# source blocks are analogous to the "builders" in json templates. They are used # in build blocks. A build block runs provisioners and post-processors on a # source. Read the documentation for source blocks here: # https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/blocks/source source "vsphere-iso" "example" { CPUs = 1 RAM = 1024 RAM_reserve_all = true boot_command = ["", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "/install/vmlinuz", " initrd=/install/initrd.gz", " priority=critical", " locale=en_US", " file=/media/preseed.cfg", ""] disk_controller_type = ["pvscsi"] floppy_files = ["${path.root}/preseed.cfg"] guest_os_type = "ubuntu64Guest" host = "esxi-1.vsphere65.test" insecure_connection = true iso_paths = ["[datastore1] ISO/ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso"] network_adapters { network_card = "vmxnet3" } password = "jetbrains" ssh_password = "jetbrains" ssh_username = "jetbrains" storage { disk_size = 32768 disk_thin_provisioned = true } username = "root" vcenter_server = "vcenter.vsphere65.test" vm_name = "example-ubuntu" } # a build block invokes sources and runs provisioning steps on them. The # documentation for build blocks can be found here: # https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/blocks/build build { sources = ["source.vsphere-iso.example"] provisioner "shell" { inline = ["ls /"] } }