## 0.8.0 (unreleased) FEATURES: IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/openstack: Add rackconnect_wait for Rackspace customers to wait for RackConnect data to appear * buidler/openstakc: Add ssh_interface option for rackconnect for users that have prohibitive firewalls BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Remove deprecated ec2-upload-bundle paramger [GH-1931] * builder/amazon: Retry finding created instance for eventual consistency. [GH-2129] * builder/amazon: If no AZ is specified, use AZ chosen automatically by AWS for spot instance. [GH-2017] * builder/amazon/chroot: Retry waiting for disk attachments [GH-2046] * builder/digitalocean: Ignore invalid fields from the ever-changing v2 API * builder/docker: Fixed hang on prompt while copying script * builder/qemu: Add `disk_discard` option [GH-2120] * builder/virtualbox: Added SCSI support * postprocessor/vagrant-cloud: Fixed failing on response * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Allow manifest_file to be a directory * provisioner/salt-masterless: Add `--retcode-passthrough` to salt-call ## 0.7.5 (December 9, 2014) FEATURES: * **New command: `packer push`**: Push template and files to HashiCorp's Atlas for building your templates automatically. * **New post-processor: `atlas`**: Send artifact to HashiCorp's Atlas for versioning and storing artifacts. These artifacts can then be queried using the API, Terraform, etc. IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/googlecompute: Support for ubuntu-os-cloud project * builder/googlecompute: Support for OAuth2 to avoid client secrets file * builder/googlecompute: GCE image from persistant disk instead of tarball * builder/qemu: Checksum type "none" can be used * provisioner/chef: Generate a node name if none available * provisioner/chef: Added ssl_verify_mode configuration BUG FIXES: * builder/parallels: Fixed attachment of ISO to cdrom device * builder/parallels: Fixed boot load ordering * builder/digitalocean: Fixed decoding of size * builder/digitalocean: Fixed missing content-type header in request * builder/digitalocean: Fixed use of private IP * builder/digitalocean: Fixed the artifact ID generation * builder/vsphere: Fixed credential escaping * builder/qemu: Fixed use of CDROM with disk_image * builder/aws: Fixed IP address for SSH in VPC * builder/aws: Fixed issue with multiple block devices * builder/vmware: Upload VMX to ESX5 after editing * communicator/docker: Fix handling of symlinks during upload * provisioner/chef: Fixed use of sudo in some cases * core: Fixed build name interpolation * postprocessor/vagrant: Fixed check for Vagrantfile template ## 0.7.2 (October 28, 2014) FEATURES: * builder/digitalocean: API V2 support. [GH-1463] * builder/parallels: Don't depend on _prl-utils_ [GH-1499] IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/all: Support new AWS Frankfurt region. * builder/docker: Allow remote `DOCKER_HOST`, which works as long as volumes work. [GH-1594] * builder/qemu: Can set cache mode for main disk. [GH-1558] * builder/qemu: Can build from pre-existing disk. [GH-1342] * builder/vmware: Can specify path to Fusion installation with environmental variable `FUSION_APP_PATH`. [GH-1552] * builder/vmware: Can specify the HW version for the VMX. [GH-1530] * builder/vmware/esxi: Will now cache ISOs/floppies remotely. [GH-1479] * builder/vmware/vmx: Source VMX can have a disk connected via SATA. [GH-1604] * post-processors/vagrant: Support Qemu (libvirt) boxes. [GH-1330] * post-processors/vagrantcloud: Support self-hosted box URLs. BUG FIXES: * core: Fix loading plugins from pwd. [GH-1521] * builder/amazon: Prefer token in config if given. [GH-1544] * builder/amazon/all: Extended timeout for waiting for AMI. [GH-1533] * builder/virtualbox: Can read VirtualBox version on FreeBSD. [GH-1570] * builder/virtualbox: More robust reading of guest additions URL. [GH-1509] * builder/vmware: Always remove floppies/drives. [GH-1504] * builder/vmware: Wait some time so that post-VMX update aren't overwritten. [GH-1504] * builder/vmware/esxi: Retry power on if it fails. [GH-1334] * builder/vmware-vmx: Fix issue with order of boot command support [GH-1492] * builder/amazon: Extend timeout and allow user override [GH-1533] * builder/parallels: Ignore 'The fdd0 device does not exist' [GH-1501] * builder/parallels: Rely on Cleanup functions to detach devices [GH-1502] * builder/parallels: Create VM without hdd and then add it later [GH-1548] * builder/parallels: Disconnect cdrom0 [GH-1605] * builder/qemu: Don't use `-redir` flag anymore, replace with `hostfwd` options. [GH-1561] * builder/qmeu: Use `pc` as default machine type instead of `pc-1.0`. * providers/aws: Ignore transient network errors. [GH-1579] * provisioner/ansible: Don't buffer output so output streams in. [GH-1585] * provisioner/ansible: Use inventory file always to avoid potentially deprecated feature. [GH-1562] * provisioner/shell: Quote environmental variables. [GH-1568] * provisioner/salt: Bootstrap over SSL. [GH-1608] * post-processors/docker-push: Work with docker-tag artifacts. [GH-1526] * post-processors/vsphere: Append "/" to object address. [GH-1615] ## 0.7.1 (September 10, 2014) FEATURES: * builder/vmware: VMware Fusion Pro 7 is now supported. [GH-1478] BUG FIXES: * core: SSH will connect slightly faster if it is ready immediately. * provisioner/file: directory uploads no longer hang. [GH-1484] * provisioner/file: fixed crash on large files. [GH-1473] * scripts: Windows executable renamed to packer.exe. [GH-1483] ## 0.7.0 (September 8, 2014) BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * The authentication configuration for Google Compute Engine has changed. The new method is much simpler, but is not backwards compatible. `packer fix` will _not_ fix this. Please read the updated GCE docs. FEATURES: * **New Post-Processor: `compress`** - Gzip compresses artifacts with files. * **New Post-Processor: `docker-save`** - Save an image. This is similar to export, but preserves the image hierarchy. * **New Post-Processor: `docker-tag`** - Tag a created image. * **New Template Functions: `upper`, `lower`** - See documentation for more details. * core: Plugins are automatically discovered if they're named properly. Packer will look in the PWD and the directory with `packer` for binaries named `packer-TYPE-NAME`. * core: