Merge pull request #945 from benlangfeld:feature/vb_output_opts (manually)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
 
 * builder/amazon: Added `ssh_private_key_file` option [GH-971]
 * builder/qemu: User variable expansion in `ssh_key_path` [GH-918]
+* builder/virtualbox: Support an `export_opts` option which allows
+  specifying arbitrary arguments when exporting the VM. [GH-945]
 * builder/vmware: Workstation 10 support for Linux. [GH-900]
 * builder/vmware: add cloning support on Windows [GH-824]
 * command/build: Added '-parallel' flag so you can disable parallelization

builder/virtualbox/common/export_opts.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+type ExportOpts struct {
+	ExportOpts []string `mapstructure:"export_opts"`
+}
+
+func (c *ExportOpts) Prepare(t *packer.ConfigTemplate) []error {
+	if c.ExportOpts == nil {
+		c.ExportOpts = make([]string, 0)
+	}
+
+	errs := make([]error, 0)
+	for i, str := range c.ExportOpts {
+		var err error
+		c.ExportOpts[i], err = t.Process(str, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("Error processing %s: %s", "export_opts", err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errs
+}

builder/virtualbox/common/export_opts_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExportOptsPrepare_BootWait(t *testing.T) {
+	var c *ExportOpts
+	var errs []error
+
+	// Good
+	c = new(ExportOpts)
+	c.ExportOpts = []string{
+		"--options",
+	}
+	errs = c.Prepare(testConfigTemplate(t))
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("should not have error: %s", errs)
+	}
+}

builder/virtualbox/common/step_export.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"log"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 type StepExport struct {
 	Format     string
 	OutputDir  string
+	ExportOpts []string
 }
 
 func (s *StepExport) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -52,7 +54,10 @@ func (s *StepExport) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		outputPath,
 	}
 
+	command = append(command, s.ExportOpts...)
+
 	ui.Say("Exporting virtual machine...")
+	ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Executing: %s", strings.Join(command, " ")))
 	err := driver.VBoxManage(command...)
 	if err != nil {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error exporting virtual machine: %s", err)

builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Builder struct {
 type config struct {
 	common.PackerConfig          `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.ExportConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	vboxcommon.ExportOpts        `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.FloppyConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.OutputConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.RunConfig         `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	// Accumulate any errors and warnings
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.ExportConfig.Prepare(b.config.tpl)...)
+	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.ExportOpts.Prepare(b.config.tpl)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.FloppyConfig.Prepare(b.config.tpl)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(
 		errs, b.config.OutputConfig.Prepare(b.config.tpl, &b.config.PackerConfig)...)
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&vboxcommon.StepExport{
 			Format:     b.config.Format,
 			OutputDir:  b.config.OutputDir,
+			ExportOpts: b.config.ExportOpts.ExportOpts,
 		},
 	}
 

builder/virtualbox/ovf/builder.go

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&vboxcommon.StepExport{
 			Format:     b.config.Format,
 			OutputDir:  b.config.OutputDir,
+			ExportOpts: b.config.ExportOpts.ExportOpts,
 		},
 	}
 

builder/virtualbox/ovf/config.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type Config struct {
 	common.PackerConfig          `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.ExportConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	vboxcommon.ExportOpts        `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.FloppyConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.OutputConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	vboxcommon.RunConfig         `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func NewConfig(raws ...interface{}) (*Config, []string, error) {
 	// Prepare the errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, c.ExportConfig.Prepare(c.tpl)...)
+	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, c.ExportOpts.Prepare(c.tpl)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, c.FloppyConfig.Prepare(c.tpl)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, c.OutputConfig.Prepare(c.tpl, &c.PackerConfig)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, c.RunConfig.Prepare(c.tpl)...)

website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html.markdown

@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ Optional:
   machine, without the file extension. By default this is "packer-BUILDNAME",
   where "BUILDNAME" is the name of the build.
 
+* `export_opts` (array of strings) - Additional options to pass to the `VBoxManage export`.
+  This can be useful for passing product information to include in the resulting
+  appliance file.
+
 ## Boot Command
 
 The `boot_command` configuration is very important: it specifies the keys

website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox-ovf.html.markdown

@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ Optional:
   This can be useful for passing "keepallmacs" or "keepnatmacs" options for existing
   ovf images.
 
+* `export_opts` (array of strings) - Additional options to pass to the `VBoxManage export`.
+  This can be useful for passing product information to include in the resulting
+  appliance file.
+
 ## Guest Additions
 
 Packer will automatically download the proper guest additions for the