## 1.6.5 (Upcoming) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/azure-chroot: Fix typo in option `exlude_from_latest` to `exclude_from_latest`. Old name will still be respected. [GH-10034] * builder/openstack: Fix source image validation regression when using filters. [GH-10065] * core/hcl2: Packer HCL's "Coalesce" function now behaves same way as Terraform's. [GH-10016] * core/HCL: Hide sensitive variables from output. [GH-10031] * core: Fix artifact handling so that input artifacts are properly preserved in postprocessors that don't modify artifacts. [GH-9996] * core: Fix pathing in cd_files to copy proper directory tree when user provided absolute paths. [GH-10022] * provisioner/ansible: Ansible galaxy no longer forces use of collections in v1 files. [GH-10010] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/google: Add service account impersonation. [GH-9968] [GH-10054] * builder/oracle-oci: New option to specify image compartment separate from build compartment. [GH-10040] * builder/oracle-oci: New option to specify boot volume size. [GH-10017] * builder/scaleway: Allow the user to use an image label (eg ubuntu_focal) instead of a hardcoded UUID on the Scaleway builder. [GH-10061] ## 1.6.4 (September 30, 2020) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix authentication issue when using instance profiles or assumed roles for loading session-derived credentials. [GH-10007] * builder/azure: Fix crash when using `azure_tag` or `azure_tags` configuration options. [GH-10014] * builder/qemu: Ensure `qemu_img_args` are honored during the disk convert step. [GH-10001] ## 1.6.3 (September 25, 2020) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Add `pause_before_ssm` option to pause for some time before establishing a Session Manager session; defaults to 10s. [GH-9988] * builder/amazon: Implement assume_role option that matches Terraform behavior. [GH-9981] * builder/azure: Support publishing to a Shared Image Gallery with a different subscription id [GH-9875] * builder/openstack: Add `external_source_image_url` and `external_source_image_format` to support building images from external source URLs. [GH-9992] * builder/openstack: Include API requests and responses as part of the debug log output. [GH-9972] * builder/oracle-oci: Add `create_vnic_details` option for launch details. [GH-9856] * builder/oracle-oci: Allow freeform and defined tags to be added to an instance. [GH-9802] * builder/proxmox: Add `io_thread` option for supporting io threads when using a `virtio-scsi-single` controller with a `scsi` or `virtio` disk type. [GH-9969] * builder/proxmox: Add ability to specify interfaces for http_directory and VM. [GH-9874] * builder/proxmox: Allow the mounting of multiple ISOs via the `cd_drive` option. [GH-9653] * builder/proxmox: Fix boot command special keys. [GH-9885] * builder/qemu: Add `qemu_img_args` option to set special cli flags for calls to qemu-img [GH-9956] * builder/qemu: Add `skip_resize_disk` option to skip the resizing of QCOW2 images. [GH-9896] [GH-9860] * builder/qemu: Skip qemu-img convert on MacOS to prevent the creation of corrupt images [QEMU #1776920](https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1776920) [GH-9949] * builder/scaleway: Change default boottype to local. [GH-9853] * builder/scaleway: Update scaleway to use non-deprecated sdk. [GH-9902] * builder/vmware: Add `vnc_over_websocket` to allow the sending of a `boot_command` to hosts running ESXi 6.7 and above. [GH-9938] * builder/vmware: Allow user to set vmware tools source path. [GH-9983] * builder/vsphere-clone: Add ability to set `mac_address` [GH-9930] * builder/vsphere-clone: Add floppy_files, cd_files, and iso_paths options. [GH-9963] * builder/vsphere-iso: Add NVMe controller support. [GH-9880] * builder/vsphere: Look for a default resource pool when root resource pool is not found. [GH-9809] * core: Add support for running cygwin/msys2 based cd/iso creation tool [GH-9954] * core: New `cd_files` option to mount iso for modern OSes which don't support floppies. [GH-9796] [GH-9919] [GH-9928] [GH-9932] [GH-9941] * HCL2: When the type of a variable is not known evaluate setting as a literal string instead of a variable name. [GH-9863] * post-processor/vagrant: Support the use of template variables within Vagrantfile templates. [GH-9923] * post-processor/yandex-import: Allow custom API endpoint. [GH-9850] * provisioner/ansible: Add support for Ansible Galaxy Collections. [GH-9903] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon-ebs: Fix issue where retrying on invalid IAM instance profile error was creating multiple spot instances. [GH-9946] * builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Fix issue where builder defaults to AWS managed key even when custom `kms_key_id` is set. [GH-9959] * builder/amazon: Update ssm_driver log polling logic to prevent infinite loops when SSM driver is terminated outside of Packer. [GH-9991] * builder/azure: Fix crash when using HCL2 configs. [GH-9984] [GH-9985] * builder/qemu: Fix hardcoded lowerbound causing negative ports [GH-9905] * builder/qemu: Skip compaction when backing file is used. [GH-9918] * builder/scaleway: Add pre validate step to prevent the creation of multiple images with the same name. [GH-9840] * builder/vmware-iso: Prevent the use of reserved SCSI ID 0:7 when attaching multiple disks. [GH-9940] * builder/vsphere: Fix overly strict iso_path validation regex. [GH-9855] * command/console: Prevent failure when there are unknown vars. [GH-9864] * command/inspect: Allow unset variables in HCL2 and JSON. [GH-9832] * core: Prevent the UI progressbar from hanging and crashing when there is no TTY available. [GH-9974] * core: Use $APPDATA over $HOME on Windows hosts when determining homedir. [GH-9830] * post-processor/digitalocean-import: Fix crash caused by empty artifact.Files slice. [GH-9857] * post-processor/yandex-export: Check for error after runner completes. [GH-9925] * post-processor/yandex-export: Set metadata key to expected value on error. [GH-9849] * post-processor/yandex-import: Fix S3 URL construct process. [GH-9931] ## 1.6.2 (August 28, 2020) ### FEATURES: * **New command** `hcl2_upgrade` is a JSON to HCL2 transpiler that allows users to transform an existing JSON configuration template into its HCL2 template equivalent. Please see [hcl2_upgrade command docs](https://packer.io/docs/commands/hcl2_upgrade) for more details. [GH-9659] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Add all of the custom AWS template engines to `build` template function for use by provisioners. [GH-9751] * builder/amazon: Add aws_polling config option to override env variables. [GH-9777] * builder/azure: Add FreeBSD support to azure/chroot builder. [GH-9697] * builder/vmware-esx: Add `network_name` option to vmware so that users can set a network without using vmx data. [GH-9718] * builder/vmware-vmx: Add additional disk configuration option. Previously only implemented for vmware-iso builder [GH-9815] * builder/vmware: Add a `remote_output_directory option` so users can tell Packer where on a datastore to create a vm. [GH-9784] * builder/vmware: Add option to export to ovf or ova from a local vmware build [GH-9825] * builder/vmware: Add progress tracker to vmware-esx5 iso upload. [GH-9779] * builder/vsphere-iso: Add support for building on a single ESXi host [GH-9793] * builder/vsphere: Add new `directory_permission` config export option. [GH-9704] * builder/vsphere: Add option to import OVF templates to the Content Library [GH-9755] * builder/vsphere: Add step and options to customize cloned VMs. [GH-9665] * builder/vsphere: Update `iso_paths` to support reading ISOs from Content Library paths [GH-9801] * core/hcl: Add provisioner "override" option to HCL2 templates. [GH-9764] * core/hcl: Add vault integration as an HCL2 function function. [GH-9746] * core: Add colored prefix to progress bar so it's clearer what build each progress bar belongs to. [GH-9780] * core: Ui now pretty prints build durations. [GH-9749] * core: When a build is cancelled, Packer will skip postprocessors gracefully rather than failing them. [GH-9720] * integrations/secretsmanager: Add support for plaintext non-key/pair secrets. [GH-9773] * post-processor/vsphere: Improve UI to catch bad credentials and print errors. [GH-9649] * provisioner/ansible-remote: Add `ansible_ssh_extra_args` so users can specify extra arguments to pass to ssh [GH-9821] * provisioner/file: Clean up, bugfix, and document previously-hidden `sources` option. [GH-9725] [GH-9735] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Add option to option to download community SaltStack formulas. [GH-9726] ### BUG FIXES: * build: Fix bug in code generator that caused generation to fail in nested packer/packer dirs [GH-9728] * build: Fix Makefile so that default target doesn't crash and creates dev binaries. [GH-9706] * builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Make skip_save_build_region option work in the ebssurrogate builder, not just the ebs builder. [GH-9666] * builder/amazon: Add retry logic to the spot instance creation step to handle "Invalid IAM Instance Profile name" errors [GH-9810] * builder/amazon: Update the `aws_secretsmanager` function to read from the AWS credentials file for obtaining default region information; fixes the 'MissingRegion' error when AWS_REGION is not set [GH-9781] * builder/file: Make sure that UploadDir receives the interpolated destination. [GH-9698] * builder/googlecompute: Fix bug where startup script hang would cause export to hang. [GH-9708] * builder/hyperv: Send boot command in small chunks to make it more stable. [GH-9765] * builder/scaleway: Fix config issue that made scaleway builder fail when used with HCL2 config. [GH-9677] * builder/vmware: Fully destroy vm if it was cancelled or errored. This will make orphaned vms easier to destroy through vCenter. [GH-9782] * builder/vsphere: Fix `alt`, `ctrl`, and `shift` keypresses in the boot_command. [GH-9702] [GH-9739] * builder/vsphere: Fix bug where Packer timed out if two interfaces were defined but only one had an available IP. [GH-9748] * builder/vsphere: Fix the configuration_parameters option so that it is always applied, not just when the tool sync policy is set. [GH-9713] * communicator: Fix `pause_before_connect` option to force a reconnect after the pause. [GH-9772] * core: Make `max_retries` provisioner option a string to allow variable interpolation. [GH-9673] * post-processor/vsphere-template: Fix ReregisterVM to default to true instead of false. [GH-9736] * post-processor/yandex-export: Fix issue when validating region_name [GH-9814] * provisioner/inspec: Fix the 'Unsupported argument; An argument named "command"' error when using the inspec provisioner in an HCL2 configuration [GH-9800] ## 1.6.1 (July 30, 2020) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATABILITIES: * HCL: builder/vsphere: Add option to add a xhci/usb3 controller; changes controller value to an array of strings. [GH-9574] * HCL: New HCL-only `post-processors` block to run chained post-processors after a build [GH-9638]. Before this, defining multiple `post-processor` blocks after provisioning steps would run them sequentially, now doing this makes them start from the build artifact. To queue post-processors you now have to define them in a `post-processors` block. [GH-9638] * post-processor/vSphere: We have fixed a bug in the ovftool URL encoding. This may mean that you have performed an encoding workaround that is no longer necessary. [GH-9589] ### FEATURES: * **New post-processor** Yandex Import [GH-9553] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon-ebs: Wrap CreateImage call in a retry to account for eventual consistency [GH-9579] * builder/azure: Disable SSH password authentication unless password is explicitly specified. [GH-9603] * builder/docker: Add options for --cap-add, --cap-drop, --tmpfs, --device [GH-9565] * builder/file: Create parent directories of target file, if they don't exist. [GH-9452] * builder/googlecompute: Add `wrap_startup_script` configuration option to allow the disabling of Packer's startup script wrapper [GH-9505] * builder/googlecompute: Add support for oslogin via the `use_os_login` configuration option [GH-9339] * builder/googlecompute: Make IAP tunnel timeout configurable. [GH-9545] * builder/googlecompute: Support using WinRM over an IAP tunnel [GH-9610] * builder/hyper-v: Include secure boot template in box.xml [GH-9552] * builder/hyperone: Add support for custom username in vm creation. [GH-9497] * builder/hyperone: Skip chroot device discovery. [GH-9489] * builder/openstack: Bump gophercloud to latest version [GH-9573] * builder/proxmox: Add option to disable KVM hardware virtualization in Proxmox builder [GH-9587] * builder/proxmox: Add support for multiple NIC packet queues [GH-9597] * builder/proxmox: Enable Proxmox builder to toggle the firewall parameter for network interfaces. [GH-9487] * builder/proxmox: Update Proxmox storagePoolTypes [GH-9418] * builder/qemu: Add 'cdrom_interface' option to QEMU builder [GH-9483] * builder/tencentcloud: Add `source_image_name` to support getting source image by name [GH-9619] * builder/tencentcloud: Update cvm root disk type to `CLOUD_PREMIUM` [GH-9663] * builder/ucloud: New access config options and run config options. [GH-9466] * builder/vsphere-clone: Add `boot_command` support to vsphere-clone builder, including support for starting an HTTP server * builder/vsphere-clone: Add `vapp` configuration option [GH-9507] * builder/vsphere: Add ability to define multiple disk controllers [GH-9519] * builder/vsphere: Add `boot_command` support to vsphere-clone builder. [GH-9397] * builder/vsphere: Add `content_library_destination` to import VM template to a Content Library [GH-9551] * builder/vsphere: Add `force_bios_setup` configuration option [GH-9563] * builder/vsphere: Add option to add a xhci/usb3 controller [GH-9574] * builder/vsphere: Create vm output folders if they don't exist [GH-9402] * builder/vsphere: Fix file size descriptor when exporting OFV [GH-9568] * builder/vsphere: Look at all available IPs in the waiting for IP loop. [GH-9450] * builder/vsphere: Match network to host when multiple networks are found [GH-9556] * builder/vsphere: Update vsphere `boot_command` to bring it in line with other builders' boot_command functionality. [GH-9406] * builder/vsphere: Use datacenter inventory path for find folder [GH-9390] * builder/vsphere: Use value from "ip_wait_address" option to determine the default for the http server IP [GH-9441] * builder/yandex: Allow set `min_disk_size` for an image. * builder/yandex: Support authentication by Service Account on instance [GH-9383] * builder/yandex: yandex: Add new property `min_disk_size` of built image [GH-9594] * communicator/ssh: Add support for OpenSSH certificate signing [GH-9521] * communicator/ssh: Allow users to provide a list of ciphers that they want Packer to support. [GH-9453] * core/hcl2: Add possibility to name singular build.source