. [GH-1909]
* **New config function: `build_name`**: The name of the currently running
    build. [GH-2232]
* **New config function: `build_type`**: The type of the currently running
    builder. This is useful for provisioners. [GH-2232]
* **New config function: `template_dir`**: The directory to the template
    being built. This should be used for template-relative paths. [GH-54]
* **New provisioner: shell-local**: Runs a local shell script. [GH-770]
* **New provisioner: powershell**: Provision Windows machines
    with PowerShell scripts. [GH-2243]
* **New provisioner: windows-shell**: Provision Windows machines with
    batch files. [GH-2243]
* **New provisioner: windows-restart**: Restart a Windows machines and
    wait for it to come back online. [GH-2243]
* **Compress post-processor supports multiple algorithms:** The compress
    post-processor now supports lz4 compression and compresses gzip in
    parallel for much faster throughput.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Interrupt handling for SIGTERM signal as well. [GH-1858]
* core: HTTP downloads support resuming. [GH-2106]
    * builder/*: Add `ssh_handshake_attempts` to configure the number of
    handshake attempts done before failure. [GH-2237]
* builder/amazon: Add `force_deregister` option for automatic AMI
    deregistration. [GH-2221]
* builder/amazon: Now applies tags to EBS snapshots. [GH-2212]
* builder/amazon: Clean up orphaned volumes from Source AMIs. [GH-1783]
* builder/amazon: Support custom keypairs. [GH-1837]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Can now resize the root volume of the resulting
    AMI with the `root_volume_size` option. [GH-2289]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Add `mount_options` configuration option for providing
    options to the `mount` command. [GH-2296]
* builder/digitalocean: Save SSH key to pwd if debug mode is on. [GH-1829]
* builder/digitalocean: User data support. [GH-2113]
* builder/googlecompute: Option to use internal IP for connections. [GH-2152]
* builder/parallels: Support Parallels Desktop 11. [GH-2199]
* builder/openstack: Add `rackconnect_wait` for Rackspace customers to wait for
    RackConnect data to appear
* builder/openstack: Add `ssh_interface` option for rackconnect for users that
    have prohibitive firewalls
* builder/openstack: Flavor names can be used as well as refs
* builder/openstack: Add `availability_zone` [GH-2016]
* builder/openstack: Machine will be stopped prior to imaging if the
    cluster supports the `startstop` extension. [GH-2223]
* builder/openstack: Support for user data. [GH-2224]
* builder/qemu: Default accelerator to "tcg" on Windows. [GH-2291]
* builder/virtualbox: Added option: `ssh_skip_nat_mapping` to skip the
    automatic port forward for SSH and to use the guest port directly. [GH-1078]
* builder/virtualbox: Added SCSI support
* builder/vmware: Support for additional disks. [GH-1382]
* builder/vmware: Can now customize the template used for adding disks. [GH-2254]
* command/fix: After fixing, the template is validated. [GH-2228]
* command/push: Add `-name` flag for specifying name from CLI. [GH-2042]
* command/push: Push configuration in templates supports variables. [GH-1861]
* post-processor/docker-save: Can be chained. [GH-2179]
* post-processor/docker-tag: Support `force` option. [GH-2055]
* post-processor/docker-tag: Can be chained. [GH-2179]
* post-processor/vsphere: Make more fields optional, support empty
    resource pools. [GH-1868]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: `working_directory` option. [GH-1831]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: `packer_build_name` and
    `packer_build_type` are default facts. [GH-1878]
* provisioner/puppet-server: `ignore_exit_codes` option added. [GH-2280]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Fix potential panic for post-processor plugin exits. [GH-2098]
* core: `PACKER_CONFIG` may point to a non-existent file. [GH-2226]
* builder/amazon: Allow spaces in AMI names when using `clean_ami_name` [GH-2182]
* builder/amazon: Remove deprecated ec2-upload-bundle parameter. [GH-1931]
* builder/amazon: Use IAM Profile to upload bundle if provided. [GH-1985]
* builder/amazon: Use correct exit code after SSH authentication failed. [GH-2004]
* builder/amazon: Retry finding created instance for eventual
    consistency. [GH-2129]
* builder/amazon: If no AZ is specified, use AZ chosen automatically by
    AWS for spot instance. [GH-2017]
* builder/amazon: Private key file (only available in debug mode)
    is deleted on cleanup. [GH-1801]
* builder/amazon: AMI copy won't copy to the source region. [GH-2123]
* builder/amazon: Validate AMI doesn't exist with name prior to build. [GH-1774]
* builder/amazon: Improved retry logic around waiting for instances. [GH-1764]
* builder/amazon: Fix issues with creating Block Devices. [GH-2195]
* builder/amazon/chroot: Retry waiting for disk attachments. [GH-2046]
* builder/amazon/chroot: Only unmount path if it is mounted. [GH-2054]
* builder/amazon/instance: Use `-i` in sudo commands so PATH is inherited. [GH-1930]
* builder/amazon/instance: Use `--region` flag for bundle upload command. [GH-1931]
* builder/digitalocean: Wait for droplet to unlock before changing state,
    should lower the "pending event" errors.
* builder/digitalocean: Ignore invalid fields from the ever-changing v2 API
* builder/digitalocean: Private images can be used as a source. [GH-1792]
* builder/docker: Fixed hang on prompt while copying script
* builder/docker: Use `docker exec` for newer versions of Docker for
    running scripts. [GH-1993]
* builder/docker: Fix crash that could occur at certain timed ctrl-c. [GH-1838]
* builder/docker: validate that `export_path` is not a directory. [GH-2105]
* builder/google: `ssh_timeout` is respected. [GH-1781]
* builder/openstack: `ssh_interface` can be used to specify the interface
    to retrieve the SSH IP from. [GH-2220]
* builder/qemu: Add `disk_discard` option. [GH-2120]
* builder/qemu: Use proper SSH port, not hardcoded to 22. [GH-2236]
* builder/qemu: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032]
* builder/virtualbox: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with
    OS installers. [GH-1709]
* builder/virtualbox: Remove the floppy controller in addition to the
    floppy disk. [GH-1879]
* builder/virtualbox: Fixed regression where downloading ISO without a
    ".iso" extension didn't work. [GH-1839]
* builder/virtualbox: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template
    validation time. [GH-2233]
* builder/virtualbox: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032]
* builder/vmware: Add 100ms delay between keystrokes to avoid subtle
    timing issues in most cases. [GH-1663]
* builder/vmware: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with
    OS installers. [GH-1709]
* builder/vmware: Case-insensitive match of MAC address to find IP. [GH-1989]
* builder/vmware: More robust IP parsing from ifconfig output. [GH-1999]
* builder/vmware: Nested output directories for ESXi work. [GH-2174]
* builder/vmware: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template
    validation time. [GH-2233]
* command/fix: For the `virtualbox` to `virtualbox-iso` builder rename,
    provisioner overrides are now also fixed. [GH-2231]
* command/validate: don't crash for invalid builds. [GH-2139]
* post-processor/atlas: Find common archive prefix for Windows. [GH-1874]
* post-processor/atlas: Fix index out of range panic. [GH-1959]
* post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Fixed failing on response
* post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Don't delete version on error. [GH-2014]
* post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Retry failed uploads a few times
* provisioner/chef-client: Fix permissions issues on default dir. [GH-2255]
* provisioner/chef-client: Node cleanup works now. [GH-2257]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: Allow manifest_file to be a directory
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Add `--retcode-passthrough` to salt-call
* provisioner/shell: chmod executable script to 0755, not 0777. [GH-1708]
* provisioner/shell: inline commands failing will fail the provisioner. [GH-2069]
* provisioner/shell: single quotes in env vars are escaped. [GH-2229]
* provisioner/shell: Temporary file is deleted after run. [GH-2259]
* provisioner/shell: Randomize default script name to avoid strange
    race issues from Windows. [GH-2270]

