* used components that don't have a required_plugin block will make Packer 'implicitly' require those. These components are manually selected and commented for now.
* add tests
* docs
This changes wraps the plugin client start call with an anonymous function so that Packer starts a
new plugin for each occurrence of a particular plugin block.
Before only one subprocess was being created causing subsquent calls to fail as it was trying start
an already started plugin subprocess.
Before Change
```
???????: failed loading comment: error dial unix /tmp/packer-plugin358226172: connect: no such file or directory
2021/02/05 16:09:13 On error:
2021/02/05 16:09:13 Waiting on builds to complete...
2021/02/05 16:09:13 Starting build run: null.basic-example
2021/02/05 16:09:13 Running builder:
2021/02/05 16:09:13 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting builder
on examples/basic-example.pkr.hcl line 29:
(source code not available)
dial unix /tmp/packer-plugin358226172: connect: no such file or directory
???????: failed loading comment: error dial unix /tmp/packer-plugin358226172: connect: no such file or directory
2021/02/05 16:09:13 packer.test plugin: [INFO] communicator disabled, will not connect
2021/02/05 16:09:13 packer.test plugin: Unable to load communicator config from state to populate provisionHookData
on examples/basic-example.pkr.hcl line 38:
2021/02/05 16:09:13 packer.test plugin: Running the provision hook
(source code not available)
dial unix /tmp/packer-plugin358226172: connect: no such file or directory
???????: failed loading comment: error dial unix /tmp/packer-plugin358226172: connect: no such file or directory
on examples/basic-example.pkr.hcl line 42:
(source code not available)
2021/02/05 16:09:13 [INFO] (telemetry) Starting provisioner comment
dial unix /tmp/packer-plugin358226172: connect: no such file or directory
```
After change
```
null.basic-example: output will be in this color.
==> null.basic-example: ____ _
==> null.basic-example: | __ ) ___ __ _ (_) _ __
==> null.basic-example: | _ \ / _ \ / _` | | | | '_ \
==> null.basic-example: | |_) | | __/ | (_| | | | | | | |
==> null.basic-example: |____/ \___| \__, | |_| |_| |_|
==> null.basic-example: |___/
==> null.basic-example:
==> null.basic-example: Running local shell script: /tmp/packer-shell646549657
null.basic-example: This is a shell script
==> null.basic-example: Pausing at breakpoint provisioner.
==> null.basic-example: Press enter to continue.
==> null.basic-example: In the middle of Provisioning run
==> null.basic-example: Running local shell script: /tmp/packer-shell177279484
null.basic-example: This is another shell script
==> null.basic-example: _____ _
==> null.basic-example: | ____| _ __ __| |
==> null.basic-example: | _| | '_ \ / _` |
==> null.basic-example: | |___ | | | | | (_| |
==> null.basic-example: |_____| |_| |_| \__,_|
==> null.basic-example:
Build 'null.basic-example' finished after 1 second 32 milliseconds.
==> Wait completed after 1 second 32 milliseconds
==> Builds finished. The artifacts of successful builds are:
--> null.basic-example: Did not export anything. This is the null builder
Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
```
This adds the new `required_plugins` block to be nested under the packer block.
Example:
```hcl
packer {
required_plugins {
aws = {
version = ">= 2.7.0"
source = "azr/aws"
}
azure = ">= 2.7.0"
}
}
```
For example on darwin_amd64 Packer will install those under :
* "${PACKER_HOME_DIR}/plugin/github.com/azr/amazon/packer-plugin-amazon_2.7.0_x5.0_darwin_amd64"
* "${PACKER_HOME_DIR}/plugin/github.com/hashicorp/azure/packer-plugin-azure_2.7.0_x5.0_darwin_amd64_x5"
+ docs
+ tests
Adrien Delorme
Megan Marsh
Adrien Delorme
Sylvia Moss
Wilken Rivera