blocks to differentiate their output and to filter on them [GH-9490] * core/hcl2: Add the "inspect" command for hcl2 configs. [GH-9468] * core/hcl2: HCL configs now respect only/except using build names instead of types. [GH-9454] * core/hcl: Allow use of `keep_input_artifact` in post processors. [GH-9477] * core/hcl: Share build info with Provisioner and Post-Processor via HCL2 variables [GH-9444] [GH-9534] [GH-9622] * core: Add on-error flag option to run error-cleanup-provisioner [GH-9429] * core: communicator/ssh: Add new `ssh_key_exchange_algorithms` option to supply custom key exchange algorithms in SSH client [GH-9634] * core: refactor initialization out from Packer core to allow `validate --syntax-only` to no error when a variable is not set [GH-9627] * hcl2: Handle uint64 buildvars [GH-9585] * post-processor/yandex-export: Allow users to utilize generated variables in templating. [GH-9555] * post-processor/yandex-export: Support Authentication by Service Account Key file [GH-9379] * post-processor/yandex-import: Support creating an Image based on another one [GH-9614] * post-processor/yandex-import: Support using URL from yandex-export [GH-9601] * provisioner/ansible: Add template option for templating the inventory file lines [GH-9438] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Change "Resource" field in `temporary_iam_instance_profile_policy_document` to be an array of strings, not just a single string. [GH-9509] * builder/amazon: HCL2: Add singular `run_volume_tag` block to ebs & ebssurrogate builders. [GH-9457] * builder/amazon: Retry fetching block device mappings if empty. [GH-9480] * builder/azure: Fix data disks URI. [GH-9467] * builder/googlecompute: Fix issue with `use_iap` globally changing a user's gcloud project configuration, by temporarily setting "project" via project flag and not via `gcloud config` [GH-9662] * builder/googlecompute: Fix the "secure boot" validation for uefi_compatible images. [GH-9371] * builder/qemu: Only set up localhost port forwarding if skipnatmapping is false. [GH-9479] * builder/vagrant: Fix box file validation for remote box files specified using `source_path` [GH-9660] * builder/vagrant: Improve validation and error handling around synced_folder. Make sure that synced folder can be defined relative to Packer run directory, not the Vagrant output directory. [GH-9577] * builder/virtualbox-vm: Fix regression where builder would fail if the vm had no snapshots. [GH-9435] * builder/vmware-iso: Try checksum remote file instead of local file. [GH-9584] * builder/vmware: Fix a race that occurred when parsing the network config. [GH-9387] * builder/vmware: Update vendor library, enabling retries on 502 errors [GH-9391] * builder/vsphere-clone: Fix SSH public key injection for cloned templates [GH-9507] * builder/vsphere: Clean up folder path to remove leading slashes. [GH-9542] * builder/vsphere: Deduplicate where Firmware is set in vsphere-iso builder [GH-9557] * builder/vsphere: Fix vsphere ToolsSyncTime and ToolsUpgradePolicy [GH-9515] * builder/vsphere: vSphere driver context is no longer cancelled when Packer context is cancelled. [GH-9576] * communicator/winrm: Add the "no_proxy" environment variable option to have winrm bypass the proxy set by the http_proxy or https_proxy environment vars, when connecting to the remote instance. [GH-9267] * core: Do not print download progress bar if a machine-readable UI is chosen. [GH-9448] * post-processor/amazon-import: Add support for retrying RequestLimitExceeded errors when importing an image [GH-9537] * post-processor/docker-import: Fix crash when using docker-import with HCL. [GH-9670] * post-processor/vsphere: Fix password encoding in vsphere post-processor ovftool call [GH-9589] * post-processor/yandex-export: Fix error handling and docs. [GH-9554] * provisioner/ansible-local: Fix agent auth in SSH communicator [GH-9639] * provisioner/ansible: Correct check for whether PackerHttpAddr is implemented or not [GH-9498] * provisioner/ansible: Quote extra-var packer_build_name to handle names with spaces [GH-9590] ## 1.6.0 (June 09, 2020) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * builder/vsphere-iso: The deprecated fields `network`, `network_card`, `disk_size`, `disk_thin_provisioned`, and `disk_eagerly_scrub` have been removed. Run `packer fix template.json` to migrate an existing template [GH-9149] * For all iso-based builders, the `iso_checksum_type` and `iso_checksum_url` fields have been removed in favor of simply setting the `iso_checksum` field. Use the [packer fix](https://www.packer.io/docs/commands/fix/) command to update a config file. See the [iso_checksum field docs](https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/virtualbox/iso/#iso_checksum) to read more about this. [GH-8437] ### FEATURES: * **New post-processor** Yandex Export [GH-9124] * builder/amazon: Add SSM Session Manager as a SSH interface connection [GH-9082] * builder/google: Implement iap proxy for googlecompute [GH-9105] * HCL2/core: Add command/console support for HCL2 config files [GH-9359] * HCL2/core: Add command/validate support for HCL2 config files [GH-9346] * HCL2/core: it is now possible to set source fields from the `build` block [GH-9291] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Added new `build` template function field: SourceAMICreationDate [GH-9277] * builder/azure-arm: Support User Assigned Managed Identity [GH-9293] * builder/azure-chroot: Copy data disks between shared image galleries [GH-9323] * builder/googlecompute: Changed default disk size. [GH-9071] * builder/googlecompute: New option to specify storage location for GCP images [GH-9326] * builder/qemu: Add support for using a network bridge [GH-9159] * builder/qemu: Added `skip_nat_mapping` option to skip the communicator (SSH or WinRM) automatic port forward and use the guest port directly. [GH-9307] * builder/qemu: Replace deprecated `ssh_host_port_min` and `ssh_host_port_max` by `host_port_min` and `host_port_max`. [GH-9307] * builder/virtualbox: Add `output_filename` config option to allow user to set a custom filename instead of forcing it to be the same as vm_name. [GH-9174] * builder/vsphere: Add `floppy_label` option. [GH-9187] * builder/vsphere: Add `ip_wait_address` to allow packer to wait for an ip address that fits within the range (cidr address). [GH-9358] * builder/vsphere: Add `tools_sync_time` and `tools_upgrade_policy` options to set time synchronization and automatic VMware Tools upgrade. [GH-9366] * core/hcl: Enable "force", "debug", and "on-error" command line flags for hcl2 builds. [GH-9234] * core/hcl: Enable only/except for provisioners and post-processors [GH-9357] * core/hcl: Support named builds in HCL2 templates [GH-9245] * core/interpolation: Add support for specifying a particular key to fetch from the AWS Secrets Manager [GH-9202] [GH-9286] * core: HCL logs now display source type and source name (`type.name`) in logs to differentiate more easily who says what. [GH-9257] * core: update consul and vault dependencies [GH-9205] * core: Update vendored "go-getter" library with checksum fixes. * core: Users can now configure the http bind address of the server launched to serve files from http_directory [GH-9313] * core: When a template contains a deprecated option, Packer will now encourage the user to call `packer fix`. [GH-9325] * post-processor/docker-push: Support pushing multiple tags [GH-9182] * post-processor/docker-tag: Change field name of docker tag to "tags" instead of "tag" since it's a list. Keep "tag" for backwards compatibility. [GH-9183] * provisioner/windows-restart: Display full hostname, instead of just the NetBIOS name [GH-9335] ### BUG FIXES: * buidler/vsphere-iso: Fix bug validating iso_urls [GH-9321] * builder/azure-arm: Update runtime constants with a valid DataDiskName [GH-9251] * builder/digitalocean: Use correct image type for Droplet creates. [GH-9212] * builder/openstack: Don't error if metadata can't be set. Old versions of openstack don't support that API call. [GH-9198] * builder/vagrant: Use absolute path for package_include files to prevent them from having to be relative to the output vagrant directory. [GH-9260] * builder/virtualbox: Fix bug using checksum files. [GH-9101] * builder/vmware: Fix ssh connection when the guest platform's dhcpcd switches the IP address in-between a build. [GH-9322] * builder/vsphere-iso: Use the Datacenter's VmFolder call instead of manually generating folder path [GH-9342] * builder/vsphere: Add option not to set host during datastore upload. [GH-9100 * builder/vsphere: Fix crash in the driver for an interface conversion of types.AnyType nil to types.ManagedObjectReference. [GH-9354] * builder/vsphere: Fix iso config prepare being called incorrectly, which caused `iso_url` field to fail. [GH-9197] * builder/yandex: Do not require 'gpu-standard-v1' platform_id for any GPU- based config. [GH-9356] * core: Ensure HTTP server information `PackerHTTPIP`, `PackerHTTPPort`, and `PackerHTTPAddr` are available via the `build` template engine for all supported builders [GH-9238] * core: Fix `iso_url` to accept SMB shared files UNC and windows network paths. [GH-8954] * core: Fix regression that broke use of pwd when retrieving the checksum from a file [GH-9129]. * post-processor/vagrant: Add "provider_override" template option to allow artifacts from the Artifice post-processor [GH-9239] * post-processor/vsphere-template: Add VSphere builder's artifact to vsphere- template's supported types [GH-9146] * postprocessor/artifice: Update various core post-processors to accept artifacts from the Artifice post-processor [GH-9239] * provisioner/ansible-remote: Fix the arg order to make sure that the playbook file is the last item in the call [GH-9279] * provisioner/ansible: Ansible provisioner doesn't force ssh key checking if user wants to use password to connect instead. [GH-9350] * provisioner/inspec: Fix build variables interpolation [GH-9262] * provisioner/powershell: fix interpolation of execute_command in cleanup script call. [GH-9275] * provisioner/powershell: Fix long-wait retry loop caused by cleanup logic [GH-9226] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Ignore the CmdArgs field in hcl2 [GH-9290] ## 1.5.6 (May 1, 2020) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * core/hcl2: HCL2 singular blocks: use key/value or name/value depending on how the service names things [GH-9078] * core/hcl2: Maps are now treated as settable arguments as opposed to blocks. For example `tags = {}` instead of `tags {}` [GH-9035] * `packer build` command: removed option to set `parallel=false`, use `-parallel-builds=1` for this. ### FEATURES: * **New Builder** azure-dtl allows creation of devtestlabs images in Azure [GH-8987] * **New Core Feature** provisioners now support a `max_retries` option that can be used for retrying a provisioner on error [GH-9061] * **New Post-Processor**: `yandex-export` Upload built image in Yandex Object Storage. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/azure-arm: Add `boot_diag_storage_account` option for enabling boot diagnostics on a virtual machine [GH-9053] * builder/azure-arm: Add support for setting custom resource names [GH-9028] * builder/azure-arm: Data disk names are now randomly generated [GH-8986] * builder/azure: Add shared image destination for azure-chroot [GH-9021] * builder/azure: Add shared image source for chroot builder [GH-9070] * builder/google: Add support for custom shielded images [GH-8970] * builder/google: Allow `source_image_project_id` to be a list of several projects to search. [GH-8679] * builder/hyperv: Add `boot_order` option to override the default boot order [GH-9046] * builder/oracle-oci: Allow Instance Principal Auth for Oracle OCI builder [GH-8893] * builder/oracle-oci: Update Oracle SDK. [GH-9104] * builder/proxmox: Add ability to add a cloud-init drive [GH-9045] * builder/vsphere: Add `disable_shutdown` option to support manual vm shutdown over the default automatic shutdown step [GH-9095] * builder/vsphere: Add `vgpu_profile` option for specifying vGPU profiles [GH-8946] * builder/vsphere: Add support for EFI Secure Boot [GH-9018] * builder/vsphere: Add support for specifying vGPU profiles [GH-8946] * builder/yandex: Add `target_image_folder_id ` option for changing the folder where a built image will be saved to [GH-9080] * core/hcl2: HCL mode builds now honor -only and -except options [GH-8947] * core/hcl2: Set `packer_build_name` and `packer_builder_type` variables for builder provisioners and post-processors [GH-8956] * core/HCL: HCL mode now honors -only and -except options. [GH-8947] * core: New template function: aws_secretsmanager [GH-9099] * provisioner/ansible: Add `use_proxy` option to not use localhost proxy adapter. Removes need for ansible connection_plugin when using WinRM. [GH-8625] * provisioner/powershell: Add `debug_mode` option to help with debugging generated scripts [GH-8996] * provisioner/powershell: Add cleanup step to remove temporarily created scripts; cleanup can be skipped by setting the `skip_clean` option [GH-8908] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix bug with `launch_block_device_mappings` in spot instances. [GH-8945] * builder/azure-arm: Fix issue where managed image builds were using a different `location` then what was specified in the build configuration [GH-9068] * builder/azure: Allow Managed Data Disks to be used with Azure Shared Image Gallery [GH-8912] * builder/azure: Fix SSH connection for temporary admin users specified in `ssh_username` [GH-9103] * builder/osc: Make compliant with oAPI spec for Outscale osc-bsu builder [GH-9093] * builder/qemu: Remove `net_device` pre-validation [GH-8979] * builder/tencentcloud: Update builder to handle the InstanceOperationInProgress error [GH-9069] * builder/vsphere-iso: disk_size is no longer required if storage is defined [GH-8975] * builder/vsphere: Add exported files to VSphere artifact [GH-9020] * builder/vsphere: Fix issue where -force is not working with vsphere builders [GH-9039] * core: Fix crash in wrapperreadline helper when calling `os.NewFile` on unknown file descriptor [GH-9037] * core: Make sure CLI variables supersede variables from var files [GH-8964] * provisioner/powershell: Fix integer decoding issue in the execution policy parser [GH-8997] ## 1.5.5 (March 25,2020) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * core: Interpolation of undefined variables will now error as expected, in previous versions variables were allowed to be set as a command line argument but that was because the validation was being ignored ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/azure: Add support for configurable KeyVault SKU [GH-8879] * builder/hyperv: Add `first_boot_device` setting to allow the selection of the initial device or device class used for booting the VM. [GH-8714] * builder/hyperv: Fix Hyper-V compacted disk size comparison [GH-8811] * builder/openstack: Add new `image_auto_accept_members` option [GH-8931] * builder/proxmox: Add ability to specify vga adapter [GH-8892] * builder/proxmox: Add onboot directive support [GH-8935] * builder/tencentcloud: Show tencentcloud image id after copy to destination region. [GH-8763] * builder/vmware-iso: Add `cleanup_remote_cache` config option to [GH-8917] * builder/vmware-iso: Do not perform dial test of NIC when ssh bastion is required [GH-8877] * builder/vsphere-clone: Add ability to export VM to OVF file [GH-8764] * builder/vsphere-iso: Add ability to define multiple disks. [GH-8787] * builder/vsphere-iso: Add ability to export VM to OVF file [GH-8764] * builder/vsphere-iso: Add support for eagerly zeroed / scrubbed disks. [GH-8756] * builder/vsphere-iso: Add the remote iso first so that it is first in boot order, and clarify boot behavior. [GH-8732] * communicator/ssh: Add flag to enable support for keyboard-interactive auth to connect bastion [GH-8847] * core/hcl2: Add support for singular blocks [GH-8889] * core/hcl2: Add support in HCL2 configs for dynamic blocks, document for loops and splat expressions [GH-8720] * core/hcl2: Fix HCL2 local variables decoding to allow local usage within another local in the same locals block [GH-8755] * core/hcl2: Import new replace and regex_replace funcs from go-cty + documentation [GH-8863] * core: Enable hcl files as var files in HCL mode [GH-8882] * core: Make "build" engine template variables SSHPublicKey and SSHPrivateKey strings [GH-8829] ### Bug Fixes: * builder/azure: Fix `winrm_password` attribution and allow users to set `winrm_username` [GH-8928] * builder/azure: Fix azure key vault cleanup failure [GH-8905] * builder/azure: Fix HCL2 bug that prevented Azure and other builders from loading properly. [GH-8785] * builder/googlecompute: Fix WinRMPassword template engine. [GH-8890] * builder/googlecompute: Replace deprecated "sshKeys" metadata with "ssh-keys" to fix SSH authentication issue [GH-8942] * builder/proxmox: Add new validation to catch that template_name cannot contain spaces. [GH-8799] * builder/proxmox: Bump proxmox-api-go to fix upstream bug where users hit open file limit. [GH-8800] * builder/vagrant: Fix path validation in ssh config step. [GH-8826] * builder/virtualbox-vm: Fix crash when VM has no snapshots. [GH-8906] * builder/virtualbox: Remove all floppy controllers before adding a new one. [GH-8828] * builder/vsphere-clone: Fix issue preventing the cloning of VMs with the same name in different folders [GH-8938] * builder/vsphere-iso: Fix issue preventing the creation of VMs with the same name in different folders [GH-8938] * builder/vsphere: Fix network object interface panic. [GH-8753] * core/hcl2: Fix crash when an unset variable is used [GH-8837] * core/hcl2: Fix logic for parsing literal value variables [GH-8834] * core/hcl2: Make sure locals are evaluated only after variables are. [GH-8918] * core: Fix "build" template engine interpolation for certain fields in certain provisioners. [GH-8771] * core: Fix bug where user var recursion could fail intermittently when used with env vars [GH-8875] * core: Interpolation of undefined variables will now error as expected * plugins: Make plugin discovery stricter with respect to periods so that users can disable plugins by renaming the extension [GH-8735] * provisioner/salt: Fix `no_exit_on_failure` config to work correctly as expected. [GH-9119] * provisioner/shell: "inline" config option is now a template engine. [GH-8883] ## 1.5.4 (February 14, 2020) no-change release to fix code-signing on OSX binaries. Since checksums for these binaries has changed, we are releasing a second time to prevent confusion. ## 1.5.3 (February 14, 2020) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/vsphere: Add ability to define multiple NICs for vsphere-iso [GH-8739] * builder/vsphere: Add option to remove CD-ROM drives. [GH-8690] * core: Add validation to catch when users accidentally add duplicate fields to template [GH-8725] ### Bug Fixes: * core/hcl2: Fix template prepare/validation for HCL2 templates [GH-8742] * core: Fix `build` template function interpolation [GH-8727] ## 1.5.2 (February 12, 2020) **New Builder** The vsphere-iso builder, previously maintained by JetBrains, has been merged with the Packer core. It will be officially supported by the Packer team at HashiCorp moving forward. [GH-8480] **HCL2 variables & functions** HCL2 configurations can now use `variable`, `variables`, `locals`, and functions [GH-8588]. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Add AlicloudProfile option. [GH-8560] * builder/amazon: Add max_retries option to aws builders [GH-8709] * builder/amazon: Add source AMI owner ID/name to template engines [GH-8550] * builder/amazon: Update instance waiters to use global waiter settings set by `AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS` and `AWS_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` [GH-8699] * builder/azure: Allow users to use custom key vault for storing Windows certificates [GH-8704] * builder/azure: Set expiry for image versions in SIG [GH-8561] * builder/proxmox: Add option to upload the boot ISO rather than pointing out a previously manually uploaded one. [GH-8624] * builder/vagrant: Fix a crash in the Vagrant driver [GH-8607] * builder/yandex: Add service account ID to config [GH-8717] * communicator/winrm: Users can now override winrm_host with a static IP even when using cloud builders. [GH-8675] * core/hcl2: Fix bug preventing reading slices within other slices [GH-8669] * core: Interpolation within post-processors can now access build-specific values like Host IP, communicator password, and more [GH-8632] * core: Add `PACKER_PLUGIN_PATH` to list of supported paths for plugin discovery [GH-8616] * core: clean up messy log line in plugin execution. [GH-8542] * core: Ensure `PACKER_HTTP_ADDR` is always set for any builder that provides a HTTP server for file transfer [GH-8654] * core: Fix loading external plugins defined in PACKER_CONFIG [GH-8582] * core: Log name of postprocessor running to disambiguate long chains of post- processors. [GH-8613] * core: Packer can use isos in-place on Windows again, instead of copying them into its cache. [GH-7627] * core: step_download: return without error if Urls is empty [GH-8579] * post-processor/vsphere-template] Simplify method to use vm.MarkAsTemplate (optionally) [GH-8511] * scripts: Fix some issues with mapstructure-to-hcl2 code generator. [GH-8574] * scripts: Update Vagrant bootstrapping scripts [GH-8604] ### Bug Fixes: * builder/alicloud: Fix "security group doesn't exist" error when there are >10 security groups. [GH-8535] * builder/amazon: Allow AWS builder pre-validation to pass when subnet filters are present [GH-8622] * builder/azure: Fix bug where deployments were not being cleaned up: [GH-8496] * builder/azure: Fix issue where WinRMPassword was being left unset [GH-8670] * builder/lxd: Fix file uploading issue when using the file provisioner [GH-8636] * builder/null: Fix crash when configuring builder using HCL2. [GH-8612] * builder/osc: Fix ssh host detection in Public Cloud and Nets [GH-8414] * builder/vagrant: Fix bug with reading key from a path with spaces [GH-8605] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Remove config dependency from StepImport [GH-8509] * builder/virtualbox-vm: use config as a non pointer to avoid a panic [GH-8576] * core: Fix crash when build.sources is set to an invalid name [GH-8569] * core: Fix error loading .packerconfig [GH-8623] * core: Fix loading local ISO files when using `iso_target_path` [GH-8689] * core: Fix loading of external plugins. GH-8543] * post-processor/docker-tag: Fix regression if no tags were specified. [GH-8593] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Update error handling for Vagrant Cloud API [GH-8594] * post-processor/vagrant: correctly handle the diskSize property as a qemu size string [GH-8567] * provisioner/ansible: Fix password sanitization to account for empty string values. [GH-8570] * provisioner/shell: Fix bug with shell provisioner failing to clean up the environment var file when env_var_file is true. [GH-8639] ## 1.5.1 (December 20, 2019) This was a fast-follow release to fix a number of panics that we introduced when making changes for HCL2. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Add show_expired option for describing images [GH-8425] ### Bug Fixes: * builder/cloudstack: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/hyperv/iso: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/hyperv/vmcx: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/jdcloud: Update jdcloud statebag to use pointers for config [GH-8518] * builder/linode: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/lxc: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/lxd: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/oneandone: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/oracle/classic: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/oracle/oci: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/osc/bsuvolume: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/parallels/pvm: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/profitbricks: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/scaleway: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/vagrant: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/virtualbox/ovf: Fix panics associated with loading config [GH-8513] * builder/virtualbox: Configure NAT interface before forwarded port mapping #8514 * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Configure NAT interface before forwarded port mapping [GH-8514] ## 1.5.0 (December 18, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Add no_ephemeral template option to remove ephemeral drives from launch mappings. [GH-8393] * builder/amazon: Add validation for "subnet_id" when specifying "vpc_id" [GH-8360] [GH-8387] [GH-8391] * builder/amazon: allow enabling ena/sr-iov on ebssurrogate spot instances [GH-8397] * builder/amazon: Retry runinstances aws api call to mitigate throttling [GH-8342] * builder/hyperone: Update builder schema and tags [GH-8444] * builder/qemu: Add display template option for qemu. [GH-7676] * builder/qemu: Disk Size is now read as a string to support units. [GH-8320] [GH-7546] * builder/qemu: Add fixer to convert disk size from int to string [GH-8390] * builder/qemu: Disk Size is now read as a string to support units. [GH-8320] [GH-7546] * builder/qemu: When a user adds a new drive in qemuargs, process it to make sure that necessary settings are applied to that drive. [GH-8380] * builder/vmware: Fix error message when ovftool is missing [GH-8371] * core: Cleanup logging for external plugins [GH-8471] * core: HCL2 template support is now in beta. [GH-8423] * core: Interpolation within provisioners can now access build-specific values like Host IP, communicator password, and more. [GH-7866] * core: Various fixes to error handling. [GH-8343] [GH-8333] [GH-8316] [GH-8354] [GH-8361] [GH-8363] [GH-8370] * post-processor/docker-tag: Add support for multiple tags. [GH-8392] * post-processor/shell-local: Add "valid_exit_codes" option to shell-local. [GH-8401] * provisioner/chef-client: Add version selection option. [GH-8468] * provisioner/shell-local: Add "valid_exit_codes" option to shell-local. [GH-8401] * provisioner/shell: Add support for the "env_var_format" parameter [GH-8319] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix request retry mechanism to launch aws instance [GH-8430] * builder/azure: Fix PollDuration option which was overridden in some clients. [GH-8490] * builder/hyperv: Fix bug in checking VM name that could cause flakiness if many VMs are defined. [GH-8357] * builder/vagrant: Use absolute path for Vagrantfile [GH-8321] * builder/virtualbox: Fix panic in snapshot builder. [GH-8336] [GH-8329] * communicator/winrm: Resolve ntlm nil pointer bug by bumping go-ntlmssp dependency [GH-8369] * communicator: Fix proxy connection settings to use "SSHProxyUsername" and "SSHProxyPassword" where relevant instead of bastion username and password. [GH-8375] * core: Fix bug where Packer froze if asked to log an extremely long line [GH-8356] * core: Fix iso_target_path option; don't cache when target path is non-nil [GH-8394] * core: Return exit code 1 when builder type is not found [GH-8474] * core: Return exit code 1 when builder type is not found [GH-8475] * core: Update to newest version of go-tty to re-enable CTRL-S and CTRL-Q usage [GH-8364] ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * builder/amazon: Complete deprecation of clean_ami_name template func [GH-8320] [GH-8193] * core: Changes have been made to both the Prepare() method signature on the builder interface and on the Provision() method signature on the provisioner interface. [GH-7866] * provisioner/ansible-local: The "galaxycommand" option has been renamed to "galaxy_command". A fixer has been written for this, which can be invoked with `packer fix`. [GH-8411] ## 1.4.5 (November 4, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * added ucloud-import post-processsor to import custom image for UCloud UHost instance [GH-8261] * builder/amazon: New option to specify IAM policy for a temporary instance profile [GH-8247] * builder/amazon: improved validation around encrypt_boot and kms_key_id for a better experience [GH-8288] * builder/azure-arm: Allow specification of polling duration [GH-8226] * builder/azure-chroot: Add Azure chroot builder [GH-8185] & refactored some common code together after it [GH-8269] * builder/azure: Deploy NSG if list of IP addresses is provided in config [GH-8203] * builder/azure: Set correct user agent for Azure client set [GH-8259] * builder/cloudstack: Add instance_display_name for cloudstack builder [GH-8280] * builder/hyperv: Add the additional_disk_size option tho the hyperv vmcx builder. [GH-8246] * builder/openstack: Add option to discover provisioning network [GH-8279] * builder/oracle-oci: Support defined tags for oci builder [GH-8172] * builder/proxmox: Add ability to select CPU type [GH-8201] * builder/proxmox: Add support for SCSI controller selection [GH-8199] * builder/proxmoz: Bump Proxmox dependency: [GH-8241] * builder/tencent: Add retry on remote api call [GH-8250] * builder/vagrant: Pass through logs from vagrant in real time rather than buffering until command is complete [GH-8274] * builder/vagrant: add insert_key option for toggling whether to add Vagrant's insecure key [GH-8274] * builder/virtualbox: enabled pcie disks usage, but this feature is in beta and won't work out of the box yet [GH-8305] * communicator/winrm: Prevent busy loop while waiting for WinRM connection [GH-8213] * core: Add strftime function in templates [GH-8208] * core: Improve error message when comment is bad [GH-8267] * post-processor/amazon-import: delete intermediary snapshots [GH-8307] * Fix various dropped errors an removed unused code: [GH-8230] [GH-8265] [GH-8276] [GH-8281] [GH-8309] [GH-8311] [GH-8304] [GH-8303] [GH-8293] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix region copy