## 0.7.5 (December 9, 2014)

### FEATURES:

* **New command: `packer push`**: Push template and files to HashiCorp's
    Atlas for building your templates automatically.
* **New post-processor: `atlas`**: Send artifact to HashiCorp's Atlas for
    versioning and storing artifacts. These artifacts can then be queried
    using the API, Terraform, etc.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/googlecompute: Support for ubuntu-os-cloud project
* builder/googlecompute: Support for OAuth2 to avoid client secrets file
* builder/googlecompute: GCE image from persistent disk instead of tarball
* builder/qemu: Checksum type "none" can be used
* provisioner/chef: Generate a node name if none available
* provisioner/chef: Added ssl_verify_mode configuration

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/parallels: Fixed attachment of ISO to cdrom device
* builder/parallels: Fixed boot load ordering
* builder/digitalocean: Fixed decoding of size
* builder/digitalocean: Fixed missing content-type header in request
* builder/digitalocean: Fixed use of private IP
* builder/digitalocean: Fixed the artifact ID generation
* builder/vsphere: Fixed credential escaping
* builder/qemu: Fixed use of CDROM with disk_image
* builder/aws: Fixed IP address for SSH in VPC
* builder/aws: Fixed issue with multiple block devices
* builder/vmware: Upload VMX to ESX5 after editing
* communicator/docker: Fix handling of symlinks during upload
* provisioner/chef: Fixed use of sudo in some cases
* core: Fixed build name interpolation
* postprocessor/vagrant: Fixed check for Vagrantfile template

## 0.7.2 (October 28, 2014)

### FEATURES:

* builder/digitalocean: API V2 support. [GH-1463]
* builder/parallels: Don't depend on _prl-utils_. [GH-1499]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/all: Support new AWS Frankfurt region.
* builder/docker: Allow remote `DOCKER_HOST`, which works as long as
    volumes work. [GH-1594]
* builder/qemu: Can set cache mode for main disk. [GH-1558]
* builder/qemu: Can build from pre-existing disk. [GH-1342]
* builder/vmware: Can specify path to Fusion installation with environmental
    variable `FUSION_APP_PATH`. [GH-1552]
* builder/vmware: Can specify the HW version for the VMX. [GH-1530]
* builder/vmware/esxi: Will now cache ISOs/floppies remotely. [GH-1479]
* builder/vmware/vmx: Source VMX can have a disk connected via SATA. [GH-1604]
* post-processors/vagrant: Support Qemu (libvirt) boxes. [GH-1330]
* post-processors/vagrantcloud: Support self-hosted box URLs.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Fix loading plugins from pwd. [GH-1521]
* builder/amazon: Prefer token in config if given. [GH-1544]
* builder/amazon/all: Extended timeout for waiting for AMI. [GH-1533]
* builder/virtualbox: Can read VirtualBox version on FreeBSD. [GH-1570]
* builder/virtualbox: More robust reading of guest additions URL. [GH-1509]
* builder/vmware: Always remove floppies/drives. [GH-1504]
* builder/vmware: Wait some time so that post-VMX update aren't
    overwritten. [GH-1504]
* builder/vmware/esxi: Retry power on if it fails. [GH-1334]
* builder/vmware-vmx: Fix issue with order of boot command support. [GH-1492]
* builder/amazon: Extend timeout and allow user override. [GH-1533]
* builder/parallels: Ignore 'The fdd0 device does not exist' [GH-1501]
* builder/parallels: Rely on Cleanup functions to detach devices. [GH-1502]
* builder/parallels: Create VM without hdd and then add it later. [GH-1548]
* builder/parallels: Disconnect cdrom0. [GH-1605]
* builder/qemu: Don't use `-redir` flag anymore, replace with
    `hostfwd` options. [GH-1561]
* builder/qemu: Use `pc` as default machine type instead of `pc-1.0`.
* providers/aws: Ignore transient network errors. [GH-1579]
* provisioner/ansible: Don't buffer output so output streams in. [GH-1585]
* provisioner/ansible: Use inventory file always to avoid potentially
    deprecated feature. [GH-1562]
* provisioner/shell: Quote environmental variables. [GH-1568]
* provisioner/salt: Bootstrap over SSL. [GH-1608]
* post-processors/docker-push: Work with docker-tag artifacts. [GH-1526]
* post-processors/vsphere: Append "/" to object address. [GH-1615]

## 0.7.1 (September 10, 2014)

### FEATURES:

* builder/vmware: VMware Fusion Pro 7 is now supported. [GH-1478]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: SSH will connect slightly faster if it is ready immediately.
* provisioner/file: directory uploads no longer hang. [GH-1484]
* provisioner/file: fixed crash on large files. [GH-1473]
* scripts: Windows executable renamed to packer.exe. [GH-1483]

## 0.7.0 (September 8, 2014)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* The authentication configuration for Google Compute Engine has changed.
    The new method is much simpler, but is not backwards compatible.
    `packer fix` will _not_ fix this. Please read the updated GCE docs.