Plugins placed in `~/.packer.d/plugins` are now automatically discovered. * builder/amazon: Spot instances can now be used to build EBS backed and instance store images. [GH-1139] * builder/docker: Images can now be committed instead of exported. [GH-1198] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: New `import_flags` setting can be used to add new command line flags to `VBoxManage import` to allow things such as EULAs to be accepted. [GH-1383] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported. [GH-1169] * builder/vmware: VMware Player 6 is now supported. [GH-1168] * builder/vmware-vmx: Boot commands and the HTTP server are supported. [GH-1169] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: `isotime` function can take a format. [GH-1126] * builder/amazon/all: `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` is read and can also be set with the `token` configuration. [GH-1236] * builder/amazon/all: Can force SSH on the private IP address with `ssh_private_ip`. [GH-1229] * builder/amazon/all: String fields in device mappings can use variables. [GH-1090] * builder/amazon-instance: EBS AMIs can be used as a source. [GH-1453] * builder/digitalocean: Can set API URL endpoint. [GH-1448] * builder/digitalocean: Region supports variables. [GH-1452] * builder/docker: Can now specify login credentials to pull images. * builder/docker: Support mounting additional volumes. [GH-1430] * builder/parallels/all: Path to tools ISO is calculated automatically. [GH-1455] * builder/parallels-pvm: `reassign_mac` option to choose wehther or not to generate a new MAC address. [GH-1461] * builder/qemu: Can specify "none" acceleration type. [GH-1395] * builder/qemu: Can specify "tcg" acceleration type. [GH-1395] * builder/virtualbox/all: `iso_interface` option to mount ISO with SATA. [GH-1200] * builder/vmware-vmx: Proper `floppy_files` support. [GH-1057] * command/build: Add `-color=false` flag to disable color. [GH-1433] * post-processor/docker-push: Can now specify login credentials. [GH-1243] * provisioner/chef-client: Support `chef_environment`. [GH-1190] BUG FIXES: * core: nicer error message if an encrypted private key is used for SSH. [GH-1445] * core: Fix crash that could happen with a well timed double Ctrl-C. [GH-1328] [GH-1314] * core: SSH TCP keepalive period is now 5 seconds (shorter). [GH-1232] * builder/amazon-chroot: Can properly build HVM images now. [GH-1360] * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix crash in root device check. [GH-1360] * builder/amazon-chroot: Add description that Packer made the snapshot with a time. [GH-1388] * builder/amazon-ebs: AMI is deregistered if an error. [GH-1186] * builder/amazon-instance: Fix deprecation warning for `ec2-bundle-vol` [GH-1424] * builder/amazon-instance: Add `--no-filter` to the `ec2-bundle-vol` command by default to avoid corrupting data by removing package manager certs. [GH-1137] * builder/amazon/all: `delete_on_termination` set to false will work. * builder/amazon/all: Fix race condition on setting tags. [GH-1367] * builder/amazon/all: More desctriptive error messages if Amazon only sends an error code. [GH-1189] * builder/docker: Error if `DOCKER_HOST` is set. * builder/docker: Remove the container during cleanup. [GH-1206] * builder/docker: Fix case where not all output would show up from provisioners. * builder/googlecompute: add `disk_size` option. [GH-1397] * builder/googlecompute: Auth works with latest formats on Google Cloud Console. [GH-1344] * builder/openstack: Region is not required. [GH-1418] * builder/parallels-iso: ISO not removed from VM after install [GH-1338] * builder/parallels/all: Add support for Parallels Desktop 10 [GH-1438] * builder/parallels/all: Added some navigation keys [GH-1442] * builder/qemu: If headless, sdl display won't be used. [GH-1395] * builder/qemu: Use `512M` as `-m` default. [GH-1444] * builder/virtualbox/all: Search `VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH` for path to `VBoxManage` on Windows. [GH-1337] * builder/virtualbox/all: Seed RNG to avoid same ports. [GH-1386] * builder/virtualbox/all: Better error if guest additions URL couldn't be detected. [GH-1439] * builder/virtualbox/all: Detect errors even when `VBoxManage` exits with a zero exit code. [GH-1119] * builder/virtualbox/iso: Append timestamp to default name for parallel builds. [GH-1365] * builder/vmware/all: No more error when Packer stops an already-stopped VM. [GH-1300] * builder/vmware/all: `ssh_host` accepts templates. [GH-1396] * builder/vmware/all: Don't remount floppy in VMX post step. [GH-1239] * builder/vmware/vmx: Do not re-add floppy disk files to VMX [GH-1361] * builder/vmware-iso: Fix crash when `vnc_port_min` and max were the same value. [GH-1288] * builder/vmware-iso: Finding an available VNC port on Windows works. [GH-1372] * builder/vmware-vmx: Nice error if Clone is not supported (not VMware Fusion Pro). [GH-787] * post-processor/vagrant: Can supply your own metadata.json. [GH-1143] * provisioner/ansible-local: Use proper path on Windows. [GH-1375] * provisioner/file: Mode will now be preserved. [GH-1064] ## 0.6.1 (July 20, 2014) FEATURES: * **New post processor:** `vagrant-cloud` - Push box files generated by vagrant post processor to Vagrant Cloud. [GH-1289] * Vagrant post-processor can now packer Hyper-V boxes. IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Support for enhanced networking on HVM images. [GH-1228] * builder/amazon-ebs: Support encrypted EBS volumes [GH-1194] * builder/ansible: Add `playbook_dir` option. [GH-1000] * builder/openstack: Add ability to configure networks. [GH-1261] * builder/openstack: Skip certificate verification. [GH-1121] * builder/parallels/all: Add ability to select interface to connect to. * builder/parallels/pvm: Support `boot_command`. [GH-1082] * builder/virtualbox/all: Attempt to use local guest additions ISO before downloading from internet. [GH-1123] * builder/virtualbox/ovf: Supports `guest_additions_mode` [GH-1035] * builder/vmware/all: Increase cleanup timeout to 120 seconds [GH-1167] * builder/vmware/all: Add `vmx_data_post` for modifying VMX data after shutdown. [GH-1149] * builder/vmware/vmx: Supports tools uploading. [GH-1154] BUG FIXES: * core: `isotime` is the same time during the entire build. [GH-1153] * builder/amazon-common: Sort AMI strings before