for non-ebs amazon builders [GH-8212] * builder/amazon: Fix spot instance bug where builder would fail if one availability zone could not support the requested spot instance type, even if another AZ could do so. [GH-8184] * builder/azure: Fix build failure after a retry config generation error. [GH-8209] * builder/docker: Use a unique temp dir for each build to prevent concurrent builds from stomping on each other [GH-8192] * builder/hyperv: Improve filter for determining which files to compact [GH-8248] * builder/hyperv: Use first adapter, rather than failing, when multiple adapters are attached to host OS's VM switch [GH-8234] * builder/openstack: Fix setting openstack metadata for use_blockstorage_volume [GH-8186] * builder/openstack: Warn instead of failing on terminate if instance is already shut down [GH-8176] * post-processor/digitalocean-import: Fix panic when 'image_regions' not set [GH-8179] * provisioner/powershell: Fix powershell syntax error causing failed builds [GH-8195] ## 1.4.4 (October 1, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: **New Core Feature** Error cleanup provisioner [GH-8155] * builder/amazon: Add ability to set `run_volume_tags` [GH-8051] * builder/amazon: Add AWS API call reties on AMI prevalidation [GH-8034] * builder/azure: Refactor client config [GH-8121] * builder/cloudstack: New step to detach iso. [GH-8106] * builder/googlecompute: Fail fast when image name is invalid. [GH-8112] * builder/googlecompute: Users can now query Vault for an Oauth token rather than setting an account file [GH-8143] * builder/hcloud: Allow selecting image based on filters [GH-7945] * builder/hyper-v: Decrease the delay between Hyper-V VM startup and hyper-v builder's ability to send keystrokes to the target VM. [GH-7970] * builder/openstack: Store WinRM password for provisioners to use [GH-7940] * builder/proxmox: Shorten default boot_key_interval to 5ms from 100ms [GH-8088] * builder/proxmox: Allow running the template VM in a Proxmox resource pool [GH-7862] * builder/ucloud: Make ucloud builder's base url configurable [GH-8095] * builder/virtualbox-vm: Make target snapshot optional [GH-8011] [GH-8004] * builder/vmware: Allow user to attach floppy files to remote vmx builds [GH-8132] * builder/yandex: Add ability to retry API requests [GH-8142] * builder/yandex: Support GPU instances and set source image by name [GH-8091] * communicator/ssh: Support for SSH port tunneling [GH-7918] * core: Add a new `floppy_label` option [GH-8099] * core: Added version compatibility to console command [GH-8080] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Allow blank access_token for private vagrant box hosting [GH-8097] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Allow use of the Artifice post-processor with the Vagrant Cloud post-processor [GH-8018] [GH-8027] * post-processor/vsphere: Removed redundant whitelist check for builders, allowing users to use post-processor without the VMWare builder [GH-8064] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix FleetID crash. [GH-8013] * builder/amazon: Gracefully handle rate limiting when retrieving winrm password. [GH-8087] * builder/amazon: Fix race condition in spot instance launching [GH-8165] * builder/amazon: Amazon builders now respect ssh_host option [GH-8162] * builder/amazon: Update the AWS sdk to resolve some credential handling issues [GH-8131] * builder/azure: Avoid a panic in getObjectIdFromToken [GH-8047] * builder/googlecompute: Fix crash caused by nil account file. [GH-8102] * builder/hyper-v: Fix when management interface is not part of virtual switch [GH-8017] * builder/openstack: Fix dropped error when creating image client. [GH-8110] * builder/openstack: Fix race condition created when adding metadata [GH-8016] * builder/outscale: Get SSH Host from VM.Nics instead of VM Root [GH-8077] * builder/proxmox: Bump proxmox api dep, fixing bug with checking http status during boot command [GH-8083] * builder/proxmox: Check that disk format is set when pool type requires it [GH-8084] * builder/proxmox: Fix panic caused by cancelling build [GH-8067] [GH-8072] * builder/qemu: Fix dropped error when retrieving version [GH-8050] * builder/vagrant: Fix dropped errors in code and tests. [GH-8118] * builder/vagrant: Fix provisioning boxes, define source and output boxes [GH-7957] * builder/vagrant: Fix ssh and package steps to use source syntax. [GH-8125] * builder/vagrant: Use GlobalID when provided [GH-8092] * builder/virtualbox: Fix windows pathing problem for guest additions checksum download. [GH-7996] * builder/virtualbox: LoadSnapshots succeeds even if machine has no snapshots [GH-8096] * builder/vmware: fix dropped test errors [GH-8170] * core: Fix bug where sensitive variables containing commas were not being properly sanitized in UI calls. [GH-7997] * core: Fix handling of booleans where "unset" is a value distinct from "false". [GH-8021] * core: Fix tests that swallowed errors in goroutines [GH-8094] * core: Fix bug where Packer could no longer run as background process [GH-8101] * core: Fix zsh auto-completion [GH-8160] * communicator/ssh: Friendlier message warning user that their creds may be wrong [GH-8167] * post-processor/amazon-import: Fix non-default encryption. [GH-8113] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Fix dropped errors [GH-8156] * provisioner/ansible: Fix provisioner dropped errors [GH-8045] ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * core: "sed" template function has been deprecated in favor of "replace" and "replace_all" functions [GH-8119] ## 1.4.3 (August 14, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * **new builder** UCloud builder [GH-7775] * **new builder** Outscale [GH-7459] * **new builder** VirtualBox Snapshot [GH-7780] * **new builder** JDCloud [GH-7962] * **new post-processor** Exoscale Import post-processor [GH-7822] [GH-7946] * build: Change Makefile to behave differently inside and outside the gopath when generating code. [GH-7827] * builder/amazon: Don't calculate spot bids; Amazon has changed spot pricing to no longer require this. [GH-7813] * builder/google: Add suse-byos-cloud to list of public GCP cloud image projects [GH-7935] * builder/openstack: New `image_min_disk` option [GH-7290] * builder/openstack: New option `use_blockstorage_volume` to set openstack image metadata [GH-7792] * builder/openstack: Select instance network on which to assign floating ip [GH-7884] * builder/qemu: Implement VNC password functionality [GH-7836] * builder/scaleway: Allow removing volume after image creation for Scaleway builder [GH-7887] * builder/tencent: Add `run_tags` to option to tag instance. [GH-7810] * builder/tencent: Remove unnecessary image name validation check. [GH-7786] * builder/tencent: Support data disks for tencentcloud builder [GH-7815] * builder/vmware: Fix intense CPU usage because of poorly handled errors. [GH-7877] * communicator: Use context for timeouts, interruption in ssh and winrm communicators [GH-7868] * core: Change how on-error=abort is handled to prevent EOF errors that mask real issues [GH-7913] * core: Clean up logging vs ui call in step download [GH-7936] * core: New environment var option to allow user to set location of config directory [GH-7912] * core: Remove obsolete Cancel functions from builtin provisioners [GH-7917] * post-processor/vagrant: Add option to allow box Vagrantfiles to be generated during the build [GH-7951] * provisioner/ansible: Add support for installing roles with ansible-galaxy [GH-7916 * provisioner/salt-masterless: Modify file upload to handle non-root case. [GH-7833] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Add error to warn users of spot_tags regression. [GH-7989] * builder/amazon: Allow EC2 Spot Fleet packer instances to run in parallel [GH-7818] * builder/amazon: Fix failures and duplication in Amazon region copy and encryption step. [GH-7870] [GH-7923] * builder/amazon: No longer store names of volumes which get deleted on termination inside ebssurrogate artifact. [GH-7829] * builder/amazon: Update aws-sdk-go to v1.22.2, resolving some AssumeRole issues [GH-7967] * builder/azure: Create configurable polling duration and set higher default for image copies to prevent timeouts on successful copies [GH-7920] * builder/digitalocean: increase timeout for Digital Ocean snapshot creation. [GH-7841] * builder/docker: Check container os, not host os, when creating container dir default [GH-7939] * builder/docker: Fix bug where PACKER_TMP_DIR was created with root perms on linux [GH-7905] * builder/docker: Fix file download hang caused by blocking ReadAll call [GH-7814] * builder/google: Fix outdated oauth URL. [GH-7835] [GH-7927] * builder/hyperv: Improve code for detecting IP address [GH-7880] * builder/ucloud: Update the api about stop instance to fix the read-only image build by ucloud-uhost [GH-7914] * builder/vagrant: Fix bug where source_path was being used instead of box_name when generating the Vagrantfile. [GH-7859] * builder/virtualbox: Honor value of 'Comment' field in ssh keypair generation. [GH-7922] * builder/vmware: Fix validation regression that occurred when user provided a checksum file [GH-7804] * buildere/azure: Fix crash with managed images not published to shared image gallery. [GH-7837] * communicator/ssh: Move ssh_interface back into individual builders from ssh communicator to prevent validation issues where it isn't implemented. [GH-7831] * console: Fix console help text [GH-7960] * core: Fix bug in template parsing where function errors were getting swallowed. [GH-7854] * core: Fix regression where a local filepath containing `//` was no longer properly resolving to `/`. [GH-7888] * core: Fix regression where we could no longer access isos on SMB shares. [GH-7800] * core: Make ssh_host template option always override all builders' IP discovery. [GH-7832] * core: Regenerate boot_command PEG code [GH-7977] * fix: clean up help text and fixer order to make sure all fixers are called [GH-7903] * provisioner/inspec: Use --input-file instead of --attrs to avoid deprecation warning [GH-7893] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Make salt-masterless provisioner respect disable_sudo directive for all commands [GH-7774] ## 1.4.2 (June 26, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * **new feature:** Packer console [GH-7726] * builder/alicloud: cleanup image and snapshot if target image is still not available after timeout [GH-7744] * builder/alicloud: let product API determine the default value of io_optimized [GH-7747] * builder/amazon: Add new `skip_save_build_region` option to fix naming conflicts when building in a region you don't want the final image saved in. [GH-7759] * builder/amazon: Add retry for temp key-pair generation in amazon-ebs [GH-7731] * builder/amazon: Enable encrypted AMI sharing across accounts [GH-7707] * builder/amazon: New SpotInstanceTypes feature for spot instance users. [GH-7682] * builder/azure: Allow users to publish Managed Images to Azure Shared Image Gallery (same Subscription) [GH-7778] * builder/azure: Update Azure SDK for Go to v30.0.0 [GH-7706] * builder/cloudstack: Add tags to instance upon creation [GH-7526] * builder/docker: Better windows defaults [GH-7678] * builder/google: Add feature to import user-data from a file [GH-7720] * builder/hyperv: Abort build if there's a name collision [GH-7746] * builder/hyperv: Clarify pathing requirements for hyperv-vmcx [GH-7790] * builder/hyperv: Increase MaxRamSize to match modern Windows [GH-7785] * builder/openstack: Add image filtering on properties. [GH-7597] * builder/qemu: Add additional disk support [GH-7791] * builder/vagrant: Allow user to override vagrant ssh-config details [GH-7782] * builder/yandex: Gracefully shutdown instance, allow metadata from file, and create preemptible instance type [GH-7734] * core: scrub out sensitive variables in scrub out sensitive variables logs [GH-7743] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/alicloud: Fix describing snapshots issue when image_ignore_data_disks is provided [GH-7736] * builder/amazon: Fix bug in region copy which produced badly-named AMIs in the build region. [GH-7691] * builder/amazon: Fix failure that happened when spot_tags was set but ami_tags wasn't [GH-7712] * builder/cloudstack: Update go-cloudstack sdk, fixing compatibility with CloudStack v 4.12 [GH-7694] * builder/proxmox: Update proxmox-api-go dependency, fixing issue calculating VMIDs. [GH-7755] * builder/tencent: Correctly remove tencentcloud temporary keypair. [GH-7787] * core: Allow timestamped AND colorless ui messages [GH-7769] * core: Apply logSecretFilter to output from ui.Say [GH-7739] * core: Fix "make bin" command to use reasonable defaults. [GH-7752] * core: Fix user var interpolation for variables set via -var-file and from command line [GH-7733] * core: machine-readable UI now writes UI calls to logs. [GH-7745] * core: Switch makefile to use "GO111MODULE=auto" to allow for modern gomodule usage. [GH-7753] * provisioner/ansible: prevent nil pointer dereference after a language change [GH-7738] * provisioner/chef: Accept chef license by default to prevent hangs in latest Chef [GH-7653] * provisioner/powershell: Fix crash caused by error in retry logic check in powershell provisioner [GH-7657] * provisioner/powershell: Fix null file descriptor error that occurred when remote_path provided is a directory and not a file. [GH-7705] ## 1.4.1 (May 15, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * **new builder:** new proxmox builder implemented [GH-7490] * **new builder:** new yandex cloud builder implemented [GH-7484] * **new builder:** new linode builder implemented [GH-7508] * build: Circle CI now generates test binaries for all pull requests [GH-7624] [GH-7625] [GH-7630] * builder/alicloud: Support encryption with default service key [GH-7574] * builder/amazon: Users of chroot and ebssurrogate builders may now choose between "x86_64" and "arm64" architectures when registering their AMIs. [GH-7620] * builder/amazon: Users of the ebssurrogage builder may now choose to omit certain launch_block_devices from the final AMI mapping by using the omit_from_artifact feature. [GH-7612] * builder/azure: Update Azure SDK [GH-7563] * builder/docker: Better error messaging with container downloads. [GH-7513] * builder/google: add image encryption support [GH-7551] * builder/hyperv: Add keep_registered option to hyperv [GH-7498] * builder/qemu: Replace dot-based parsing with hashicorp/go-version [GH-7614] * builder/vmware: Add 30 minute timeout for destroying a VM [GH-7553] * core: Cleanup cache of used port after closing [GH-7613] * core: New option to set number of builds running in parallel & test BuildCommand more [GH-7501] * packer compiles on s390x [GH-7567] * provisioner/file: Added warnings about writeable locations [GH-7494] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix bug that always encrypted build region with default key. [GH-7507] * builder/amazon: Fix bug that wasn't deleting unencrypted temporary snapshots [GH-7521] * builder/amazon: Fix EBSsurrogate copy, encryption, and deletion of temporary unencrypted amis. [GH-7598] * builder/hyperv: Fixes IP detection error if more than one VMNetworkAdapter is found [GH-7480] * builder/qemu: Fix mistake switching ssh port mix/max for vnc port min/max [GH-7615] * builder/vagrant: Fix bug with builder and vagrant-libvirt plugin [GH-7633] * builder/virtualbox: Don't fail download when checksum is not set. [GH-7512] * builder/virtualbox: Fix ovf download failures by using local ovf files in place instead of symlinking [GH-7497] * builder/vmware: Fix panic configuring VNC for remote builds [GH-7509] * core/build: Allow building Packer on solaris by removing progress bar and tty imports on solaris [GH-7618] * core: Fix race condition causing hang [GH-7579] * core: Fix tty related panics [GH-7517] * core: Step download: Always copy local files on windows rather than symlinking them [GH-7575] * packer compiles on Solaris again [GH-7589] [GH-7618] * post-processor/vagrant: Fix bug in retry logic that caused failed upload to report success. [GH-7554] ## 1.4.0 (April 11, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Improve error message for conflicting images name [GH-7415] * builder/amazon-chroot: Allow users to specify custom block device mapping [GH-7370] * builder/ansible: Documentation fix explaining how to use ansible 2.7 + winrm [GH-7461] * builder/azure-arm: specify zone resilient image from config [GH-7211] * builder/docker: Add support for windows containers [GH-7444] * builder/openstack: Allow both ports and networks in openstack builder [GH-7451] * builder/openstack: Expose force_delete for openstack builder [GH-7395] * builder/OpenStack: Support Application Credential Authentication [GH-7300] * builder/virtualbox: Add validation for 'none' communicator. [GH-7419] * builder/virtualbox: create ephemeral SSH key pair for build process [GH-7287] * core: Add functionality to marshal a Template to valid Packer JSON [GH-7339] * core: Allow user variables to be interpreted within the variables section [GH-7390] * core: Incorporate the go-getter to handle downloads [GH-6999] * core: Lock Packer VNC ports using a lock file to prevent collisions [GH-7422] * core: Print VerifyChecksum log for the download as ui.Message output [GH-7387] * core: Users can now set provisioner timeouts [GH-7466] * core: Switch to using go mod for managing dependencies [GH-7270] * core: Select a new VNC port if initial port is busy [GH-7423] * post-processor/googlecompute-export: Set network project id to builder [GH-7359] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: support for the vagrant builder [GH-7397] * post-processor/Vagrant: Option to ignore SSL verification when using on- premise vagrant cloud [GH-7377] * postprocessor/amazon-import: Support S3 and AMI encryption. [GH-7396] * provisioner/shell provisioner/windows-shell: allow to specify valid exit codes [GH-7385] * core: Filter sensitive variables out of the ui as well as the logs [GH-7462] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/alibaba: Update to latest Alibaba Cloud official image to fix acceptance tests [GH-7375] * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix building PV images and where mount_partition is set [GH-7337] * builder/amazon: Fix http_proxy env var regression [GH-7361] * builder/azure: Fix: Power off before taking snapshot (windows) [GH-7464] * builder/hcloud: Fix usage of freebsd64 rescue image [GH-7381] * builder/vagrant: windows : fix docs and usage [GH-7416] [GH-7417] * builder/vmware-esxi: properly copy .vmxf files in remote vmx builds [GH-7357] * core: fix bug where Packer didn't pause in debug on certain linux platforms. [GH-7352] * builder/amazon: Fix bug copying encrypted images between regions [GH-7342] ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * builder/amazon: Change `temporary_security_group_source_cidr` to `temporary_security_group_source_cidrs` and allow it to accept a list of strings. [GH-7450] * builder/amazon: If users do not pass any encrypt setting, retain any initial encryption setting of the AMI. [GH-6787] * builder/docker: Update docker's default config to use /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash [GH-7106] * builder/hyperv: Change option names cpu->cpus and ram_size->memory to bring naming in line with vmware and virtualbox builders [GH-7447] * builder/oracle-classic: Remove default ssh_username from oracle classic builder, but add note to docs with oracle's default user. [GH-7446] * builder/scaleway: Renamed attribute api_access_key to organization_id. [GH-6983] * Change clean_image name and clean_ami_name to a more general clean_resource name for Googlecompute, Azure, and AWS builders. [GH-7456] * core/post-processors: Change interface for post-processors to allow an overridable default for keeping input artifacts. [GH-7463] ## 1.3.5 (February 28, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Update aliyun sdk to support eu-west-1 region [GH-7338] * builder/amazon: AWS users can now use the Vault AWS engine to generate temporary credentials. [GH-7282] * builder/azure: IMDS to get subscription for Azure MSI [GH-7332] * builder/openstack: Replaced deprecated compute/ api with imageservice/ [GH-7038] * builder/virtualbox: New "guest_additions_interface" option to enable attaching via a SATA interface. [GH-7298] * builder/vmware: Add `cores` option for specifying the number of cores per socket. [GH-7191] * bulder/openstac: Deprecated compute/v2/images API [GH-7268] * core: Add validation check to help folks who swap their iso_path and checksum_path [GH-7311] * fixer/amazon: Make the amazon-private-ip fixer errors more visible [GH-7336] * post-processor/googlecompute-export: Extend auth for the GCE-post-processors to act like the GCE builder. [GH-7222] * post-processor/googlecompute-import: Extend auth for the GCE-post-processors to act like the GCE builder. [GH-7222] * post-processor/manifest: Add "custom_data" key to packer manifest post- processor [GH-7248] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix support for aws-us-gov [GH-7347] * builder/amazon: Move snapshot deletion to cleanup phase. [GH-7343] * builder/azure: Fixed Azure interactive authentication [GH-7276] * builder/cloudstack: Updated sdk version; can now use ostype name in template_os option. [GH-7264] * builder/google: Change metadata url to use a FQDN fixing bug stemming from differing DNS/search domains. [GH-7260] * builder/hyper-v: Fix integer overflows in 32-bit builds [GH-7251] * builder/hyper-v: Fix regression where we improperly handled spaces in switch names [GH-7266] * builder/openstack: Pass context So we know to cancel during WaitForImage [GH-7341] * builder/vmware-esxi: Strip \r\n whitespace from end of names of files stored on esxi. [GH-7310] * builder/vmware: Add "--noSSLVerify" to args in ovftool Validation [GH-7314] * core: clean up Makefile [GH-7254][GH-7265] * core: Fixes mismatches in checksums for dependencies for Go 1.11.4+ [GH-7261] * core: make sure 'only' option is completely ignored by post-processors [GH-7262] * core: name a post-processor to its type when it is not named [GH-7330] * provisioner/salt: Force powershell to overwrite duplicate files [GH-7281] ### Features: * **new builder** `vagrant` allows users to call vagrant to provision starting from vagrant boxes and save them as new vagrant boxes. [GH-7221] * **new builder:** `hyperone` for building new images on HyperOne Platform on top of existing image or from the scratch with the use of chroot. [GH-7294] * **new post-processor** `digitalocean-import`Add digitalocean-import post- processor. [GH-7060] * **new provisioner**`inspec` Added inspec.io provisioner [GH-7180] * communicator: Add configurable pause after communicator can connect but before it performs provisioning tasks [GH-7317] [GH-7351] ## 1.3.4 (January 30, 2019) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: delete copied image and snapshots if corresponding options are specified [GH-7050] * builder/amazon: allow to interpolate more variables [GH-7059] * builder/amazon: Check that the KMS key ID is valid [GH-7090] * builder/amazon: Clean up logging for aws waiters so that it only runs once per builder [GH-7080] * builder/amazon: don't Cleanup Temp Keys when there is no communicator to avoid a panic [GH-7100] [GH-7095] * builder/amazon: Don't try to guess region from metadata if not set & update aws-sdk-go [GH-7230] * builder/amazon: Import error messages should now contain reason for failure [GH-7207] * builder/azure: add certificate authentication [GH-7189] * builder/azure: allow to configure disk caching [GH-7061] * builder/azure: use deallocate instead of just power-off [GH-7203] * builder/hyperv: Add support for legacy network adapters on Hyper-V. [GH-7128] * builder/hyperv: Allow user to set `version` option in the New-VM command. [GH-7136] * builder/openstack: Add `volume_size` option [GH-7130] * builder/openstack: Don't require network v2 [GH-6933] * builder/openstack: Support for tagging new images [GH-7037] * builder/qemu: Add configuration options to specify cpu count and memory size [GH-7156] * builder/qemu: Add support for whpx accelerator to qemu builder [GH-7151] * builder/vmware: Escape query as suggested in issue #7200 [GH-7223] * core/shell: Add env vars "PACKER_HTTP_IP" and "PACKER_HTTP_PORT" to shell provisioners [GH-7075] * core: allow to use `-except` on post-processors [GH-7183] * core: Clean up internal handling and creation of temporary directories [GH-7102] * core: Deprecate mitchellh/go-homedir package in favor of os/user [GH-7062] * core: Download checksum match failures will now log the received checksum. [GH-7210] * core: Explicitly set ProxyFromEnvironment in httpclients when creating an aws session [GH-7226] * core: make packer inspect not print sensitive variables [GH-7084] * post-processor/google: Add new `guest-os-features` option. [GH-7218] * postprocessor/docker-import: Added `change` support [GH-7127] * provisioner/ansible-remote: add `-o IdentitiesOnly=yes` as a default flag [GH-7115] * provisioner/chef-client: Elevated support for chef-client provisioner [GH-7078] * provisioner/puppet: Elevated support for puppet-* provisioner [GH-7078] * provisioner/windows-restart: wait for already-scheduled reboot [GH-7056] and ignore reboot specific errors [GH-7071] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/azure: Ensure the Windows Guest Agent is fully functional before Sysprep is executed. [GH-7176] * builder/azure: Fix snapshot regression [GH-7111] * builder/docker: Ensure that entrypoint and arguments get passed to docker, not the image. [GH-7091] * builder/hcloud: fix go mod dependency [GH-7099] * builder/hcloud: prevent panic when ssh key was not passed [GH-7118] * builder/hyperv: Fix the Hyper-V gen 1 guest boot order. [GH-7147] * builder/hyperv: hyper-v builder no longer ignores `ssh_host` option. [GH-7154] * builder/oracle-oci: Fix crash that occurs when image is nil [GH-7126] * builder/parallels: Fix attaching prl tools [GH-7158] * builder/virtualbox: Fix handling of portcount argument for version 6 beta [GH-7174] [GH-7094] * builder/vmware: Fix bug caused by 'nil' dir field in artifact struct when building locally [GH-7116] * communicator/docker: Fix docker file provisioner on Windows [GH-7163] * core: prioritize AppData over default user directory ( UserProfile ) [GH-7166] * core: removed a flaky race condition in tests [GH-7119] * postprocessor/vsphere: Stop setting HDDOrder, since it was breaking uploads [GH-7108] ## 1.3.3 (December 5, 2018) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Add options for system disk properties [GH-6939] * builder/alicloud: Apply tags to relevant snapshots [GH-7040] * builder/alicloud: Support creating image without data disks [GH-7022] * builder/amazon: Add option for skipping TLS verification [GH-6842] * builder/azure: Add options for Managed Image OS Disk and Data Disk snapshots [GH-6980] * builder/hcloud: Add `snapshot_labels` option to hcloud builder [GH-7046] * builder/hcloud: Add ssh_keys config to hcloud builder [GH-7028] * builder/hcloud: Update hcloud-go version and support builds using rescue mode [GH-7034] * builder/oracle: Parameterized volume size support for Oracle classic builder [GH-6918] * builder/parallels: Add configuration options to parallels builder to specify cpu count and memory size [GH-7018] * builder/virtualbox: Add configuration options to virtualbox builder to specify cpu count and memory size [GH-7017] * builder/virtualbox: expose the VBoxManage export --iso option [GH-5950] * builder/vmware: Add configuration options to vmware builder to specify cpu count and memory size [GH-7019] * builder/vmware: Add new display_name template option [GH-6984] * builder/vmware: Extend vmware-vmx builder to allow esxi builds. [GH-4591] [GH-6927] * builder/vmware: Validate username/password for ovftool during prepare. [GH-6977] * builder/vmware: Warn users if their vmx_data overrides data that Packer uses the template engine to set in its default vmx template. [GH-6987] * communicator/ssh: Expand user path for SSH private key [GH-6946] * core: Add a sed template engine [GH-6580] * core: More explicit error message in rpc/ui.go [GH-6981] * core: Replaced unsafe method of determining homedir with os/user implementation [GH-7036] * core: Update vagrantfile's go version. [GH-6841] * post-processor/amazon-import: Support ova, raw, vmdk, and vhdx formats in the amazon-import post-processor. [GH-6938] * post-processor/vsphere-template: Add option to snapshot vm before marking as template [GH-6969] * provisioner/breakpoint: Add a new breakpoint provisioner. [GH-7058] * provisioner/powershell: Allow Powershell provisioner to use service accounts [GH-6972] * provisioner/shell: Add PauseAfter option to shell provisioner [GH-6913] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Better error handling of region/credential guessing from metadata [GH-6931] * builder/amazon: move region validation to run so that we don't break validation when no credentials are set [GH-7032] * builder/hyperv: Remove -Copy:$false when calling Hyper-V\Compare-VM compatability report [GH-7030] * builder/qemu: Do not set detect-zeroes option when we want it "off" [GH-7064] * builder/vmware-esxi: Create export directories for vmx and ovf file types [GH-6985] * builder/vmware: Correctly parse version for VMware Fusion Tech Preview [GH-7016] * builder/vmware: Escape vSphere username when putting it into the export call [GH-6962] * post-processor/vagrant: Add "hvf" as a libvirt driver [GH-6955] * provisioner/ansible: inventory is no longer set to inventory_directory [GH-7065] ## 1.3.2 (October 29, 2018) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Add new `disable_stop_instance` option. [GH-6764] * builder/alicloud: Support adding tags to image. [GH-6719] * builder/alicloud: Support ssh with private ip address. [GH-6688] * builder/amazon: Add support to explicitly control ENA support [GH-6872] * builder/amazon: Add suppport