### FEATURES:

* **New Post-Processor: `compress`** - Gzip compresses artifacts with files.
* **New Post-Processor: `docker-save`** - Save an image. This is similar to
    export, but preserves the image hierarchy.
* **New Post-Processor: `docker-tag`** - Tag a created image.
* **New Template Functions: `upper`, `lower`** - See documentation for
    more details.
* core: Plugins are automatically discovered if they're named properly.
    Packer will look in the PWD and the directory with `packer` for
    binaries named `packer-TYPE-NAME`.
* core: Plugins placed in `~/.packer.d/plugins` are now automatically
    discovered.
* builder/amazon: Spot instances can now be used to build EBS backed and
    instance store images. [GH-1139]
* builder/docker: Images can now be committed instead of exported. [GH-1198]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: New `import_flags` setting can be used to add
    new command line flags to `VBoxManage import` to allow things such
    as EULAs to be accepted. [GH-1383]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported.
    [GH-1169]
* builder/vmware: VMware Player 6 is now supported. [GH-1168]
* builder/vmware-vmx: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported.
    [GH-1169]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: `isotime` function can take a format. [GH-1126]
* builder/amazon/all: `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` is read and can also be
    set with the `token` configuration. [GH-1236]
* builder/amazon/all: Can force SSH on the private IP address with
    `ssh_private_ip`. [GH-1229]
* builder/amazon/all: String fields in device mappings can use variables. [GH-1090]
* builder/amazon-instance: EBS AMIs can be used as a source. [GH-1453]
* builder/digitalocean: Can set API URL endpoint. [GH-1448]
* builder/digitalocean: Region supports variables. [GH-1452]
* builder/docker: Can now specify login credentials to pull images.
* builder/docker: Support mounting additional volumes. [GH-1430]
* builder/parallels/all: Path to tools ISO is calculated automatically. [GH-1455]
* builder/parallels-pvm: `reassign_mac` option to choose whether or not
    to generate a new MAC address. [GH-1461]
* builder/qemu: Can specify "none" acceleration type. [GH-1395]
* builder/qemu: Can specify "tcg" acceleration type. [GH-1395]
* builder/virtualbox/all: `iso_interface` option to mount ISO with SATA. [GH-1200]
* builder/vmware-vmx: Proper `floppy_files` support. [GH-1057]
* command/build: Add `-color=false` flag to disable color. [GH-1433]
* post-processor/docker-push: Can now specify login credentials. [GH-1243]
* provisioner/chef-client: Support `chef_environment`. [GH-1190]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: nicer error message if an encrypted private key is used for
    SSH. [GH-1445]
* core: Fix crash that could happen with a well timed double Ctrl-C.
    [GH-1328] [GH-1314]
* core: SSH TCP keepalive period is now 5 seconds (shorter). [GH-1232]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Can properly build HVM images now. [GH-1360]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Fix crash in root device check. [GH-1360]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Add description that Packer made the snapshot
    with a time. [GH-1388]
* builder/amazon-ebs: AMI is deregistered if an error. [GH-1186]
* builder/amazon-instance: Fix deprecation warning for `ec2-bundle-vol`
    [GH-1424]
* builder/amazon-instance: Add `--no-filter` to the `ec2-bundle-vol`
    command by default to avoid corrupting data by removing package
    manager certs. [GH-1137]
* builder/amazon/all: `delete_on_termination` set to false will work.
* builder/amazon/all: Fix race condition on setting tags. [GH-1367]
* builder/amazon/all: More descriptive error messages if Amazon only
    sends an error code. [GH-1189]
* builder/docker: Error if `DOCKER_HOST` is set.
* builder/docker: Remove the container during cleanup. [GH-1206]
* builder/docker: Fix case where not all output would show up from
    provisioners.
* builder/googlecompute: add `disk_size` option. [GH-1397]
* builder/googlecompute: Auth works with latest formats on Google Cloud
    Console. [GH-1344]
* builder/openstack: Region is not required. [GH-1418]
* builder/parallels-iso: ISO not removed from VM after install. [GH-1338]
* builder/parallels/all: Add support for Parallels Desktop 10. [GH-1438]
* builder/parallels/all: Added some navigation keys. [GH-1442]
* builder/qemu: If headless, sdl display won't be used. [GH-1395]
* builder/qemu: Use `512M` as `-m` default. [GH-1444]
* builder/virtualbox/all: Search `VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH` for path to
    `VBoxManage` on Windows. [GH-1337]
* builder/virtualbox/all: Seed RNG to avoid same ports. [GH-1386]
* builder/virtualbox/all: Better error if guest additions URL couldn't be
    detected. [GH-1439]
* builder/virtualbox/all: Detect errors even when `VBoxManage` exits
    with a zero exit code. [GH-1119]
* builder/virtualbox/iso: Append timestamp to default name for parallel
    builds. [GH-1365]
* builder/vmware/all: No more error when Packer stops an already-stopped
    VM. [GH-1300]
* builder/vmware/all: `ssh_host` accepts templates. [GH-1396]
* builder/vmware/all: Don't remount floppy in VMX post step. [GH-1239]
* builder/vmware/vmx: Do not re-add floppy disk files to VMX. [GH-1361]
* builder/vmware-iso: Fix crash when `vnc_port_min` and max were the
    same value. [GH-1288]
* builder/vmware-iso: Finding an available VNC port on Windows works. [GH-1372]
* builder/vmware-vmx: Nice error if Clone is not supported (not VMware
    Fusion Pro). [GH-787]
* post-processor/vagrant: Can supply your own metadata.json. [GH-1143]
* provisioner/ansible-local: Use proper path on Windows. [GH-1375]
* provisioner/file: Mode will now be preserved. [GH-1064]

## 0.6.1 (July 20, 2014)

### FEATURES:

* **New post processor:** `vagrant-cloud` - Push box files generated by
    vagrant post processor to Vagrant Cloud. [GH-1289]
* Vagrant post-processor can now packer Hyper-V boxes.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon: Support for enhanced networking on HVM images. [GH-1228]
* builder/amazon-ebs: Support encrypted EBS volumes. [GH-1194]
* builder/ansible: Add `playbook_dir` option. [GH-1000]
* builder/openstack: Add ability to configure networks. [GH-1261]
* builder/openstack: Skip certificate verification. [GH-1121]
* builder/parallels/all: Add ability to select interface to connect to.
* builder/parallels/pvm: Support `boot_command`. [GH-1082]
* builder/virtualbox/all: Attempt to use local guest additions ISO
    before downloading from internet. [GH-1123]
* builder/virtualbox/ovf: Supports `guest_additions_mode` [GH-1035]
* builder/vmware/all: Increase cleanup timeout to 120 seconds. [GH-1167]
* builder/vmware/all: Add `vmx_data_post` for modifying VMX data
    after shutdown. [GH-1149]
* builder/vmware/vmx: Supports tools uploading. [GH-1154]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: `isotime` is the same time during the entire build. [GH-1153]
* builder/amazon-common: Sort AMI strings before outputting. [GH-1305]
* builder/amazon: User data can use templates/variables. [GH-1343]
* builder/amazon: Can now build AMIs in GovCloud.
* builder/null: SSH info can use templates/variables. [GH-1343]
* builder/openstack: Workaround for gophercloud.ServerById crashing. [GH-1257]
* builder/openstack: Force IPv4 addresses from address pools. [GH-1258]
* builder/parallels: Do not delete entire CDROM device. [GH-1115]
* builder/parallels: Errors while creating floppy disk. [GH-1225]
* builder/parallels: Errors while removing floppy drive. [GH-1226]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Supports guest additions options. [GH-1120]
* builder/vmware-iso: Fix esx5 path separator in windows. [GH-1316]
* builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder now uploads floppy. [GH-1106]
* builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder no longer re-uploads ISO every
    time. [GH-1244]
* post-processor/vsphere: Accept DOMAIN\account usernames. [GH-1178]
    * provisioner/chef-*: Fix remotePaths for Windows. [GH-394]