outputting [GH-1305] * builder/amazon: User data can use templates/variables. [GH-1343] * builder/amazon: Can now build AMIs in GovCloud. * builder/null: SSH info can use templates/variables. [GH-1343] * builder/openstack: Workaround for gophercloud.ServerById crashing [GH-1257] * builder/openstack: Force IPv4 addresses from address pools [GH-1258] * builder/parallels: Do not delete entire CDROM device. [GH-1115] * builder/parallels: Errors while creating floppy disk. [GH-1225] * builder/parallels: Errors while removing floppy drive. [GH-1226] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Supports guest additions options. [GH-1120] * builder/vmware-iso: Fix esx5 path separator in windows. [GH-1316] * builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder now uploads floppy. [GH-1106] * builder/vmware: Remote ESXi builder no longer re-uploads ISO every time. [GH-1244] * post-processor/vsphere: Accept DOMAIN\account usernames [GH-1178] * provisioner/chef-*: Fix remotePaths for Windows [GH-394] ## 0.6.0 (May 2, 2014) FEATURES: * **New builder:** `null` - The null builder does not produce any artifacts, but is useful for debugging provisioning scripts. [GH-970] * **New builder:** `parallels-iso` and `parallels-pvm` - These can be used to build Parallels virtual machines. [GH-1101] * **New provisioner:** `chef-client` - Provision using a the `chef-client` command, which talks to a Chef Server. [GH-855] * **New provisioner:** `puppet-server` - Provision using Puppet by communicating to a Puppet master. [GH-796] * `min_packer_version` can be specified in a Packer template to force a minimum version. [GH-487] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: RPC transport between plugins switched to MessagePack * core: Templates array values can now be comma separated strings. Most importantly, this allows for user variables to fill array configurations. [GH-950] * builder/amazon: Added `ssh_private_key_file` option [GH-971] * builder/amazon: Added `ami_virtualization_type` option [GH-1021] * builder/digitalocean: Regions, image names, and sizes can be names that are looked up for their valid ID. [GH-960] * builder/googlecompute: Configurable instance name. [GH-1065] * builder/openstack: Support for conventional OpenStack environmental variables such as `OS_USERNAME`, `OS_PASSWORD`, etc. [GH-768] * builder/openstack: Support `openstack_provider` option to automatically fill defaults for different OpenStack variants. [GH-912] * builder/openstack: Support security groups. [GH-848] * builder/qemu: User variable expansion in `ssh_key_path` [GH-918] * builder/qemu: Floppy disk files list can also include globs and directories. [GH-1086] * builder/virtualbox: Support an `export_opts` option which allows specifying arbitrary arguments when exporting the VM. [GH-945] * builder/virtualbox: Added `vboxmanage_post` option to run vboxmanage commands just before exporting [GH-664] * builder/virtualbox: Floppy disk files list can also include globs and directories. [GH-1086] * builder/vmware: Workstation 10 support for Linux. [GH-900] * builder/vmware: add cloning support on Windows [GH-824] * builder/vmware: Floppy disk files list can also include globs and directories. [GH-1086] * command/build: Added `-parallel` flag so you can disable parallelization with `-no-parallel`. [GH-924] * post-processors/vsphere: `disk_mode` option. [GH-778] * provisioner/ansible: Add `inventory_file` option [GH-1006] * provisioner/chef-client: Add `validation_client_name` option. [GH-1056] BUG FIXES: * core: Errors are properly shown when adding bad floppy files. [GH-1043] * core: Fix some URL parsing issues on Windows. * core: Create Cache directory only when it is needed. [GH-367] * builder/amazon-instance: Use S3Endpoint for ec2-upload-bundle arg, which works for every region. [GH-904] * builder/digitalocean: updated default image_id [GH-1032] * builder/googlecompute: Create persistent disk as boot disk via API v1 [GH-1001] * builder/openstack: Return proper error on invalid instance states [GH-1018] * builder/virtualbox-iso: Retry unregister a few times to deal with VBoxManage randomness. [GH-915] * provisioner/ansible: Fix paths when provisioning Linux from Windows [GH-963] * provisioner/ansible: set cwd to staging directory [GH-1016] * provisioners/chef-client: Don't chown directory with Ubuntu. [GH-939] * provisioners/chef-solo: Deeply nested JSON works properly. [GH-1076] * provisioners/shell: Env var values can have equal signs. [GH-1045] * provisioners/shell: chmod the uploaded script file to 0777. [GH-994] * post-processor/docker-push: Allow repositories with ports. [GH-923] * post-processor/vagrant: Create parent directories for `output` path [GH-1059] * post-processor/vsphere: datastore, network, and folder are no longer required. [GH-1091] ## 0.5.2 (02/21/2014) FEATURES: * **New post-processor:** `docker-import` - Import a Docker image and give it a specific repository/tag. * **New post-processor:** `docker-push` - Push an imported image to a registry. IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Most downloads made by Packer now use a custom user agent. [GH-803] * builder/googlecompute: SSH private key will be saved to disk if `-debug` is specified. [GH-867] * builder/qemu: Can specify the name of the qemu binary. [GH-854] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Can specify import options such as "keepallmacs". [GH-883] BUG FIXES: * core: Fix crash case if blank parameters are given to Packer. [GH-832] * core: Fix crash if big file uploads are done. [GH-897] * core: Fix crash if machine-readable output is going to a closed pipe. [GH-875] * builder/docker: user variables work properly. [GH-777] * builder/qemu: reboots are now possible in provisioners. [GH-864] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: iso\_checksum is not required if the checksum type is "none" * builder/virtualbox,vmware/qemu: Support for additional scancodes for `boot_command` such as ``, ``, ``, etc. [GH-808] * communicator/ssh: Send TCP keep-alives on connections. [GH-872] * post-processor/vagrant: AWS/DigitalOcean keep input artifacts by default. [GH-55] * provisioners/ansible-local: Properly upload custom playbooks. [GH-829] * provisioners/ansible-local: Better error if ansible isn't installed. [GH-836] ## 0.5.1 (01/02/2014) BUG FIXES: * core: If a stream