// The plugin package provides the functionality to both expose a Packer // plugin binary and to connect to an existing Packer plugin binary. // // Packer supports plugins in the form of self-contained external static // Go binaries. These binaries behave in a certain way (enforced by this // package) and are connected to in a certain way (also enforced by this // package). package plugin import ( "errors" "fmt" "github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer" packrpc "github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer/rpc" "log" "net" "net/rpc" "os" "os/signal" "runtime" "strconv" ) const MagicCookieKey = "PACKER_PLUGIN_MAGIC_COOKIE" const MagicCookieValue = "d602bf8f470bc67ca7faa0386276bbdd4330efaf76d1a219cb4d6991ca9872b2" // This serves a single RPC connection on the given RPC server on // a random port. func serve(server *rpc.Server) (err error) { if os.Getenv(MagicCookieKey) != MagicCookieValue { return errors.New("Please do not execute plugins directly. Packer will execute these for you.") } // If there is no explicit number of Go threads to use, then set it if os.Getenv("GOMAXPROCS") == "" { runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU()) } minPort, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("PACKER_PLUGIN_MIN_PORT"), 10, 32) if err != nil { return } maxPort, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("PACKER_PLUGIN_MAX_PORT"), 10, 32) if err != nil { return } log.Printf("Plugin minimum port: %d\n", minPort) log.Printf("Plugin maximum port: %d\n", maxPort) // Set the RPC port range packrpc.PortRange(int(minPort), int(maxPort)) var address string var listener net.Listener for port := minPort; port <= maxPort; port++ { address = fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port) listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", address) if err != nil { err = nil continue } break } defer listener.Close() // Output the address to stdout log.Printf("Plugin address: %s\n", address) fmt.Println(address) os.Stdout.Sync() // Accept a connection log.Println("Waiting for connection...") conn, err := listener.Accept() if err != nil { log.Printf("Error accepting connection: %s\n", err.Error()) return } // Serve a single connection log.Println("Serving a plugin connection...") server.ServeConn(conn) return } // Registers a signal handler to "swallow" interrupts so that the // plugin isn't killed. The main host Packer process is responsible // for killing the plugins when interrupted. func swallowInterrupts() { ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1) signal.Notify(ch, os.Interrupt) go func() { for { <-ch log.Println("Received interrupt signal. Ignoring.") } }() } // Serves a builder from a plugin. func ServeBuilder(builder packer.Builder) { log.Println("Preparing to serve a builder plugin...") server := rpc.NewServer() packrpc.RegisterBuilder(server, builder) swallowInterrupts() if err := serve(server); err != nil { log.Printf("ERROR: %s", err) os.Exit(1) } } // Serves a command from a plugin. func ServeCommand(command packer.Command) { log.Println("Preparing to serve a command plugin...") server := rpc.NewServer() packrpc.RegisterCommand(server, command) swallowInterrupts() if err := serve(server); err != nil { log.Printf("ERROR: %s", err) os.Exit(1) } } // Serves a hook from a plugin. func ServeHook(hook packer.Hook) { log.Println("Preparing to serve a hook plugin...") server := rpc.NewServer() packrpc.RegisterHook(server, hook) swallowInterrupts() if err := serve(server); err != nil { log.Printf("ERROR: %s", err) os.Exit(1) } } // Serves a post-processor from a plugin. func ServePostProcessor(p packer.PostProcessor) { log.Println("Preparing to serve a post-processor plugin...") server := rpc.NewServer() packrpc.RegisterPostProcessor(server, p) swallowInterrupts() if err := serve(server); err != nil { log.Printf("ERROR: %s", err) os.Exit(1) } } // Serves a provisioner from a plugin. func ServeProvisioner(p packer.Provisioner) { log.Println("Preparing to serve a provisioner plugin...") server := rpc.NewServer() packrpc.RegisterProvisioner(server, p) swallowInterrupts() if err := serve(server); err != nil { log.Printf("ERROR: %s", err) os.Exit(1) } }