## 0.6.0 (May 2, 2014)

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** `null` - The null builder does not produce any
    artifacts, but is useful for debugging provisioning scripts. [GH-970]
* **New builder:** `parallels-iso` and `parallels-pvm` - These can be
    used to build Parallels virtual machines. [GH-1101]
* **New provisioner:** `chef-client` - Provision using a the `chef-client`
    command, which talks to a Chef Server. [GH-855]
* **New provisioner:** `puppet-server` - Provision using Puppet by
    communicating to a Puppet master. [GH-796]
* `min_packer_version` can be specified in a Packer template to force
    a minimum version. [GH-487]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: RPC transport between plugins switched to MessagePack
* core: Templates array values can now be comma separated strings.
    Most importantly, this allows for user variables to fill
    array configurations. [GH-950]
* builder/amazon: Added `ssh_private_key_file` option. [GH-971]
* builder/amazon: Added `ami_virtualization_type` option. [GH-1021]
* builder/digitalocean: Regions, image names, and sizes can be
    names that are looked up for their valid ID. [GH-960]
* builder/googlecompute: Configurable instance name. [GH-1065]
* builder/openstack: Support for conventional OpenStack environmental
    variables such as `OS_USERNAME`, `OS_PASSWORD`, etc. [GH-768]
* builder/openstack: Support `openstack_provider` option to automatically
    fill defaults for different OpenStack variants. [GH-912]
* builder/openstack: Support security groups. [GH-848]
* builder/qemu: User variable expansion in `ssh_key_path` [GH-918]
* builder/qemu: Floppy disk files list can also include globs
    and directories. [GH-1086]
* builder/virtualbox: Support an `export_opts` option which allows
    specifying arbitrary arguments when exporting the VM. [GH-945]
* builder/virtualbox: Added `vboxmanage_post` option to run vboxmanage
    commands just before exporting. [GH-664]
* builder/virtualbox: Floppy disk files list can also include globs
    and directories. [GH-1086]
* builder/vmware: Workstation 10 support for Linux. [GH-900]
* builder/vmware: add cloning support on Windows. [GH-824]
* builder/vmware: Floppy disk files list can also include globs
    and directories. [GH-1086]
* command/build: Added `-parallel` flag so you can disable parallelization
    with `-no-parallel`. [GH-924]
* post-processors/vsphere: `disk_mode` option. [GH-778]
* provisioner/ansible: Add `inventory_file` option. [GH-1006]
* provisioner/chef-client: Add `validation_client_name` option. [GH-1056]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Errors are properly shown when adding bad floppy files. [GH-1043]
* core: Fix some URL parsing issues on Windows.
* core: Create Cache directory only when it is needed. [GH-367]
* builder/amazon-instance: Use S3Endpoint for ec2-upload-bundle arg,
    which works for every region. [GH-904]
* builder/digitalocean: updated default image_id. [GH-1032]
* builder/googlecompute: Create persistent disk as boot disk via
    API v1. [GH-1001]
* builder/openstack: Return proper error on invalid instance states. [GH-1018]
* builder/virtualbox-iso: Retry unregister a few times to deal with
    VBoxManage randomness. [GH-915]
* provisioner/ansible: Fix paths when provisioning Linux from
    Windows. [GH-963]
* provisioner/ansible: set cwd to staging directory. [GH-1016]
* provisioners/chef-client: Don't chown directory with Ubuntu. [GH-939]
* provisioners/chef-solo: Deeply nested JSON works properly. [GH-1076]
* provisioners/shell: Env var values can have equal signs. [GH-1045]
* provisioners/shell: chmod the uploaded script file to 0777. [GH-994]
* post-processor/docker-push: Allow repositories with ports. [GH-923]
* post-processor/vagrant: Create parent directories for `output` path. [GH-1059]
* post-processor/vsphere: datastore, network, and folder are no longer
    required. [GH-1091]

## 0.5.2 (02/21/2014)

### FEATURES:

*  **New post-processor:** `docker-import` - Import a Docker image and give it
    a specific repository/tag.
*  **New post-processor:** `docker-push` - Push an imported image to
    a registry.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Most downloads made by Packer now use a custom user agent. [GH-803]
* builder/googlecompute: SSH private key will be saved to disk if `-debug` is
    specified. [GH-867]
* builder/qemu: Can specify the name of the qemu binary. [GH-854]
* builder/virtualbox-ovf: Can specify import options such as "keepallmacs".
    [GH-883]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Fix crash case if blank parameters are given to Packer. [GH-832]
* core: Fix crash if big file uploads are done. [GH-897]
* core: Fix crash if machine-readable output is going to a closed
    pipe. [GH-875]
* builder/docker: user variables work properly. [GH-777]
* builder/qemu: reboots are now possible in provisioners. [GH-864]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: iso\_checksum is not required if the
    checksum type is "none"
* builder/virtualbox,vmware/qemu: Support for additional scancodes for
    `boot_command` such as `<up>`, `<left>`, `<insert>`, etc. [GH-808]
* communicator/ssh: Send TCP keep-alives on connections. [GH-872]
* post-processor/vagrant: AWS/DigitalOcean keep input artifacts by
    default. [GH-55]
* provisioners/ansible-local: Properly upload custom playbooks. [GH-829]
* provisioners/ansible-local: Better error if ansible isn't installed.
    [GH-836]

## 0.5.1 (01/02/2014)

### BUG FIXES:

* core: If a stream ID loops around, don't let it use stream ID 0. [GH-767]
* core: Fix issue where large writes to plugins would result in stream
    corruption. [GH-727]
* builders/virtualbox-ovf: `shutdown_timeout` config works. [GH-772]
* builders/vmware-iso: Remote driver works properly again. [GH-773]

## 0.5.0 (12/30/2013)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* "virtualbox" builder has been renamed to "virtualbox-iso". Running your
    template through `packer fix` will resolve this.
* "vmware" builder has been renamed to "vmware-iso". Running your template
    through `packer fix` will resolve this.
* post-processor/vagrant: Syntax for overriding by provider has changed.
    See the documentation for more information. Running your template
    through `packer fix` should resolve this.
* post-processor/vsphere: Some available configuration options were
    changed. Running your template through `packer fix` should resolve
    this.
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: The `execute_command` no longer has
    the `Has*` variables, since the templating language now supports
    comparison operations. See the Go documentation for more info:
    http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/