for `vpc_filter`, `subnet_filter`, and `security_group_filter`. [GH-6374] * builder/amazon: Add validation for required `device_name` parameter in `block_device_mappings`. [GH-6845] * builder/amazon: Clean up security group wait code. [GH-6843] * builder/amazon: Update aws-sdk-go to v1.15.54, adding support for `credential_source`. [GH-6849] * builder/amazon: Use DescribeRegions for aws region validation. [GH-6512], [GH-6904] * builder/azure: Add new `shared_image_gallery` option. [GH-6798] * builder/googlecompute: Return an error if `startup_script_file` is specified, but file does not exist. [GH-6848] * builder/hcloud: Add Hetzner Cloud builder. [GH-6871] * builder/openstack: Add new `disk_format` option. [GH-6702] * builder/openstack: Fix bug where `source_image_name` wasn't being used to properly find a UUID. [GH-6751] * builder/openstack: Wait for volume availability when cleaning up [GH-6703] * builder/qemu: Add `disk_detect_zeroes` option. [GH-6827] * builder/scaleway: Add `boottype` parameter to config. [GH-6772] * builder/scaleway: Update scaleway-cli vendor. [GH-6771] * core: New option to add timestamps to UI output. [GH-6784] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Validate vagrant cloud auth token doing an auth request [GH-6914] * provisioner/file: Improve error messaging when file destination is a directory with no trailing slash. [GH-6756] * provisioner/powershell: Provide better error when Packer can't find Powershell executable. [GH-6817] * provisioner/shell-local: Add ability to specify OSs where shell-local can run [GH-6878] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/alicloud: Fix ssh configuration pointer issues that could cause a bug [GH-6720] * builder/alicloud: Fix type error in step_create_tags [GH-6763] * builder/amazon: Error validating credentials is no longer obscured by a region validation error. and some region validation refactors and improvements [GH-6865] * builder/amazon: Fix error calculating defaults in AWS waiters. [GH-6727] * builder/amazon: Increase default wait for image import to one hour. [GH-6818] * builder/amazon: Waiter now fails rather than hanging for extra time when an image import fails. [GH-6747] * builder/azure: Updated Azure/go-ntlmssp dependency to resolve an issue with the winrm communicator not connecting to Windows machines requiring NTLMv2 session security * builder/digitalocean: Fix ssh configuration pointer issues that could cause a panic [GH-6729] * builder/hyperv/vmcx: Allow to set generation from buildfile [GH-6909] * builder/scaleway: Fix issues with ssh keys. [GH-6768] * core: Fix error where logging was always enabled when Packer was run from inside Terraform. [GH-6758] * core: Fix issue with with names containing spaces in ESX5Driver and in ssh communicator [GH-6891], [GH-6823] * core: Fix logger so it doesn't accidentally try to format unescaped strings. [GH-6824] * core: Fix race conditions in progress bar code [GH-6858], [GH-6788], [GH-6851] * core: Fix various places in multiple builders where config was not being passed as a pointer. [GH-6739] * post-processor/manifest: No longer provides an empty ID string for Azure's managed image artifact [GH-6822] * provisioner/powershell: Fix a bug in the way we set the ProgressPreference variable in the default `execute_command` [GH-6838] * provisioner/windows-restart: Fix extraneous break which forced early exit from our wait loop. [GH-6792] ## 1.3.1 (September 13, 2018) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: automatically decode encoded authorization messages if possible [GH-5415] * builder:amazon: Optional cleanup of the authorized keys file [GH-6713] * builder/qemu: Fixed bug where a -device in the qemuargs would override the default network settings, resulting in no network [GH-6807] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: fix bugs relating to spot instances provisioning [GH-6697] [GH-6693] * builder/openstack: fix ssh keypair not attached [GH-6701] * core: progressbar: fix deadlock locking builds after first display [GH-6698] ## 1.3.0 (September 11, 2018) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * azure/arm: Retry cleanup of individual resources on error [GH-6644] * builder/alicloud: Support source image coming from marketplace [GH-6588] * builder/amazon-chroot: Add new `root_volume_type` option. [GH-6669] * builder/amazon-chroot: If you have a PV source AMI, with the Amazon Chroot builder, and the destination AMI is type HVM, you can now enable ena_support, example: [GH-6670] * builder/amazon-chroot: New feature `root_volume_tags` to tag the created volumes. [GH-6504] * builder/amazon: Create a random interim AMI name when encrypt_boot is true so that ami name is not searchable. [GH-6657] * builder/azure: Implement clean_image_name template engine. [GH-6558] * builder/cloudstack: Add option to use a fixed port via public_port. [GH-6532] * builder/digitalocean: Add support for tagging to instances [GH-6546] * builder/googlecompute: Add new `min_cpu_platform` feature [GH-6607] * builder/googlecompute: Update the list of public image projects that we search, based on GCE documentation. [GH-6648] * builder/lxc: Allow unplivileged LXC containers. [GH-6279] * builder/oci: Add `metadata` feature to Packer config. [GH-6498] * builder/openstack: Add support for getting config from clouds-public.yaml. [GH-6595] * builder/openstack: Add support for ports. [GH-6570] * builder/openstack: Add support for source_image_filter. [GH-6490] * builder/openstack: Migrate floating IP usage to Network v2 API from Compute API. [GH-6373] * builder/openstack: Support Block Storage volumes as boot volume. [GH-6596] * builder/oracle-oci: Add support for freeform tagging of OCI images [GH-6338] * builder/qemu: add ssh agent support. [GH-6541] * builder/qemu: New `use_backing_file` feature [GH-6249] * builder/vmware-iso: Add support for disk compaction [GH-6411] * builder/vmware-iso: Try to use ISO files uploaded to the datastore when building remotely instead of uploading them freshly every time [GH-5165] * command/validate: Warn users if config needs fixing. [GH-6423] * core: Add a 'split' function to parse template variables. [GH-6357] * core: Add a template function allowing users to read keys from consul [GH-6577] * core: Add a template function allowing users to read keys from vault [GH-6533] * core: Add progress-bar to download step. [GH-5851] * core: Create a new root-level Packer template option, "sensitive-variables" which allows users to list which variables they would like to have scrubbed from the Packer logs. [GH-6610] * core: Create new config options, "boot_keygroup_interval" and "boot_key_interval" that can be set at the builder-level to supercede PACKER_KEY_INTERVAL for the bootcommand. [GH-6616] * core: Deduplicate ui and log lines that stream to terminal [GH-6611] * core: Refactor and deduplicate ssh code across builders. This should be a no- op but is a big win for maintainability. [GH-6621] [GH-6613] * post-processor/compress: Add support for xz compression [GH-6534] * post-processor/vagrant: Support for Docker images. [GH-6494] * post-processor/vsphere: Add new `esxi_host` option. [GH-5366] * postprocessor/vagrant: Add support for Azure. [GH-6576] * provisioner/ansible: Add new "extra var", packer_http_addr. [GH-6501] * provisioner/ansible: Enable {{.WinRMPassword}} template engine. [GH-6450] * provisioner/shell-local: Create PACKER_HTTP_ADDR environment variable [GH-6503] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Clean up volumes at end of build. [GH-6514] * builder/amazon: Increase default waiter timeout for AWS WaitUntilImageAvailable command [GH-6601] * builder/amazon: Increase the MaxRetries in the Amazon client from the default to 20, to work around users who regularly reach their requestlimit and are being throttled. [GH-6641] * builder/amazon: Properly apply environment overrides to our custom-written waiters. [GH-6649] * builder/azure: Generated password satisfies Azure password requirements [GH-6480] * builder/hyper-v: Builder no longer errors if skip_compaction isn't true when skip_export is true, and compaction efficiency is improved [GH-6393] * builder/lxc: Correctly pass "config" option to "lxc launch". [GH-6563] * builder/lxc: Determine lxc root according to the running user [GH-6543] * builder/lxc: Fix file copying for unprivileged LXC containers [GH-6544] * builder/oracle-oci: Update OCI sdk, fixing validation bug that occurred when RSA key was encrypted. [GH-6492] * builder/vmware-iso: Fix crash caused by invalid datacenter url. [GH-6529] * builder/vmware: Maintain original boot order during CreateVMX step for vmware-iso builder [GH-6204] * communicator/chroot: Fix quote escaping so that ansible provisioner works properly. [GH-6635] * core: Better error handling in downloader when connection error occurs. [GH-6557] * core: Fix broken pathing checks in checksum files. [GH-6525] * provisioner/shell Create new template option allowing users to choose to source env vars from a file rather than declaring them inline. This resolves a bug that occurred when users had complex quoting in their `execute_command`s [GH-6636] * provisioner/shell-local: Windows inline scripts now default to being appended with ".cmd", fixing a backwards incompatibility in v1.2.5 [GH-6626] * provisioner/windows-restart: Provisioner now works when used in conjunction with SSH communicator [GH-6606] ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * builder/amazon: "owners" field on source_ami_filter is now required for secuirty reasons. [GH-6585] * builder/vmware-iso: validation will fail for templates using esxi that have the "disk_type_id" set to something other than "thin" or "" and that do not have "skip_compaction": true also set. Use `packer fix` to fix this. [GH-6411] ## 1.2.5 (July 16, 2018) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/alickoud: Fix issue where internet_max_bandwidth_out template option was not being passed to builder. [GH-6416] * builder/alicloud: Fix an issue with VPC cleanup. [GH-6418] * builder/amazon-chroot: Fix communicator bug that broke chroot builds. [GH-6363] * builder/amazon: Replace packer's waiters with those from the AWS sdk, solving several timeout bugs. [GH-6332] * builder/azure: update azure-sdk-for-go, fixing 32-bit build errors. [GH-6479] * builder/azure: update the max length of managed_image_resource_group to match new increased length of 90 characters. [GH-6477] * builder/hyper-v: Fix secure boot template feature so that it properly passes the temolate for MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority. [GH-6415] * builder/hyperv: Fix bug in HyperV IP lookups that was causing breakages in FreeBSD/OpenBSD builds. [GH-6416] * builder/qemu: Fix error race condition in qemu builder that caused convert to fail on ubuntu 18.x [GH-6437] * builder/qemu: vnc_bind_address was not being passed to qemu. [GH-6467] * builder/virtualbox: Allow iso_url to be a symlink. [GH-6370] * builder/vmware: Don't fail on DHCP lease files that cannot be read, fixing bug where builder failed on NAT networks that don't serve DHCP. [GH-6415] * builder/vmware: Fix bug where we couldn't discover IP if vm_name differed from the vmx displayName. [GH-6448] * builder/vmware: Fix validation to prevent hang when remopte_password is not sent but vmware is building on esxi. [GH-6424] * builder/vmware:Correctly default the vm export format to ovf; this is what the docs claimed we already did, but we didn't. [GH-4538] * communicator/winrm: Revert an attempt to determine whether remote upload destinations were files or directories, as this broke uploads on systems without Powershell installed. [GH-6481] * core: Fix bug in parsing of iso checksum files that arose when setting iso_url to a relative filepath. [GH-6488] * core: Fix Packer crash caused by improper error handling in the downloader. [GH-6381] * fix: Fix bug where fixer for ssh_private_ip that failed when boolean values are passed as strings. [GH-6458] * provisioner/powershell: Make upload of powershell variables retryable, in case of system restarts. [GH-6388] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Add the ap-northeast-3 region. [GH-6385] * builder/amazon: Spot requests may now have tags applied using the `spot_tags` option [GH-5452] * builder/cloudstack: Add support for Projectid and new config option prevent_firewall_changes. [GH-6487] * builder/openstack: Add support for token authorization and cloud.yaml. [GH-6362] * builder/oracle-oci: Add new "instance_name" template option. [GH-6408] * builder/scaleway: Add new "bootscript" parameter, allowing the user to not use the default local bootscript [GH-6439] * builder/vmware: Add support for linked clones to vmware-vmx. [GH-6394] * debug: The -debug flag will now cause Packer to pause between provisioner scripts in addition to Packer steps. [GH-4663] * post-processor/googlecompute-import: Added new googlecompute-import post- processor [GH-6451] * provisioner/ansible: Add new "playbook_files" option to execute multiple playbooks within one provisioner call. [GH-5086] ## 1.2.4 (May 29, 2018) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Can now force the chroot builder to mount an entire block device instead of a partition [GH-6194] * builder/azure: windows-sql-cloud is now in the default list of projects to check for provided images. [GH-6210] * builder/chroot: A new template option, `nvme_device_path` has been added to provide a workaround for users who need the amazon-chroot builder to mount a NVMe volume on their instances. [GH-6295] * builder/hyper-v: Fix command for mounting multiple disks [GH-6267] * builder/hyperv: Enable IP retrieval for Server 2008 R2 hosts. [GH-6219] * builder/hyperv: Fix bug in MAC address specification on Hyper-V. [GH-6187] * builder/parallels-pvm: Add missing disk compaction step. [GH-6202] * builder/vmware-esxi: Remove floppy files from the remote server on cleanup. [GH-6206] * communicator/winrm: Updated dependencies to fix a race condition [GH-6261] * core: When using `-on-error=[abort|ask]`, output the error to the user. [GH-6252] * provisioner/puppet: Extra-Arguments are no longer prematurely interpolated.