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# Packer
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Packer is a tool for building identical machine images across multiple clouds.
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Packer provides a framework and configuration format for creating identical
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machine images to launch into any environment, such as VirtualBox, VMware,
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Amazon EC2, etc. Because this build process is automated, you can develop in
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VirtualBox, then deploy to EC2 with an identical image.
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2013-03-23 03:48:20 -04:00
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## Developing Packer
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2013-03-23 03:48:20 -04:00
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If you wish to work on Packer itself, you'll first need [Go](http://golang.org)
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installed. Next, clone this repository and source "setup.sh" in your shell. This
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will set up the environmental variables properly to work on Packer. After
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that, just run `make`. Commands:
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```
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$ source setup.sh
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$ make
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```
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