### FEATURES:

* **New builder:** Google Compute Engine. You can now build images for
    use in Google Compute Engine. See the documentation for more information.
    [GH-715]
* **New builder:** "virtualbox-ovf" can build VirtualBox images from
    an existing OVF or OVA. [GH-201]
* **New builder:** "vmware-vmx" can build VMware images from an existing
    VMX. [GH-201]
* Environmental variables can now be accessed as default values for
    user variables using the "env" function. See the documentation for more
    information.
* "description" field in templates: write a human-readable description
    of what a template does. This will be shown in `packer inspect`.
* Vagrant post-processor now accepts a list of files to include in the
    box.
* All provisioners can now have a "pause\_before" parameter to wait
    some period of time before running that provisioner. This is useful
    for reboots. [GH-737]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Plugins communicate over a single TCP connection per plugin now,
    instead of sometimes dozens. Performance around plugin communication
    dramatically increased.
* core: Build names are now template processed so you can use things
    like user variables in them. [GH-744]
* core: New "pwd" function available globally that returns the working
    directory. [GH-762]
* builder/amazon/all: Launched EC2 instances now have a name of
    "Packer Builder" so that they are easily recognizable. [GH-642]
* builder/amazon/all: Copying AMIs to multiple regions now happens
    in parallel. [GH-495]
* builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify "run\_tags" to tag the instance
    while running. [GH-722]
* builder/digitalocean: Private networking support. [GH-698]
* builder/docker: A "run\_command" can be specified, configuring how
    the container is started. [GH-648]
* builder/openstack: In debug mode, the generated SSH keypair is saved
    so you can SSH into the machine. [GH-746]
* builder/qemu: Floppy files are supported. [GH-686]
* builder/qemu: Next `run_once` option tells Qemu to run only once,
    which is useful for Windows installs that handle reboots for you.
    [GH-687]
* builder/virtualbox: Nice errors if Packer can't write to
    the output directory.
* builder/virtualbox: ISO is ejected prior to export.
* builder/virtualbox: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471]
* builder/vmware: Can now specify path to the Fusion application. [GH-677]
* builder/vmware: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: Can now specify a `manifest_dir` to
    upload manifests to the remote machine for imports. [GH-655]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: No colored output in machine-readable output. [GH-684]
* core: User variables can now be used for non-string fields. [GH-598]
* core: Fix bad download paths if the download URL contained a "."
    before a "/" [GH-716]
* core: "{{timestamp}}" values will always be the same for the entire
    duration of a build. [GH-744]
* builder/amazon: Handle cases where security group isn't instantly
    available. [GH-494]
* builder/virtualbox: don't download guest additions if disabled. [GH-731]
* post-processor/vsphere: Uploads VM properly. [GH-694]
* post-processor/vsphere: Process user variables.
* provisioner/ansible-local: all configurations are processed as templates
    [GH-749]
* provisioner/ansible-local: playbook paths are properly validated
    as directories, not files. [GH-710]
* provisioner/chef-solo: Environments are recognized. [GH-726]

## 0.4.1 (December 7, 2013)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/ebs: New option allows associating a public IP with
    non-default VPC instances. [GH-660]
* builder/openstack: A "proxy\_url" setting was added to define an HTTP
    proxy to use when building with this builder. [GH-637]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Don't change background color on CLI anymore, making things look
    a tad nicer in some terminals.
* core: multiple ISO URLs works properly in all builders. [GH-683]
* builder/amazon/chroot: Block when obtaining file lock to allow
    parallel builds. [GH-689]
* builder/amazon/instance: Add location flag to upload bundle command
    so that building AMIs works out of us-east-1. [GH-679]
* builder/qemu: Qemu arguments are templated. [GH-688]
* builder/vmware: Cleanup of VMX keys works properly so cd-rom won't
    get stuck with ISO. [GH-685]
* builder/vmware: File cleanup is more resilient to file delete races
    with the operating system. [GH-675]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: Check for hiera config path existence
    properly. [GH-656]

## 0.4.0 (November 19, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* Docker builder: build and export Docker containers, easily provisioned
    with any of the Packer built-in provisioners.
* QEMU builder: builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen using QEMU.
* Remote ESXi builder: builds a VMware VM using ESXi remotely using only
    SSH to an ESXi machine directly.
* vSphere post-processor: Can upload VMware artifacts to vSphere
* Vagrant post-processor can now make DigitalOcean provider boxes. [GH-504]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/all: Can now specify a list of multiple security group
    IDs to apply. [GH-499]
* builder/amazon/all: AWS API requests are now retried when a temporary
    network error occurs as well as 500 errors. [GH-559]
* builder/virtualbox: Use VBOX\_INSTALL\_PATH env var on Windows to find
    VBoxManage. [GH-628]
* post-processor/vagrant: skips gzip compression when compression_level=0
* provisioner/chef-solo: Encrypted data bag support. [GH-625]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon/chroot: Copying empty directories works. [GH-588]
* builder/amazon/chroot: Chroot commands work with shell provisioners. [GH-581]
* builder/amazon/chroot: Don't choose a mount point that is a partition of
    an already mounted device. [GH-635]
* builder/virtualbox: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618]
* builder/vmware: VMX modifications are now case-insensitive. [GH-608]
* builder/vmware: VMware Fusion won't ask for VM upgrade.
* builder/vmware: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618]
* provisioner/chef-solo: Output is slightly prettier and more informative.

## 0.3.11 (November 4, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* builder/amazon/ebs: Ability to specify which availability zone to create
    instance in. [GH-536]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: builders can now give warnings during validation. warnings won't
    fail the build but may hint at potential future problems.
* builder/digitalocean: Can now specify a droplet name
* builder/virtualbox: Can now disable guest addition download entirely
    by setting "guest_additions_mode" to "disable" [GH-580]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: ISO urls can now be https. [GH-587]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: Warning if shutdown command is not specified,
    since it is a common case of data loss.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Won't panic when writing to a bad pipe. [GH-560]
* builder/amazon/all: Properly scrub access key and secret key from logs.
    [GH-554]
* builder/openstack: Properly scrub password from logs. [GH-554]
* builder/virtualbox: No panic if SSH host port min/max is the same. [GH-594]
* builder/vmware: checks if `ifconfig` is in `/sbin` [GH-591]
* builder/vmware: Host IP lookup works for non-C locales. [GH-592]
* common/uuid: Use cryptographically secure PRNG when generating
    UUIDs. [GH-552]
* communicator/ssh: File uploads that exceed the size of memory no longer
    cause crashes. [GH-561]