ID loops around, don't let it use stream ID 0 [GH-767] * core: Fix issue where large writes to plugins would result in stream corruption. [GH-727] * builders/virtualbox-ovf: `shutdown_timeout` config works. [GH-772] * builders/vmware-iso: Remote driver works properly again. [GH-773] ## 0.5.0 (12/30/2013) BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * "virtualbox" builder has been renamed to "virtualbox-iso". Running your template through `packer fix` will resolve this. * "vmware" builder has been renamed to "vmware-iso". Running your template through `packer fix` will resolve this. * post-processor/vagrant: Syntax for overriding by provider has changed. See the documentation for more information. Running your template through `packer fix` should resolve this. * post-processor/vsphere: Some available configuration options were changed. Running your template through `packer fix` should resolve this. * provisioner/puppet-masterless: The `execute_command` no longer has the `Has*` variables, since the templating language now supports comparison operations. See the Go documentation for more info: http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/ FEATURES: * **New builder:** Google Compute Engine. You can now build images for use in Google Compute Engine. See the documentation for more information. [GH-715] * **New builder:** "virtualbox-ovf" can build VirtualBox images from an existing OVF or OVA. [GH-201] * **New builder:** "vmware-vmx" can build VMware images from an existing VMX. [GH-201] * Environmental variables can now be accessed as default values for user variables using the "env" function. See the documentation for more information. * "description" field in templates: write a human-readable description of what a template does. This will be shown in `packer inspect`. * Vagrant post-processor now accepts a list of files to include in the box. * All provisioners can now have a "pause\_before" parameter to wait some period of time before running that provisioner. This is useful for reboots. [GH-737] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Plugins communicate over a single TCP connection per plugin now, instead of sometimes dozens. Performance around plugin communication dramatically increased. * core: Build names are now template processed so you can use things like user variables in them. [GH-744] * core: New "pwd" function available globally that returns the working directory. [GH-762] * builder/amazon/all: Launched EC2 instances now have a name of "Packer Builder" so that they are easily recognizable. [GH-642] * builder/amazon/all: Copying AMIs to multiple regions now happens in parallel. [GH-495] * builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify "run\_tags" to tag the instance while running. [GH-722] * builder/digitalocean: Private networking support. [GH-698] * builder/docker: A "run\_command" can be specified, configuring how the container is started. [GH-648] * builder/openstack: In debug mode, the generated SSH keypair is saved so you can SSH into the machine. [GH-746] * builder/qemu: Floppy files are supported. [GH-686] * builder/qemu: Next `run_once` option tells Qemu to run only once, which is useful for Windows installs that handle reboots for you. [GH-687] * builder/virtualbox: Nice errors if Packer can't write to the output directory. * builder/virtualbox: ISO is ejected prior to export. * builder/virtualbox: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471] * builder/vmware: Can now specify path to the Fusion application. [GH-677] * builder/vmware: Checksum type can be "none" [GH-471] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Can now specify a `manifest_dir` to upload manifests to the remote machine for imports. [GH-655] BUG FIXES: * core: No colored output in machine-readable output. [GH-684] * core: User variables can now be used for non-string fields. [GH-598] * core: Fix bad download paths if the download URL contained a "." before a "/" [GH-716] * core: "{{timestamp}}" values will always be the same for the entire duration of a build. [GH-744] * builder/amazon: Handle cases where security group isn't instantly available. [GH-494] * builder/virtualbox: don't download guest additions if disabled. [GH-731] * post-processor/vsphere: Uploads VM properly. [GH-694] * post-processor/vsphere: Process user variables. * provisioner/ansible-local: all configurations are processed as templates [GH-749] * provisioner/ansible-local: playbook paths are properly validated as directories, not files. [GH-710] * provisioner/chef-solo: Environments are recognized. [GH-726] ## 0.4.1 (December 7, 2013) IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/ebs: New option allows associating a public IP with non-default VPC instances. [GH-660] * builder/openstack: A "proxy\_url" setting was added to define an HTTP proxy to use when building with this builder. [GH-637] BUG FIXES: * core: Don't change background color on CLI anymore, making things look a tad nicer in some terminals. * core: multiple ISO URLs works properly in all builders. [GH-683] * builder/amazon/chroot: Block when obtaining file lock to allow parallel builds. [GH-689] * builder/amazon/instance: Add location flag to upload bundle command so that building AMIs works out of us-east-1 [GH-679] * builder/qemu: Qemu arguments are templated. [GH-688] * builder/vmware: Cleanup of VMX keys works properly so cd-rom won't get stuck with ISO. [GH-685] * builder/vmware: File cleanup is more resilient to file delete races with the operating system. [GH-675] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Check for hiera config path existence properly. [GH-656] ## 0.4.0 (November 19, 2013) FEATURES: * Docker builder: build and export Docker containers, easily provisioned with any of the Packer built-in provisioners. * QEMU builder: builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen using QEMU. * Remote ESXi builder: builds a VMware VM using ESXi remotely using only SSH to an ESXi machine directly. * vSphere post-processor: Can upload VMware artifacts to vSphere * Vagrant post-processor can now make DigitalOcean provider boxes. [GH-504] IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/all: Can now specify a list of multiple security group IDs to apply. [GH-499] * builder/amazon/all: AWS API requests are now retried when a