hcl2_upgrade transforms a JSON build-file in a HCL2 build-file.
This starts a validated Packer core and from that core we generate an HCL 'block' per plugin/configuration. So for a builder, a provisioner, a post-processor or a variable. The contents of each block is just transformed as is and basically all fields are HCL2-ified.
A generated field can be valid in JSON but invalid on HCL2; for example JSON templating (in mapstructure) allows to set arrays of strings - like `x = ["a", "b"]` - with single strings - like `x="a"` -, HCL does not allow this.
Since JSON does not make the distinction between variables and locals, everything will be a variable. So variables that use other variables will not work.
hcl2_upgrade tries to transform go templating interpolation calls to HCL2 calls when possible, leaving the go templating calls like they are in case it cannot.
Work:
* transpiler
* tests
* update hcl v2 library so that output looks great.
* update docs
added `post-processors` block to run chained post-processors after a build.
Before this, defining multiple `post-processor` blocks after
provisioning steps would run them sequentially, now doing this makes them start
from the build's artifact. To queue post-processors you now have to define them
in a `post-processors` block.
This is a breaking change.
The initialization of packer core in JSON also validates that `null` variables were set, except in the case of `packer validate --syntax-only` , but after the refactor to allow to have all commands work with HCL2 and JSON this subtlety was lost.
This refactors the initialisation of the core in order to allow to have `packer validate --syntax-only` not error in case a variable is not set. Since these calls are refactored this works for HCL2 too.
fix#9478
* Update validate command to use FixConfig for checking against known
fixers
* Update validation command flag docs
* Add ConfigFixer method to PackerHandler Interface
* Implement ConfigFixer interface in PackerConfig
* Remove all stdout messaging (i.e calls to c.Ui.Say) in the validate
command. The command will only display hcl.Diagnotic messaging when there is an error or warning.
HCL2 Configs
```
⇶ packer validate docker_centos_shell_provisioner.pkr.hcl
```
JSON Configs
```
⇶ packer validate vmware-iso_ubuntu_minimal/vmware-iso_ubuntu_minimal.json
Error: Failed to prepare build: "vmware-iso"
1 error occurred:
* Deprecated configuration key: 'iso_checksum_type'. Please call `packer fix`
against your template to update your template to be compatable with the current
version of Packer. Visit https://www.packer.io/docs/commands/fix/ for more
detail.
Warning: Fixable configuration found.
You may need to run `packer fix` to get your build to run correctly.
See debug log for more information.
map[string]interface{}{
"builders": []interface{}{
map[string]interface{}{
... // 3 identical entries
"guest_os_type": string("ubuntu-64"),
"http_directory": string("http"),
- "iso_checksum":
string("946a6077af6f5f95a51f82fdc44051c7aa19f9cfc5f737954845a6050543d7c2"),
+ "iso_checksum":
string("sha256:946a6077af6f5f95a51f82fdc44051c7aa19f9cfc5f737954845a6050543d7c2"),
- "iso_checksum_type": string("sha256"),
"iso_url":
string("http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/14.04.1/ubuntu-14.04.1-server-amd64.iso"),
"shutdown_command": string("echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S shutdown -P now"),
... // 4 identical entries
},
},
}
```
Removes the push command and the Atlas post-processor. Please see our
guide on building immutable infrastructure with Packer on CI/CD for
ideas on implementing these features yourself.
https://www.packer.io/guides/packer-on-cicd/
Adrien Delorme
sylviamoss
Adrien Delorme
Wilken Rivera
Tom Dyas
Megan Marsh
Brett Wandel
Matthew Hooker
Justin Campbell
Chris Bednarski
Mitchell Hashimoto