## 0.3.10 (October 20, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* Ansible provisioner

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* post-processor/vagrant: support instance-store AMIs built by Packer. [GH-502]
* post-processor/vagrant: can now specify compression level to use
    when creating the box. [GH-506]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/all: timeout waiting for SSH connection is a failure. [GH-491]
* builder/amazon: Scrub sensitive data from the logs. [GH-521]
* builder/amazon: Handle the situation where an EC2 instance might not
    be immediately available. [GH-522]
* builder/amazon/chroot: Files copied into the chroot remove destination
    before copy, fixing issues with dangling symlinks. [GH-500]
* builder/digitalocean: don't panic if erroneous API response doesn't
    contain error message. [GH-492]
* builder/digitalocean: scrub API keys from config debug output. [GH-516]
* builder/virtualbox: error if VirtualBox version cant be detected. [GH-488]
* builder/virtualbox: detect if vboxdrv isn't properly setup. [GH-488]
* builder/virtualbox: sleep a bit before export to ensure the session
    is unlocked. [GH-512]
* builder/virtualbox: create SATA drives properly on VirtualBox 4.3. [GH-547]
* builder/virtualbox: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539]
* builder/vmware: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539]
* communicator/ssh: Fix issue where a panic could arise from a nil
    dereference. [GH-525]
* post-processor/vagrant: Fix issue with VirtualBox OVA. [GH-548]
* provisioner/salt: Move salt states to correct remote directory. [GH-513]
* provisioner/shell: Won't block on certain scripts on Windows anymore.
    [GH-507]

## 0.3.9 (October 2, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* The Amazon chroot builder is now able to run without any `sudo` privileges
    by using the "command_wrapper" configuration. [GH-430]
* Chef provisioner supports environments. [GH-483]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: default user variable values don't need to be strings. [GH-456]
* builder/amazon-chroot: Fix errors with waitin for state change. [GH-459]
* builder/digitalocean: Use proper error message JSON key (DO API change).
* communicator/ssh: SCP uploads now work properly when directories
    contain symlinks. [GH-449]
* provisioner/chef-solo: Data bags and roles path are now properly
    populated when set. [GH-470]
* provisioner/shell: Windows line endings are actually properly changed
    to Unix line endings. [GH-477]

## 0.3.8 (September 22, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* core: You can now specify `only` and `except` configurations on any
    provisioner or post-processor to specify a list of builds that they
    are valid for. [GH-438]
* builders/virtualbox: Guest additions can be attached rather than uploaded,
    easier to handle for Windows guests. [GH-405]
* provisioner/chef-solo: Ability to specify a custom Chef configuration
    template.
* provisioner/chef-solo: Roles and data bags support. [GH-348]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: User variables can now be used for integer, boolean, etc.
    values. [GH-418]
* core: Plugins made with incompatible versions will no longer load.
* builder/amazon/all: Interrupts work while waiting for AMI to be ready.
* provisioner/shell: Script line-endings are automatically converted to
    Unix-style line-endings. Can be disabled by setting "binary" to "true".
    [GH-277]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Set TCP KeepAlives on internally created RPC connections so that
    they don't die. [GH-416]
* builder/amazon/all: While waiting for AMI, will detect "failed" state.
* builder/amazon/all: Waiting for state will detect if the resource (AMI,
    instance, etc.) disappears from under it.
* builder/amazon/instance: Exclude only contents of /tmp, not /tmp
    itself. [GH-437]
* builder/amazon/instance: Make AccessKey/SecretKey available to bundle
    command even when they come from the environment. [GH-434]
* builder/virtualbox: F1-F12 and delete scancodes now work. [GH-425]
* post-processor/vagrant: Override configurations properly work. [GH-426]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: Fix failure case when both facter vars
    are used and prevent_sudo. [GH-415]
* provisioner/puppet-masterless: User variables now work properly in
    manifest file and hiera path. [GH-448]

## 0.3.7 (September 9, 2013)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* The "event_delay" option for the DigitalOcean builder is now gone.
    The builder automatically waits for events to go away. Run your templates
    through `packer fix` to get rid of these.

### FEATURES:

* **NEW PROVISIONER:** `puppet-masterless`. You can now provision with
    a masterless Puppet setup. [GH-234]
* New globally available template function: `uuid`. Generates a new random
    UUID.
* New globally available template function: `isotime`. Generates the
    current time in ISO standard format.
* New Amazon template function: `clean_ami_name`. Substitutes '-' for
    characters that are illegal to use in an AMI name.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify the format of the temporary
    keypair created. [GH-389]
* builder/amazon/all: Support the NoDevice flag for block mappings. [GH-396]
* builder/digitalocean: Retry on any pending event errors.
* builder/openstack: Can now specify a project. [GH-382]
* builder/virtualbox: Can now attach hard drive over SATA. [GH-391]
* provisioner/file: Can now upload directories. [GH-251]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Detect if SCP is not enabled on the other side. [GH-386]
* builder/amazon/all: When copying AMI to multiple regions, copy
    the metadata (tags and attributes) as well. [GH-388]
* builder/amazon/all: Fix panic case where eventually consistent
    instance state caused an index out of bounds.
* builder/virtualbox: The `vm_name` setting now properly sets the OVF
    name of the output. [GH-401]
* builder/vmware: Autoanswer VMware dialogs. [GH-393]
* command/inspect: Fix weird output for default values for optional vars.

## 0.3.6 (September 2, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* User variables can now be specified as "required", meaning the user
    MUST specify a value. Just set the default value to "null". [GH-374]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Much improved interrupt handling. For example, interrupts now
    cancel much more quickly within provisioners.
* builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the keypair used will be saved to
    the current directory so you can access the machine. [GH-373]
* builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the DNS is outputted.
* builder/openstack: IPv6 addresses supported for SSH. [GH-379]
* communicator/ssh: Support for private keys encrypted using PKCS8. [GH-376]
* provisioner/chef-solo: You can now use user variables in the `json`
    configuration for Chef. [GH-362]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Concurrent map access is completely gone, fixing rare issues
    with runtime memory corruption. [GH-307]
* core: Fix possible panic when ctrl-C during provisioner run.
* builder/digitalocean: Retry destroy a few times because DO sometimes
    gives false errors.
* builder/openstack: Properly handle the case no image is made. [GH-375]
* builder/openstack: Specifying a region is now required in a template.
* provisioners/salt-masterless: Use filepath join to properly join paths.