temporary network error occurs as well as 500 errors. [GH-559] * builder/virtualbox: Use VBOX\_INSTALL\_PATH env var on Windows to find VBoxManage. [GH-628] * post-processor/vagrant: skips gzip compression when compression_level=0 * provisioner/chef-solo: Encrypted data bag support [GH-625] BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon/chroot: Copying empty directories works. [GH-588] * builder/amazon/chroot: Chroot commands work with shell provisioners. [GH-581] * builder/amazon/chroot: Don't choose a mount point that is a partition of an already mounted device. [GH-635] * builder/virtualbox: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618] * builder/vmware: VMX modifications are now case-insensitive. [GH-608] * builder/vmware: VMware Fusion won't ask for VM upgrade. * builder/vmware: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618] * provisioner/chef-solo: Output is slightly prettier and more informative. ## 0.3.11 (November 4, 2013) FEATURES: * builder/amazon/ebs: Ability to specify which availability zone to create instance in. [GH-536] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: builders can now give warnings during validation. warnings won't fail the build but may hint at potential future problems. * builder/digitalocean: Can now specify a droplet name * builder/virtualbox: Can now disable guest addition download entirely by setting "guest_additions_mode" to "disable" [GH-580] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: ISO urls can now be https [GH-587] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Warning if shutdown command is not specified, since it is a common case of data loss. BUG FIXES: * core: Won't panic when writing to a bad pipe. [GH-560] * builder/amazon/all: Properly scrub access key and secret key from logs. [GH-554] * builder/openstack: Properly scrub password from logs [GH-554] * builder/virtualbox: No panic if SSH host port min/max is the same. [GH-594] * builder/vmware: checks if `ifconfig` is in `/sbin` [GH-591] * builder/vmware: Host IP lookup works for non-C locales. [GH-592] * common/uuid: Use cryptographically secure PRNG when generating UUIDs. [GH-552] * communicator/ssh: File uploads that exceed the size of memory no longer cause crashes. [GH-561] ## 0.3.10 (October 20, 2013) FEATURES: * Ansible provisioner IMPROVEMENTS: * post-processor/vagrant: support instance-store AMIs built by Packer. [GH-502] * post-processor/vagrant: can now specify compression level to use when creating the box. [GH-506] BUG FIXES: * builder/all: timeout waiting for SSH connection is a failure. [GH-491] * builder/amazon: Scrub sensitive data from the logs. [GH-521] * builder/amazon: Handle the situation where an EC2 instance might not be immediately available. [GH-522] * builder/amazon/chroot: Files copied into the chroot remove destination before copy, fixing issues with dangling symlinks. [GH-500] * builder/digitalocean: don't panic if erroneous API response doesn't contain error message. [GH-492] * builder/digitalocean: scrub API keys from config debug output [GH-516] * builder/virtualbox: error if VirtualBox version cant be detected. [GH-488] * builder/virtualbox: detect if vboxdrv isn't properly setup. [GH-488] * builder/virtualbox: sleep a bit before export to ensure the sesssion is unlocked. [GH-512] * builder/virtualbox: create SATA drives properly on VirtualBox 4.3 [GH-547] * builder/virtualbox: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539] * builder/vmware: support user templates in SSH key path. [GH-539] * communicator/ssh: Fix issue where a panic could arise from a nil dereference. [GH-525] * post-processor/vagrant: Fix issue with VirtualBox OVA. [GH-548] * provisioner/salt: Move salt states to correct remote directory. [GH-513] * provisioner/shell: Won't block on certain scripts on Windows anymore. [GH-507] ## 0.3.9 (October 2, 2013) FEATURES: * The Amazon chroot builder is now able to run without any `sudo` privileges by using the "command_wrapper" configuration. [GH-430] * Chef provisioner supports environments. [GH-483] BUG FIXES: * core: default user variable values don't need to be strings. [GH-456] * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix errors with waitin for state change. [GH-459] * builder/digitalocean: Use proper error message JSON key (DO API change). * communicator/ssh: SCP uploads now work properly when directories contain symlinks. [GH-449] * provisioner/chef-solo: Data bags and roles path are now properly populated when set. [GH-470] * provisioner/shell: Windows line endings are actually properly changed to Unix line endings. [GH-477] ## 0.3.8 (September 22, 2013) FEATURES: * core: You can now specify `only` and `except` configurations on any provisioner or post-processor to specify a list of builds that they are valid for. [GH-438] * builders/virtualbox: Guest additions can be attached rather than uploaded, easier to handle for Windows guests. [GH-405] * provisioner/chef-solo: Ability to specify a custom Chef configuration template. * provisioner/chef-solo: Roles and data bags support. [GH-348] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: User variables can now be used for integer, boolean, etc. values. [GH-418] * core: Plugins made with incompatible versions will no longer load. * builder/amazon/all: Interrupts work while waiting for AMI to be ready. * provisioner/shell: Script line-endings are automatically converted to Unix-style line-endings. Can be disabled by setting "binary" to "true". [GH-277] BUG FIXES: * core: Set TCP KeepAlives on internally created RPC connections so that they don't die. [GH-416] * builder/amazon/all: While waiting for AMI, will detect "failed" state. * builder/amazon/all: Waiting for state will detect if the resource (AMI, instance, etc.) disappears from under it. * builder/amazon/instance: Exclude only contents of /tmp, not /tmp itself. [GH-437] * builder/amazon/instance: Make AccessKey/SecretKey available to bundle command even when they come from the environment. [GH-434] * builder/virtualbox: F1-F12 and delete scancodes now work. [GH-425] * post-processor/vagrant: Override configurations properly work. [GH-426] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Fix failure case when both facter vars are used and prevent_sudo. [GH-415] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: User variables now work properly in manifest file and hiera path. [GH-448] ## 0.3.7 (September 9, 2013) BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * The "event_delay" option for the DigitalOcean builder is now gone. The builder automatically waits for events to go away. Run your templates through `packer fix` to get rid of these. FEATURES: * **NEW PROVISIONER:** `puppet-masterless`. You can now provision with a masterless Puppet setup. [GH-234] * New globally available template function: `uuid`. Generates a new random UUID. * New globally available template function: `isotime`. Generates the current time in ISO standard format. * New Amazon template function: `clean_ami_name`. Substitutes '-' for characters that are illegal to use in an AMI name. IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify the format of the temporary keypair created. [GH-389] * builder/amazon/all: Support the NoDevice flag for block mappings. [GH-396] * builder/digitalocean: Retry on any pending event errors. * builder/openstack: Can now specify a project. [GH-382] * builder/virtualbox: Can now attach hard drive over SATA. [GH-391] * provisioner/file: Can now upload directories. [GH-251] BUG FIXES: * core: Detect if SCP is not enabled on the other side. [GH-386] * builder/amazon/all: When copying AMI to multiple regions, copy the metadata (tags and attributes) as well. [GH-388] * builder/amazon/all: Fix panic case where eventually consistent instance state caused an index out of bounds. * builder/virtualbox: The `vm_name` setting now properly sets the OVF name of the output. [GH-401] * builder/vmware: Autoanswer VMware dialogs. [GH-393] * command/inspect: Fix weird output for default values for optional vars. ## 0.3.6 (September 2, 2013) FEATURES: * User variables can now be specified as "required", meaning the user MUST specify a value. Just set the default value to "null". [GH-374] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Much improved interrupt handling. For example, interrupts now cancel much more quickly within provisioners. * builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the keypair used will be saved to the current directory so you can access the machine. [GH-373] * builder/amazon: In `-debug` mode, the DNS is outputted. * builder/openstack: IPv6 addresses supported for SSH. [GH-379] * communicator/ssh: Support for private keys encrypted using PKCS8. [GH-376] * provisioner/chef-solo: You can now use user variables in the `json` configuration for Chef. [GH-362] BUG FIXES: * core: Concurrent map access is completely gone, fixing rare issues with runtime memory corruption. [GH-307] * core: Fix possible panic when ctrl-C during provisioner run. * builder/digitalocean: Retry destroy a few times because DO sometimes gives false errors. * builder/openstack: Properly handle the case no image is made. [GH-375] * builder/openstack: Specifying a region is now required in a template. * provisioners/salt-masterless: Use filepath join to properly join paths. ## 0.3.5 (August 28, 2013) FEATURES: * **NEW BUILDER:** `openstack`. You can now build on OpenStack. [GH-155] * **NEW PROVISIONER:** `chef-solo`. You can now provision with Chef using `chef-solo` from local cookbooks. * builder/amazon: Copy AMI to multiple regions with `ami_regions`. [GH-322] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Can now use SSH keys as an auth mechanism for SSH using `ssh_key_path`. [GH-70] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Support SHA512 as a checksum type. [GH-356] * builder/vmware: The root hard drive type can now be specified with "disk_type_id" for advanced users. [GH-328] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to specfy a minion config. [GH-264] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ability to upload pillars. [GH-353] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Output message when Ctrl-C received that we're cleaning up. [GH-338] * builder/amazon: Tagging now works with all amazon builder types. * builder/vmware: Option `ssh_skip_request_pty` for not requesting a PTY for the SSH connection. [GH-270] * builder/vmware: Specify a `vmx_template_path` in order to customize the generated VMX. [GH-270] * command/build: Machine-readable output now contains build errors, if any. * command/build: An "end" sentinel is outputted in machine-readable output for artifact listing so it is easier to know when it is over. BUG FIXES: * core: Fixed a couple cases where a double ctrl-C could panic. * core: Template validation fails if an override is specified for a non-existent builder. [GH-336] * core: The SSH connection is heartbeated so that drops can be detected. [GH-200] * builder/amazon/instance: Remove check for ec2-ami-tools because it didn't allow absolute paths to work properly. [GH-330] * builder/digitalocean: Send a soft shutdown request so that files are properly synced before shutdown. [GH-332] * command/build,command/validate: If a non-existent build is specified to '-only' or '-except', it is now an error. [GH-326] * post-processor/vagrant: Setting OutputPath with a timestamp now always works properly. [GH-324] * post-processor/vagrant: VirtualBox OVA formats now turn into Vagrant boxes properly. [GH-331] * provisioner/shell: Retry upload if start command fails, making reboot handling much more robust. ## 0.3.4 (August 21, 2013) IMPROVEMENTS: * post-processor/vagrant: the file being compressed will be shown in the UI [GH-314] BUG FIXES: * core: Avoid panics when double-interrupting Packer. * provisioner/shell: Retry shell script uploads, making reboots more robust if they happen to fail in this stage. [GH-282] ## 0.3.3 (August 19, 2013) FEATURES: * builder/virtualbox: support exporting in OVA format. [GH-309] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: All HTTP downloads across Packer now support the standard proxy environmental variables (`HTTP_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY`, etc.) [GH-252] * builder/amazon: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified by enviromental variables. * builder/digitalocean: API requests will use HTTP proxy if specified by environmental variables. BUG FIXES: * core: TCP connection between plugin processes will keep-alive. [GH-312] * core: No more "unused key keep_input_artifact" for post processors [GH-310] * post-processor/vagrant: `output_path` templates now work again. ## 0.3.2 (August 18, 2013) FEATURES: * New command: `packer inspect`. This command tells you the components of a template. It respects the `-machine-readable` flag as well so you can parse out components of a template. * Packer will detect its own crashes (always a bug) and save a "crash.log" file. * builder/virtualbox: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order. * builder/vmware: You may now specify multiple URLs for an ISO using "iso_url" in a template. The URLs will be tried in order. IMPROVEMENTS: * core: built with Go 1.1.2 * core: packer help output now loads much faster. * builder/virtualbox: guest_additions_url can now use the `Version` variable to get the VirtualBox version. [GH-272] * builder/virtualbox: Do not check for VirtualBox as part of template validation; only check at execution. * builder/vmware: Do not check for VMware as part of template validation; only check at execution. * command/build: A path of "-" will read the template from stdin. * builder/amazon: add block device mappings [GH-90] BUG FIXES: * windows: file URLs are easier to get right as Packer has better parsing and error handling for Windows file paths. [GH-284] * builder/amazon/all: Modifying more than one AMI attribute type no longer crashes. * builder/amazon-instance: send IAM instance profile data. [GH-294] * builder/digitalocean: API request parameters are properly URL encoded. [GH-281] * builder/virtualbox: dowload progress won't be shown until download actually starts. [GH-288] * builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285] * builder/vmware: dowload progress won't be shown until download actually starts. [GH-288] * builder/vmware: interrupt works while typing commands over VNC. * builder/virtualbox: floppy files names of 13 characters are now properly written to the FAT12 filesystem. [GH-285] * post-processor/vagrant: Process user variables. [GH-295] ## 0.3.1 (August 12, 2013) IMPROVEMENTS: * provisioner/shell: New setting `start_retry_timeout` which is the timeout for the provisioner to attempt to _start_ the remote process. This allows the shell provisioner to work properly with reboots. [GH-260] BUG FIXES: * core: Remote command output containing '\r' now looks much better within the Packer output. * builder/vmware: Fix issue with finding driver files. [GH-279] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Uploads work properly from Windows. [GH-276] ## 0.3.0 (August 12, 2013) BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * All `{{.CreateTime}}` variables within templates (such as for AMI names) are now replaced with `{{timestamp}}`. Run `packer fix` to fix your templates. FEATURES: * **User Variables** allow you to specify variables within your templates that can be replaced using the command-line, files, or environmental variables. This dramatically improves the portability of packer templates. See the documentation for more information. * **Machine-readable output** can be enabled by passing the `-machine-readable` flag to _any_ Packer command. * All strings in a template are now processed for variables/functions, so things like `{{timestamp}}` can be used everywhere. More features will be added in the future. * The `amazon` builders (all of them) can now have attributes of their resulting AMIs modified, such as access permissions and product codes. IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/all: User data can be passed to start the instances. [GH-253] * provisioner/salt-masterless: `local_state_tree` is no longer required, allowing you to use shell provisioner (or others) to bring this down. [GH-269] BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon/ebs,instance: Retry deleing security group a few times. [GH-278] * builder/vmware: Workstation works on Windows XP now. [GH-238] * builder/vmware: Look for files on Windows in multiple locations using multiple environmental variables. [GH-263] * provisioner/salt-masterless: states aren't deleted after the run anymore. [GH-265] * provisioner/salt-masterless: error if any commands exit with a non-zero exit status. [GH-266] ## 0.2.3 (August 7, 2013) IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/all: Added Amazon AMI tag support [GH-233] BUG FIXES: * core: Absolute/relative filepaths on Windows now work for iso_url and other settings. [GH-240] * builder/amazon/all: instance info is refreshed while waiting for SSH, allowing Packer to see updated IP/DNS info. [GH-243] ## 0.2.2 (August 1, 2013) FEATURES: * New builder: `amazon-chroot` can create EBS-backed AMIs without launching a new EC2 instance. This can shave minutes off of the AMI creation process. See the docs for more info. * New provisioner: `salt-masterless` will provision the node using Salt without a master. * The `vmware` builder now works with Workstation 9 on Windows. [GH-222] * The `vmware` builder now works with Player 5 on Linux. [GH-190] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Colors won't be outputted on Windows unless in Cygwin. * builder/amazon/all: Added `iam_instance_profile` to launch the source image with a given IAM profile. [GH-226] BUG FIXES: * builder/virtualbox,vmware: relative paths work properly as URL configurations. [GH-215] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: fix race condition in deleting the output directory on Windows by retrying. ## 0.2.1 (July 26, 2013) FEATURES: * New builder: `amazon-instance` can create instance-storage backed AMIs. * VMware builder now works with Workstation 9 on Linux. IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon/all: Ctrl-C while waiting for state change works * builder/amazon/ebs: Can now launch instances into a VPC for added protection [GH-210] * builder/virtualbox,vmware: Add backspace, delete, and F1-F12 keys to the boot command. * builder/virtualbox: massive performance improvements with big ISO files because an expensive copy is avoided. [GH-202] * builder/vmware: CD is removed prior to exporting final machine. [GH-198] BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon/all: Gracefully handle when AMI appears to not exist while AWS state is propogating. [GH-207] * builder/virtualbox: Trim carriage returns for Windows to properly detect VM state on Windows. [GH-218] * core: build names no longer cause invalid config errors. [GH-197] * command/build: If any builds fail, exit with non-zero exit status. * communicator/ssh: SCP exit codes are tested and errors are reported. [GH-195] * communicator/ssh: Properly change slash direction for Windows hosts. [GH-218] ## 0.2.0 (July 16, 2013) BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * "iso_md5" in the virtualbox and vmware builders is replaced with "iso_checksum" and "iso_checksum_type" (with the latter set to "md5"). See the announce below on `packer fix` to automatically fix your templates. FEATURES: * **NEW COMMAND:** `packer fix` will attempt to fix templates from older versions of Packer that are now broken due to backwards incompatibilities. This command will fix the backwards incompatibilities introduced in this version. * Amazon EBS builder can now optionally use a pre-made security group instead of randomly generating one. * DigitalOcean API key and client IDs can now be passed in as environmental variables. See the documentatin for more details. * VirtualBox and VMware can now have `floppy_files` specified to attach floppy disks when booting. This allows for unattended Windows installs. * `packer build` has a new `-force` flag that forces the removal of existing artifacts if they exist. [GH-173] * You can now log to a file (instead of just stderr) by setting the `PACKER_LOG_FILE` environmental variable. [GH-168] * Checksums other than MD5 can now be used. SHA1 and SHA256 can also be used. See the documentation on `iso_checksum_type` for more info. [GH-175] IMPROVEMENTS: * core: invalid keys in configuration are now considered validation errors. [GH-104] * core: all builders now share a common SSH connection core, improving SSH reliability over all the builders. * amazon-ebs: Credentials will come from IAM role if available. [GH-160] * amazon-ebs: Verify the source AMI is EBS-backed before launching. [GH-169] * shell provisioner: the build name and builder type are available in the `PACKER_BUILD_NAME` and `PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE` env vars by default, respectively. [GH-154] * vmware: error if shutdown command has non-zero exit status. BUG FIXES: * core: UI messages are now properly prefixed with spaces again. * core: If SSH connection ends, re-connection attempts will take place. [GH-152] * virtualbox: "paused" doesn't mean the VM is stopped, improving shutdown detection. * vmware: error if guest IP could not be detected. [GH-189] ## 0.1.5 (July 7, 2013) FEATURES: * "file" uploader will upload files from the machine running Packer to the remote machine. * VirtualBox guest additions URL and checksum can now be specified, allowing the VirtualBox builder to have the ability to be used completely offline. IMPROVEMENTS: * core: If SCP is not available, a more descriptive error message is shown telling the user. [GH-127] * shell: Scripts are now executed by default according to their shebang, not with `/bin/sh`. [GH-105] * shell: You can specify what interpreter you want inline scripts to run with `inline_shebang`. * virtualbox: Delete the packer-made SSH port forwarding prior to exporting the VM. BUG FIXES: * core: Non-200 response codes on downloads now show proper errors. [GH-141] * amazon-ebs: SSH handshake is retried. [GH-130] * vagrant: The `BuildName` template propery works properly in the output path. * vagrant: Properly configure the provider-specific post-processors so things like `vagrantfile_template` work. [GH-129] * vagrant: Close filehandles when copying files so Windows can rename files. [GH-100] ## 0.1.4 (July 2, 2013) FEATURES: * virtualbox: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99] * virtualbox: and codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97] * vmware: Can now be built headless with the "Headless" option. [GH-99] * vmware: and codes for waiting 5 and 10 seconds during the boot sequence, respectively. [GH-97] * vmware: Disks are defragmented and compacted at the end of the build. This can be disabled using "skip_compaction" IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Template syntax errors now show line and character number. [GH-56] * amazon-ebs: Access key and secret access key default to environmental variables. [GH-40] * virtualbox: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth [GH-121] * vmware: Send password for keyboard-interactive auth [GH-121] BUG FIXES: * vmware: Wait until shut down cleans up properly to avoid corrupt disk files [GH-111] ## 0.1.3 (July 1, 2013) FEATURES: * The VMware builder can now upload the VMware tools for you into the VM. This is opt-in, you must specify the `tools_upload_flavor` option. See the website for more documentation. IMPROVEMENTS: * digitalocean: Errors contain human-friendly error messages. [GH-85] BUG FIXES: * core: More plugin server fixes that avoid hangs on OS X 10.7 [GH-87] * vagrant: AWS boxes will keep the AMI artifact around [GH-55] * virtualbox: More robust version parsing for uploading guest additions. [GH-69] * virtualbox: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name, avoiding collisions. [GH-91] * vmware: Output dir and VM name defaults depend on build name, avoiding collisions. [GH-91] ## 0.1.2 (June 29, 2013) IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Template doesn't validate if there are no builders. * vmware: Delete any VMware files in the VM that aren't necessary for it to function. BUG FIXES: * core: Plugin servers consider a port in use if there is any error listening to it. This fixes I18n issues and Windows. [GH-58] * amazon-ebs: Sleep between checking instance state to avoid RequestLimitExceeded [GH-50] * vagrant: Rename VirtualBox ovf to "box.ovf" [GH-64] * vagrant: VMware boxes have the correct provider type. * vmware: Properly populate files in artifact so that the Vagrant post-processor works. [GH-63] ## 0.1.1 (June 28, 2013) BUG FIXES: * core: plugins listen explicitly on 127.0.0.1, fixing odd hangs. [GH-37] * core: fix race condition on verifying checksum of large ISOs which could cause panics [GH-52] * virtualbox: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44] * virtualbox: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer panic [GH-53] * vmware: `boot_wait` defaults to "10s" rather than 0. [GH-44] * vmware: if `http_port_min` and max are the same, it will no longer panic [GH-53] ## 0.1.0 (June 28, 2013) * Initial release