// 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 ( "fmt" "github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer" "log" "net" "net/rpc" "os" packrpc "github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer/rpc" "strconv" ) // This serves a single RPC connection on the given RPC server on // a random port. func serve(server *rpc.Server) (err error) { 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", minPort) var address string var listener net.Listener for port := minPort; port <= maxPort; port++ { address = fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port) listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", address) if err != nil { return } 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 } // 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) if err := serve(server); err != nil { log.Panic(err) } }