## 0.3.5 (August 28, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* **NEW BUILDER:** `openstack`. You can now build on OpenStack. [GH-155]
* **NEW PROVISIONER:** `chef-solo`. You can now provision with Chef
    using `chef-solo` from local cookbooks.
* builder/amazon: Copy AMI to multiple regions with `ami_regions`. [GH-322]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: Can now use SSH keys as an auth mechanism for
    SSH using `ssh_key_path`. [GH-70]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: Support SHA512 as a checksum type. [GH-356]
* builder/vmware: The root hard drive type can now be specified with
    "disk_type_id" for advanced users. [GH-328]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to specify a minion config. [GH-264]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to upload pillars. [GH-353]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Output message when Ctrl-C received that we're cleaning up. [GH-338]
* builder/amazon: Tagging now works with all amazon builder types.
* builder/vmware: Option `ssh_skip_request_pty` for not requesting a PTY
    for the SSH connection. [GH-270]
* builder/vmware: Specify a `vmx_template_path` in order to customize
    the generated VMX. [GH-270]
* command/build: Machine-readable output now contains build errors, if any.
* command/build: An "end" sentinel is outputted in machine-readable output
    for artifact listing so it is easier to know when it is over.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Fixed a couple cases where a double ctrl-C could panic.
* core: Template validation fails if an override is specified for a
    non-existent builder. [GH-336]
* core: The SSH connection is heartbeated so that drops can be
    detected. [GH-200]
* builder/amazon/instance: Remove check for ec2-ami-tools because it
    didn't allow absolute paths to work properly. [GH-330]
* builder/digitalocean: Send a soft shutdown request so that files
    are properly synced before shutdown. [GH-332]
* command/build,command/validate: If a non-existent build is specified to
    '-only' or '-except', it is now an error. [GH-326]
* post-processor/vagrant: Setting OutputPath with a timestamp now
    always works properly. [GH-324]
* post-processor/vagrant: VirtualBox OVA formats now turn into
    Vagrant boxes properly. [GH-331]
* provisioner/shell: Retry upload if start command fails, making reboot
    handling much more robust.

## 0.3.4 (August 21, 2013)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* post-processor/vagrant: the file being compressed will be shown
    in the UI. [GH-314]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Avoid panics when double-interrupting Packer.
* provisioner/shell: Retry shell script uploads, making reboots more
    robust if they happen to fail in this stage. [GH-282]

## 0.3.3 (August 19, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* builder/virtualbox: support exporting in OVA format. [GH-309]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: All HTTP downloads across Packer now support the standard
    proxy environmental variables (`HTTP_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY`, etc.) [GH-252]
* builder/amazon: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified by
    environmental variables.
* builder/digitalocean: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified
    by environmental variables.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: TCP connection between plugin processes will keep-alive. [GH-312]
* core: No more "unused key keep_input_artifact" for post processors. [GH-310]
* post-processor/vagrant: `output_path` templates now work again.

## 0.3.2 (August 18, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* New command: `packer inspect`. This command tells you the components of
    a template. It respects the `-machine-readable` flag as well so you can
    parse out components of a template.
* Packer will detect its own crashes (always a bug) and save a "crash.log"
    file.
* builder/virtualbox: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO
    using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order.
* builder/vmware: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO
    using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: built with Go 1.1.2
* core: packer help output now loads much faster.
* builder/virtualbox: guest_additions_url can now use the `Version`
    variable to get the VirtualBox version. [GH-272]
* builder/virtualbox: Do not check for VirtualBox as part of template
    validation; only check at execution.
* builder/vmware: Do not check for VMware as part of template validation;
    only check at execution.
* command/build: A path of "-" will read the template from stdin.
* builder/amazon: add block device mappings. [GH-90]

### BUG FIXES:

* windows: file URLs are easier to get right as Packer
    has better parsing and error handling for Windows file paths. [GH-284]
* builder/amazon/all: Modifying more than one AMI attribute type no longer
    crashes.
* builder/amazon-instance: send IAM instance profile data. [GH-294]
* builder/digitalocean: API request parameters are properly URL
    encoded. [GH-281]
* builder/virtualbox: download progress won't be shown until download
    actually starts. [GH-288]
* builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly
    written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285]
* builder/vmware: download progress won't be shown until download
    actually starts. [GH-288]
* builder/vmware: interrupt works while typing commands over VNC.
* builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly
    written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285]
* post-processor/vagrant: Process user variables. [GH-295]

## 0.3.1 (August 12, 2013)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* provisioner/shell: New setting `start_retry_timeout` which is the timeout
    for the provisioner to attempt to _start_ the remote process. This allows
    the shell provisioner to work properly with reboots. [GH-260]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Remote command output containing '\r' now looks much better
    within the Packer output.
* builder/vmware: Fix issue with finding driver files. [GH-279]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: Uploads work properly from Windows. [GH-276]

## 0.3.0 (August 12, 2013)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* All `{{.CreateTime}}` variables within templates (such as for AMI names)
    are now replaced with `{{timestamp}}`. Run `packer fix` to fix your
    templates.

### FEATURES:

* **User Variables** allow you to specify variables within your templates
    that can be replaced using the command-line, files, or environmental
    variables. This dramatically improves the portability of packer templates.
    See the documentation for more information.
* **Machine-readable output** can be enabled by passing the
    `-machine-readable` flag to _any_ Packer command.
* All strings in a template are now processed for variables/functions,
    so things like `{{timestamp}}` can be used everywhere. More features will
    be added in the future.
* The `amazon` builders (all of them) can now have attributes of their
    resulting AMIs modified, such as access permissions and product codes.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/all: User data can be passed to start the instances. [GH-253]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: `local_state_tree` is no longer required,
    allowing you to use shell provisioner (or others) to bring this down.
    [GH-269]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon/ebs,instance: Retry deleing security group a few times.
    [GH-278]
* builder/vmware: Workstation works on Windows XP now. [GH-238]
* builder/vmware: Look for files on Windows in multiple locations
    using multiple environmental variables. [GH-263]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: states aren't deleted after the run
    anymore. [GH-265]
* provisioner/salt-masterless: error if any commands exit with a non-zero
    exit status. [GH-266]

## 0.2.3 (August 7, 2013)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/all: Added Amazon AMI tag support. [GH-233]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Absolute/relative filepaths on Windows now work for iso_url
    and other settings. [GH-240]
* builder/amazon/all: instance info is refreshed while waiting for SSH,
    allowing Packer to see updated IP/DNS info. [GH-243]

## 0.2.2 (August 1, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* New builder: `amazon-chroot` can create EBS-backed AMIs without launching
    a new EC2 instance. This can shave minutes off of the AMI creation process.
    See the docs for more info.
* New provisioner: `salt-masterless` will provision the node using Salt
    without a master.
* The `vmware` builder now works with Workstation 9 on Windows. [GH-222]
* The `vmware` builder now works with Player 5 on Linux. [GH-190]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Colors won't be outputted on Windows unless in Cygwin.
* builder/amazon/all: Added `iam_instance_profile` to launch the source
    image with a given IAM profile. [GH-226]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/virtualbox,vmware: relative paths work properly as URL
    configurations. [GH-215]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: fix race condition in deleting the output
    directory on Windows by retrying.

## 0.2.1 (July 26, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* New builder: `amazon-instance` can create instance-storage backed
    AMIs.
* VMware builder now works with Workstation 9 on Linux.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* builder/amazon/all: Ctrl-C while waiting for state change works
* builder/amazon/ebs: Can now launch instances into a VPC for added protection. [GH-210]
* builder/virtualbox,vmware: Add backspace, delete, and F1-F12 keys to the boot
    command.
* builder/virtualbox: massive performance improvements with big ISO files because
    an expensive copy is avoided. [GH-202]
* builder/vmware: CD is removed prior to exporting final machine. [GH-198]

### BUG FIXES:

* builder/amazon/all: Gracefully handle when AMI appears to not exist
    while AWS state is propagating. [GH-207]
* builder/virtualbox: Trim carriage returns for Windows to properly
    detect VM state on Windows. [GH-218]
* core: build names no longer cause invalid config errors. [GH-197]
* command/build: If any builds fail, exit with non-zero exit status.
* communicator/ssh: SCP exit codes are tested and errors are reported. [GH-195]
* communicator/ssh: Properly change slash direction for Windows hosts. [GH-218]

## 0.2.0 (July 16, 2013)

### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

* "iso_md5" in the virtualbox and vmware builders is replaced with
    "iso_checksum" and "iso_checksum_type" (with the latter set to "md5").
    See the announce below on `packer fix` to automatically fix your templates.

### FEATURES:

* **NEW COMMAND:** `packer fix` will attempt to fix templates from older
    versions of Packer that are now broken due to backwards incompatibilities.
    This command will fix the backwards incompatibilities introduced in this
    version.
* Amazon EBS builder can now optionally use a pre-made security group
    instead of randomly generating one.
* DigitalOcean API key and client IDs can now be passed in as
    environmental variables. See the documentation for more details.
* VirtualBox and VMware can now have `floppy_files` specified to attach
    floppy disks when booting. This allows for unattended Windows installs.
* `packer build` has a new `-force` flag that forces the removal of
    existing artifacts if they exist. [GH-173]
* You can now log to a file (instead of just stderr) by setting the
    `PACKER_LOG_FILE` environmental variable. [GH-168]
* Checksums other than MD5 can now be used. SHA1 and SHA256 can also
    be used. See the documentation on `iso_checksum_type` for more info. [GH-175]

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: invalid keys in configuration are now considered validation
    errors. [GH-104]
* core: all builders now share a common SSH connection core, improving
    SSH reliability over all the builders.
* amazon-ebs: Credentials will come from IAM role if available. [GH-160]
* amazon-ebs: Verify the source AMI is EBS-backed before launching. [GH-169]
* shell provisioner: the build name and builder type are available in
    the `PACKER_BUILD_NAME` and `PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE` env vars by default,
    respectively. [GH-154]
* vmware: error if shutdown command has non-zero exit status.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: UI messages are now properly prefixed with spaces again.
* core: If SSH connection ends, re-connection attempts will take
    place. [GH-152]
* virtualbox: "paused" doesn't mean the VM is stopped, improving
    shutdown detection.
* vmware: error if guest IP could not be detected. [GH-189]

## 0.1.5 (July 7, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* "file" uploader will upload files from the machine running Packer to the
    remote machine.
* VirtualBox guest additions URL and checksum can now be specified, allowing
    the VirtualBox builder to have the ability to be used completely offline.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: If SCP is not available, a more descriptive error message
    is shown telling the user. [GH-127]
* shell: Scripts are now executed by default according to their shebang,
    not with `/bin/sh`. [GH-105]
* shell: You can specify what interpreter you want inline scripts to
    run with `inline_shebang`.
* virtualbox: Delete the packer-made SSH port forwarding prior to
    exporting the VM.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Non-200 response codes on downloads now show proper errors.
    [GH-141]
* amazon-ebs: SSH handshake is retried. [GH-130]
* vagrant: The `BuildName` template property works properly in
    the output path.
* vagrant: Properly configure the provider-specific post-processors so
    things like `vagrantfile_template` work. [GH-129]
* vagrant: Close filehandles when copying files so Windows can
    rename files. [GH-100]

## 0.1.4 (July 2, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* virtualbox: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99]
* virtualbox: <wait5> and <wait10> codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds
    during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97]
* vmware: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99]
* vmware: <wait5> and <wait10> codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds
    during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97]
* vmware: Disks are defragmented and compacted at the end of the build.
    This can be disabled using "skip_compaction"

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Template syntax errors now show line and character number. [GH-56]
* amazon-ebs: Access key and secret access key default to
    environmental variables. [GH-40]
* virtualbox: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth. [GH-121]
* vmware: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth. [GH-121]

### BUG FIXES:

* vmware: Wait until shut down cleans up properly to avoid corrupt
    disk files. [GH-111]

## 0.1.3 (July 1, 2013)

### FEATURES:

* The VMware builder can now upload the VMware tools for you into
    the VM. This is opt-in, you must specify the `tools_upload_flavor`
    option. See the website for more documentation.

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* digitalocean: Errors contain human-friendly error messages. [GH-85]

### BUG FIXES:

* core: More plugin server fixes that avoid hangs on OS X 10.7. [GH-87]
* vagrant: AWS boxes will keep the AMI artifact around. [GH-55]
* virtualbox: More robust version parsing for uploading guest additions. [GH-69]
* virtualbox: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name,
    avoiding collisions. [GH-91]
* vmware: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name,
    avoiding collisions. [GH-91]

## 0.1.2 (June 29, 2013)

### IMPROVEMENTS:

* core: Template doesn't validate if there are no builders.
* vmware: Delete any VMware files in the VM that aren't necessary for
    it to function.

### BUG FIXES:

* core: Plugin servers consider a port in use if there is any
    error listening to it. This fixes I18n issues and Windows. [GH-58]
* amazon-ebs: Sleep between checking instance state to avoid
    RequestLimitExceeded. [GH-50]
* vagrant: Rename VirtualBox ovf to "box.ovf" [GH-64]
* vagrant: VMware boxes have the correct provider type.
* vmware: Properly populate files in artifact so that the Vagrant
    post-processor works. [GH-63]

## 0.1.1 (June 28, 2013)

### BUG FIXES:

* core: plugins listen explicitly on 127.0.0.1, fixing odd hangs. [GH-37]
* core: fix race condition on verifying checksum of large ISOs which
    could cause panics. [GH-52]
* virtualbox: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44]
* virtualbox: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer
    panic. [GH-53]
* vmware: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44]
* vmware: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer
    panic. [GH-53]

## 0.1.0 (June 28, 2013)

* Initial release