[GH-6215] * provisioner/shell: Remove file stat that was causing problems uploading files [GH-6239] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Amazon builders other than `chroot` now support T2 unlimited instances [GH-6265] * builder/azure: Allow device login for US government cloud. [GH-6105] * builder/azure: Devicelogin Support for Windows [GH-6285] * builder/azure: Enable simultaneous builds within one resource group. [GH-6231] * builder/azure: Faster deletion of Azure Resource Groups. [GH-6269] * builder/azure: Updated Azure SDK to v15.0.0 [GH-6224] * builder/hyper-v: Hyper-V builds now connect to vnc display by default when building [GH-6243] * builder/hyper-v: New `use_fixed_vhd_format` allows vm export in an Azure- compatible format [GH-6101] * builder/hyperv: New config option for specifying what secure boot template to use, allowing secure boot of linux vms. [GH-5883] * builder/qemu: Add support for hvf accelerator. [GH-6193] * builder/scaleway: Fix SSH communicator connection issue. [GH-6238] * core: Add opt-in Packer top-level command autocomplete [GH-5454] * post-processor/shell-local: New options have been added to create feature parity with the shell-local provisioner. This feature now works on Windows hosts. [GH-5956] * provisioner/chef: New config option allows user to skip cleanup of chef client staging directory. [GH-4300] * provisioner/shell-local: Can now access automatically-generated WinRM password as variable [GH-6251] * provisoner/shell-local: New options have been added to create feature parity with the shell-local post-processor. This feature now works on Windows hosts. [GH-5956] * builder/virtualbox: Use HTTPS to download guest editions, now that it's available. [GH-6406] ## 1.2.3 (April 25, 2018) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/azure: Azure CLI may now be logged into several accounts. [GH-6087] * builder/ebssurrogate: Snapshot all launch devices. [GH-6056] * builder/hyper-v: Fix CopyExportedVirtualMachine script so it works with links. [GH-6082] * builder/oracle-classic: Fix panics when cleaning up resources that haven't been created. [GH-6095] * builder/parallels: Allow user to cancel build while the OS is starting up. [GH-6166] * builder/qemu: Avoid warning when using raw format. [GH-6080] * builder/scaleway: Fix compilation issues on solaris/amd64. [GH-6069] * builder/virtualbox: Fix broken scancodes in boot_command. [GH-6067] * builder/vmware-iso: Fail in validation if user gives wrong remote_type value. [GH-4563] * builder/vmware: Fixed a case-sensitivity issue when determining the network type during the cloning step in the vmware-vmx builder. [GH-6057] * builder/vmware: Fixes the DHCP lease and configuration pathfinders for VMware Player. [GH-6096] * builder/vmware: Multi-disk VM's can be properly handled by the compacting stage. [GH-6074] * common/bootcommand: Fix numerous bugs in the boot command code, and make supported features consistent across builders. [GH-6129] * communicator/ssh: Stop trying to discover whether destination is a directory from uploader. [GH-6124] * post-processor/vagrant: Large VMDKs should no longer show a 0-byte size on OS X. [GH-6084] * post-processor/vsphere: Fix encoding of spaces in passwords for upload. [GH-6110] * provisioner/ansible: Pass the inventory_directory configuration option to ansible -i when it is set. [GH-6065] * provisioner/powershell: fix bug with SSH communicator + cygwin. [GH-6160] * provisioner/powershell: The {{.WinRMPassword}} template variable now works with parallel builders. [GH-6144] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Update aliyungo common package. [GH-6157] * builder/amazon: Expose more source ami data as template variables. [GH-6088] * builder/amazon: Setting `force_delete` will only delete AMIs owned by the user. This should prevent failures where we try to delete an AMI with a matching name, but owned by someone else. [GH-6111] * builder/azure: Users of Powershell provisioner may access the randomly- generated winrm password using the template variable {{.WinRMPassword}}. [GH-6113] * builder/google: Users of Powershell provisioner may access the randomly- generated winrm password using the template variable {{.WinRMPassword}}. [GH-6141] * builder/hyper-v: User can now configure hyper-v disk block size. [GH-5941] * builder/openstack: Add configuration option for `instance_name`. [GH-6041] * builder/oracle-classic: Better validation of destination image name. [GH-6089] * builder/oracle-oci: New config options for user data and user data file. [GH-6079] * builder/oracle-oci: use the official OCI sdk instead of handcrafted client. [GH-6142] * builder/triton: Add support to Skip TLS Verification of Triton Certificate. [GH-6039] * provisioner/ansible: Ansible users may provide a custom inventory file. [GH-6107] * provisioner/file: New `generated` tag allows users to upload files created during Packer run. [GH-3891] ## 1.2.2 (March 26, 2018) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix AWS credential defaulting [GH-6019] * builder/LXC: make sleep timeout easily configurable [GH-6038] * builder/virtualbox: Correctly send multi-byte scancodes when typing boot command. [GH-5987] * builder/virtualbox: Special boot-commands no longer overwrite previous commands [GH-6002] * builder/vmware: Default to disabling XHCI bus for USB on the vmware-iso builder. [GH-5975] * builder/vmware: Handle multiple devices per VMware network type [GH-5985] * communicator/ssh: Handle errors uploading files more gracefully [GH-6033] * provisioner/powershell: Fix environment variable file escaping. [GH-5973] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Added new region `cn-northwest-1`. [GH-5960] * builder/amazon: Users may now access the amazon-generated administrator password [GH-5998] * builder/azure: Add support concurrent deployments in the same resource group. [GH-6005] * builder/azure: Add support for building with additional disks. [GH-5944] * builder/azure: Add support for marketplace plan information. [GH-5970] * builder/azure: Make all command output human readable. [GH-5967] * builder/azure: Respect `-force` for managed image deletion. [GH-6003] * builder/google: Add option to specify a service account, or to run without one. [GH-5991] [GH-5928] * builder/oracle-oci: Add new "use_private_ip" option. [GH-5893] * post-processor/vagrant: Add LXC support. [GH-5980] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Added Windows support. [GH-5702] * provisioner/salt: Add windows support to salt provisioner [GH-6012] [GH-6012] ## 1.2.1 (February 23, 2018) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix authorization using assume role. [GH-5914] * builder/hyper-v: Fix command collisions with VMWare PowerCLI. [GH-5861] * builder/vmware-iso: Fix panic when building on esx5 remotes. [GH-5931] * builder/vmware: Fix issue detecting host IP. [GH-5898] [GH-5900] * provisioner/ansible-local: Fix conflicting escaping schemes for vars provided via `--extra-vars`. [GH-5888] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/oracle-classic: Add `snapshot_timeout` option to control how long we wait for the snapshot to be created. [GH-5932] * builder/oracle-classic: Add support for WinRM connections. [GH-5929] ## 1.2.0 (February 9, 2018) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * 3rd party plugins: We have moved internal dependencies, meaning your 3rd party plugins will no longer compile (however existing builds will still work fine); the work to fix them is minimal and documented in GH-5810. [GH-5810] * builder/amazon: The `ssh_private_ip` option has been removed. Instead, please use `"ssh_interface": "private"`. A fixer has been written for this, which can be invoked with `packer fix`. [GH-5876] * builder/openstack: Extension support has been removed. To use OpenStack builder with the OpenStack Newton (Oct 2016) or earlier, we recommend you use Packer v1.1.2 or earlier version. * core: Affects Windows guests: User variables containing Powershell special characters no longer need to be escaped.[GH-5376] * provisioner/file: We've made destination semantics more consistent across the various communicators. In general, if the destination is a directory, files will be uploaded into the directory instead of failing. This mirrors the behavior of `rsync`. There's a chance some users might be depending on the previous buggy behavior, so it's worth ensuring your configuration is correct. [GH-5426] * provisioner/powershell: Regression from v1.1.1 forcing extra escaping of environment variables in the non-elevated provisioner has been fixed. [GH-5515] [GH-5872] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * **New builder:** `ncloud` for building server images using the NAVER Cloud Platform. [GH-5791] * **New builder:** `oci-classic` for building new custom images for use with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Compute. [GH-5819] * **New builder:** `scaleway` - The Scaleway Packer builder is able to create new images for use with Scaleway BareMetal and Virtual cloud server. [GH-4770] * builder/amazon: Add `kms_key_id` option to block device mappings. [GH-5774] * builder/amazon: Add `skip_metadata_api_check` option to skip consulting the amazon metadata service. [GH-5764] * builder/amazon: Add Paris region (eu-west-3) [GH-5718] * builder/amazon: Give better error messages if we have trouble during authentication. [GH-5764] * builder/amazon: Remove Session Token (STS) from being shown in the log. [GH-5665] * builder/amazon: Replace `InstanceStatusOK` check with `InstanceReady`. This reduces build times universally while still working for all instance types. [GH-5678] * builder/amazon: Report which authentication provider we're using. [GH-5764] * builder/amazon: Timeout early if metadata service can't be reached. [GH-5764] * builder/amazon: Warn during prepare if we didn't get both an access key and a secret key when we were expecting one. [GH-5762] * builder/azure: Add validation for incorrect VHD URLs [GH-5695] * builder/docker: Remove credentials from being shown in the log. [GH-5666] * builder/google: Support specifying licenses for images. [GH-5842] * builder/hyper-v: Allow MAC address specification. [GH-5709] * builder/hyper-v: New option to use differential disks and Inline disk creation to improve build time and reduce disk usage [GH-5631] * builder/qemu: Add Intel HAXM support to QEMU builder [GH-5738] * builder/triton: Triton RBAC is now supported. [GH-5741] * builder/triton: Updated triton-go dependencies, allowing better error handling. [GH-5795] * builder/vmware-iso: Add support for cdrom and disk adapter types. [GH-3417] * builder/vmware-iso: Add support for setting network type and network adapter type. [GH-3417] * builder/vmware-iso: Add support for usb/serial/parallel ports. [GH-3417] * builder/vmware-iso: Add support for virtual soundcards. [GH-3417] * builder/vmware-iso: More reliably retrieve the guest networking configuration. [GH-3417] * builder/vmware: Add support for "super" key in `boot_command`. [GH-5681] * communicator/ssh: Add session-level keep-alives [GH-5830] * communicator/ssh: Detect dead connections. [GH-4709] * core: Gracefully clean up resources on SIGTERM. [GH-5318] * core: Improved error logging in floppy file handling. [GH-5802] * core: Improved support for downloading and validating a uri containing a Windows UNC path or a relative file:// scheme. [GH-2906] * post-processor/amazon-import: Allow user to specify role name in amazon- import [GH-5817] * post-processor/docker: Remove credentials from being shown in the log. [GH-5666] * post-processor/google-export: Synchronize credential semantics with the Google builder. [GH-4148] * post-processor/vagrant: Add vagrant post-processor support for Google [GH-5732] * post-processor/vsphere-template: Now accepts artifacts from the vSphere post- processor. [GH-5380] * provisioner/amazon: Use Amazon SDK's InstanceRunning waiter instead of InstanceStatusOK waiter [GH-5773] * provisioner/ansible: Improve user retrieval. [GH-5758] * provisioner/chef: Add support for 'trusted_certs_dir' chef-client configuration option [GH-5790] * provisioner/chef: Added Policyfile support to chef-client provisioner. [GH-5831] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/alicloud-ecs: Attach keypair before starting instance in alicloud builder [GH-5739] * builder/amazon: Fix tagging support when building in us-gov/china. [GH-5841] * builder/amazon: NewSession now inherits MaxRetries and other settings. [GH-5719] * builder/virtualbox: Fix interpolation ordering so that edge cases around guest_additions_url are handled correctly [GH-5757] * builder/virtualbox: Fix regression affecting users running Packer on a Windows host that kept Packer from finding Virtualbox guest additions if Packer ran on a different drive from the one where the guest additions were stored. [GH-5761] * builder/vmware: Fix case where artifacts might not be cleaned up correctly. [GH-5835] * builder/vmware: Fixed file handle leak that may have caused race conditions in vmware builder [GH-5767] * communicator/ssh: Add deadline to SSH connection to prevent Packer hangs after script provisioner reboots vm [GH-4684] * communicator/winrm: Fix issue copying empty directories. [GH-5763] * provisioner/ansible-local: Fix support for `--extra-vars` in `extra_arguments`. [GH-5703] * provisioner/ansible-remote: Fixes an error where Packer's private key can be overridden by inherited `ansible_ssh_private_key` options. [GH-5869] * provisioner/ansible: The "default extra variables" feature added in Packer v1.0.1 caused the ansible-local provisioner to fail when an --extra-vars argument was specified in the extra_arguments configuration option; this has been fixed. [GH-5335] * provisioner/powershell: Regression from v1.1.1 forcing extra escaping of environment variables in the non-elevated provisioner has been fixed. [GH-5515] [GH-5872] ## 1.1.3 (December 8, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud-ecs: Add security token support and set TLS handshake timeout through environment variable. [GH-5641] * builder/amazon: Add a new parameter `ssh_interface`. Valid values include `public_ip`, `private_ip`, `public_dns` or `private_dns`. [GH-5630] * builder/azure: Add sanity checks for resource group names [GH-5599] * builder/azure: Allow users to specify an existing resource group to use, instead of creating a new one for every run. [GH-5548] * builder/hyper-v: Add support for differencing disk. [GH-5458] * builder/vmware-iso: Improve logging of network errors. [GH-5456] * core: Add new `packer_version` template engine. [GH-5619] * core: Improve logic checking for downloaded ISOs in case where user has provided more than one URL in `iso_urls` [GH-5632] * provisioner/ansible-local: Add ability to clean staging directory. [GH-5618] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Allow `region` to appear in `ami_regions`. [GH-5660] * builder/amazon: `C5` instance types now build more reliably. [GH-5678] * builder/amazon: Correctly set AWS region if given in template along with a profile. [GH-5676] * builder/amazon: Prevent `sriov_support` and `ena_support` from being used with spot instances, which would cause a build failure. [GH-5679] * builder/hyper-v: Fix interpolation context for user variables in `boot_command` [GH-5547] * builder/qemu: Set default disk size to 40960 MB to prevent boot failures. [GH-5588] * builder/vmware: Correctly detect Windows boot on vmware workstation. [GH-5672] * core: Fix windows path regression when downloading ISOs. [GH-5591] * provisioner/chef: Fix chef installs on Windows. [GH-5649] ## 1.1.2 (November 15, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Correctly deregister AMIs when `force_deregister` is set. [GH-5525] * builder/digitalocean: Add `ipv6` option to enable on droplet. [GH-5534] * builder/docker: Add `aws_profile` option to control the aws profile for ECR. [GH-5470] * builder/google: Add `clean_image_name` template engine. [GH-5463] * builder/google: Allow selecting container optimized images. [GH-5576] * builder/google: Interpolate network and subnetwork values, rather than relying on an API call that packer may not have permission for. [GH-5343] * builder/hyper-v: Add `disk_additional_size` option to allow for up to 64 additional disks. [GH-5491] * builder/hyper-v: Also disable automatic checkpoints for gen 2 VMs. [GH-5517] * builder/lxc: Add new `publish_properties` field to set image properties. [GH-5475] * builder/lxc: Add three new configuration option categories to LXC builder: `create_options`, `start_options`, and `attach_options`. [GH-5530] * builder/triton: Add `source_machine_image_filter` option to select an image ID based on a variety of parameters. [GH-5538] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Error during prepare if source path doesn't exist. [GH-5573] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Retry while removing VM to solve for transient errors. [GH-5512] * communicator/ssh: Add socks 5 proxy support. [GH-5439] * core/iso_config: Support relative paths in checksum file. [GH-5578] * core: Rewrite vagrantfile code to make cross-platform development easier. [GH-5539] * post-processor/docker-push: Add `aws_profile` option to control the aws profile for ECR. [GH-5470] * post-processor/vsphere: Properly capture `ovftool` output. [GH-5499] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Add a delay option to security group waiter. [GH-5536] * builder/amazon: Fix regressions relating to spot instances and EBS volumes. [GH-5495] * builder/amazon: Set region from profile, if profile is set, rather than being overridden by metadata. [GH-5562] * builder/docker: Remove `login_email`, which no longer exists in the docker client. [GH-5511] * builder/hyperv: Fix admin check that was causing powershell failures. [GH-5510] * builder/oracle: Defaulting of OCI builder region will first check the packer template and the OCI config file. [GH-5407] * builder/triton: Fix a bug where partially created images can be reported as complete. [GH-5566] * post-processor/vsphere: Use the vm disk path information to re-create the vmx datastore path. [GH-5567] * provisioner/windows-restart: Wait for restart no longer endlessly loops if user specifies a custom restart check command. [GH-5563] ## 1.1.1 (October 13, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * **New builder:** `hyperv-vmcx` for building images from existing VMs. [GH-4944] [GH-5444] * builder/amazon-instance: Add `.Token` as a variable in the `BundleUploadCommand` template. [GH-5288] * builder/amazon: Add `temporary_security_group_source_cidr` option to control ingress to source instances. [GH-5384] * builder/amazon: Output AMI Name during prevalidation. [GH-5389] * builder/amazon: Support template functions in tag keys. [GH-5381] * builder/amazon: Tag volumes on creation instead of as a separate step. [GH-5417] * builder/docker: Add option to set `--user` flag when running `exec`. [GH-5406] * builder/docker: Set file owner to container user when uploading. Can be disabled by setting `fix_upload_owner` to `false`. [GH-5422] * builder/googlecompute: Support setting labels on the resulting image. [GH-5356] * builder/hyper-v: Add `vhd_temp_path` option to control where the VHD resides while it's being provisioned. [GH-5206] * builder/hyper-v: Allow vhd or vhdx source images instead of just ISO. [GH-4944] [GH-5444] * builder/hyper-v: Disable automatic checkpoints. [GH-5374] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Add `keep_registered` option. [GH-5336] * builder/vmware: Add `disable_vnc` option to prevent VNC connections from being made. [GH-5436] * core: Releases will now be built for ppc64le. * post-processor/vagrant: When building from a builder/hyper-v artifact, link instead of copy when available. [GH-5207] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/cloudstack: Fix panic if build is aborted. [GH-5388] * builder/hyper-v: Respect `enable_dynamic_memory` flag. [GH-5363] * builder/puppet-masterless: Make sure directories created with sudo are writable by the packer user. [GH-5351] * provisioner/chef-solo: Fix issue installing chef-solo on Windows. [GH-5357] * provisioner/powershell: Fix issue setting environment variables by writing them to a file, instead of the command line. [GH-5345] * provisioner/powershell: Fix issue where powershell scripts could hang. [GH-5082] * provisioner/powershell: Fix Powershell progress stream leak to stderr for normal and elevated commands. [GH-5365] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Fix bug where `puppet_bin_dir` wasn't being respected. [GH-5340] * provisioner/puppet: Fix setting facter vars on Windows. [GH-5341] ## 1.1.0 (September 12, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Update alicloud go sdk and enable multi sites support for alicloud [GH-5219] * builder/amazon: Upgrade aws-sdk-go to 1.10.14, add tags at instance run time. [GH-5196] * builder/azure: Add object_id to windows_custom_image.json. [GH-5285] * builder/azure: Add support for storage account for managed images. [GH-5244] * builder/azure: Update pkcs12 package. [GH-5301] * builder/cloudstack: Add support for Security Groups. [GH-5175] * builder/docker: Uploading files and directories now use docker cp. [GH-5273] [GH-5333] * builder/googlecompute: Add `labels` option for labeling launched instances. [GH-5308] * builder/googlecompute: Add support for accelerator api. [GH-5137] * builder/profitbricks: added support for Cloud API v4. [GH-5233] * builder/vmware-esxi: Remote builds now respect `output_directory` [GH-4592] * builder/vmware: Set artifact ID to `VMName`. [GH-5187] * core: Build solaris binary by default. [GH-5268] [GH-5248] * core: Remove LGPL dependencies. [GH-5262] * provisioner/puppet: Add `guest_os_type` option to add support for Windows. [GH-5252] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Also use sudo to clean up if we used sudo to install. [GH-5240] ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * builder/amazon: Changes way that AMI artifacts are printed out after build, aligning them to builder. Could affect output parsing. [GH-5281] * builder/amazon: Split `enhanced_networking` into `sriov_support` and `ena_support` to support finer grained control. Use `packer fix ` to automatically update your template to use `ena_support` where previously there was only `enhanced_networking`. Make sure to also add `sriov_support` if you need that feature, and to ensure `ena_support` is what you intended to be in your template. [GH-5284] * builder/cloudstack: Setup temporary SSH keypair; backwards incompatible in the uncommon case that the source image allowed SSH auth with password but not with keypair. [GH-5174] * communicator/ssh: Renamed `ssh_disable_agent` to `ssh_disable_agent_forwarding`. Need to run fixer on packer configs that use `ssh_disable_agent`. [GH-5024] * communicator: Preserve left-sided white-space in remote command output. Make sure any scripts that parse this output can handle the new whitespace before upgrading. [GH-5167] * provisioner/shell: Set default for `ExpectDisconnect` to `false`. If your script causes the connection to be reset, you should set this to `true` to prevent errors. [GH-5283] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: `force_deregister` works in all regions, not just original region. [GH-5250] * builder/docker: Directory uploads now use the same semantics as the rest of the communicators. [GH-5333] * builder/vmware: Fix timestamp in default VMName. [GH-5274] * builder/winrm: WinRM now waits to make sure commands can run successfully before considering itself connected. [GH-5300] * core: Fix issue where some builders wouldn't respect `-on-error` behavior. [GH-5297] * provisioner/windows-restart: The first powershell provisioner after a restart now works. [GH-5272] ### FEATURES: * **New builder**: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) builder for creating custom images. [GH-4554] * **New builder:** `lxc` for building lxc images. [GH-3523] * **New builder:** `lxd` for building lxd images. [GH-3625] * **New post-processor**: vSphere Template post-processor to be used with vmware-iso builder enabling user to mark a VM as a template. [GH-5114] ## 1.0.4 (August 11, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/alicloud: Increase polling timeout. [GH-5148] * builder/azure: Add `private_virtual_network_with_public_ip` option to optionally obtain a public IP. [GH-5222] * builder/googlecompute: use a more portable method of obtaining zone. [GH-5192] * builder/hyperv: Properly interpolate user variables in template. [GH-5184] * builder/parallels: Remove soon to be removed --vmtype flag in createvm. [GH-5172] * contrib: add json files to zsh completion. [GH-5195] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Don't delete snapshots we didn't create. [GH-5211] * builder/amazon: fix builds when using the null communicator. [GH-5217] * builder/docker: Correctly handle case when uploading an empty directory. [GH-5234] * command/push: Don't push variables if they are unspecified. Reverts to behavior in 1.0.1. [GH-5235] * command/push: fix handling of symlinks. [GH-5226] * core: Strip query parameters from ISO URLs when checking against a checksum file. [GH-5181] * provisioner/ansible-remote: Fix issue where packer could hang communicating with ansible-remote. [GH-5146] ## 1.0.3 (July 17, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/azure: Update to latest Azure SDK, enabling support for managed disks. [GH-4511] * builder/cloudstack: Add default cidr_list [ 0.0.0.0/0 ]. [GH-5125] * builder/cloudstack: Add support for ssh_agent_auth. [GH-5130] * builder/cloudstack: Add support for using a HTTP server. [GH-5017] * builder/cloudstack: Allow reading api_url, api_key, and secret_key from env vars. [GH-5124] * builder/cloudstack: Make expunge optional and improve logging output. [GH-5099] * builder/googlecompute: Allow using URL's for network and subnetwork. [GH-5035] * builder/hyperv: Add support for floppy_dirs with hyperv-iso builder. * builder/hyperv: Add support for override of system %temp% path. * core: Experimental Android ARM support. [GH-5111] * post-processor/atlas: Disallow packer push of vagrant.box artifacts to atlas. [GH-4780] * postprocessor/atlas: Disallow pushing vagrant.box artifacts now that Vagrant cloud is live. [GH-4780] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix panic that happens if ami_block_device_mappings is empty. [GH-5059] * builder/azure: Write private SSH to file in debug mode. [GH-5070] [GH-5074] * builder/cloudstack: Properly report back errors. [GH-5103] [GH-5123] * builder/docker: Fix windows filepath in docker-toolbox call [GH-4887] * builder/docker: Fix windows filepath in docker-toolbox call. [GH-4887] * builder/hyperv: Use SID to verify membership in Admin group, fixing for non- english users. [GH-5022] * builder/hyperv: Verify membership in the group Hyper-V Administrators by SID not name. [GH-5022] * builder/openstack: Update gophercloud version, fixing builds > 1 hr long. [GH-5046] * builder/parallels: Skip missing paths when looking for unnecessary files. [GH-5058] * builder/vmware-esxi: Fix VNC port discovery default timeout. [GH-5051] * communicator/ssh: Add ProvisionerTypes to communicator tests, resolving panic [GH-5116] * communicator/ssh: Resolve race condition that sometimes truncates ssh provisioner stdout [GH-4719] * post-processor/checksum: Fix interpolation of "output". [GH-5112] * push: Push vars in packer config, not just those set from command line and in var-file. [GH-5101] ## 1.0.2 (June 21, 2017) ### BUG FIXES: * communicator/ssh: Fix truncated stdout from remote ssh provisioner. [GH-5050] * builder/amazon: Fix bugs related to stop instance command. [GH-4719] * communicator/ssh: Fix ssh connection errors. [GH-5038] * core: Remove logging that shouldn't be there when running commands. [GH-5042] * provisioner/shell: Fix bug where scripts were being run under `sh`. [GH-5043] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * provisioner/windows-restart: make it clear that timeouts come from the provisioner, not winrm. [GH-5040] ## 1.0.1 (June 19, 2017) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Allow amis to be copied to other regions, encrypted with custom KMS keys. [GH-4948] * builder/amazon: Allow configuration of api endpoint to support api-compatible cloud providers. [GH-4896] * builder/amazon: Fix regex used for ami name validation [GH-4902] * builder/amazon: Look up vpc from subnet id if no vpc was specified. [GH-4879] * builder/amazon: Print temporary security group name to the UI. [GH-4997] * builder/amazon: Support Assume Role with MFA and ECS Task Roles. Also updates to a newer version of aws-sdk-go. [GH-4996] * builder/amazon: Use retry logic when creating instance tags. [GH-4876] * builder/amazon: Validate ami name. [GH-4762] * builder/azure: Add build output to artifact. [GH-4953] * builder/azure: Use disk URI as artifact ID. [GH-4981] * builder/digitalocean: Added support for monitoring. [GH-4782] * builder/digitalocean: Support for copying snapshot to other regions. [GH-4893] * builder/hyper-v: Remove the check for administrator rights when sending key strokes to Hyper-V. [GH-4687] # builder/openstack: Fix private key error message to match documentation [GH-4898] * builder/null: Support SSH agent auth [GH-4956] * builder/openstack: Add ssh agent support. [GH-4655] * builder/openstack: Support client x509 certificates. [GH-4921] * builder/parallels-iso: Configuration of disk type, plain or expanding. [GH-4621] * builder/triton: An SSH agent can be used to authenticate requests, making `triton_key_material` optional. [GH-4838] * builder/triton: If no source machine networks are specified, instances are started on the default public and internal networks. [GH-4838] * builder/virtualbox: Add sata port count configuration option. [GH-4699] * builder/virtualbox: Don't add port forwarding when using "none" communicator. [GH-4960] * builder/vmware: Add option to remove interfaces from the vmx. [GH-4927] * builder/vmware: Properly remove mounted CDs on OS X. [GH-4810] * builder/vmware: VNC probe timeout is configurable. [GH-4919] * command/push: add `-sensitive` flag to mark pushed vars are sensitive. [GH-4970] * command/push: Vagrant support in Terraform Enterprise is deprecated. [GH-4950] * communicator/ssh: Add ssh agent support for bastion connections. [GH-4940] * communicator/winrm: Add NTLM authentication support. [GH-4979] * communicator/winrm: Add support for file downloads. [GH-4748] * core: add telemetry for better product support. [GH-5015] * core: Build binaries for arm64 [GH-4892] * post-processor/amazon-import: Add support for `license_type`. [GH-4634] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Get vagrant cloud token from environment. [GH-4982] * provisioner/ansible-local: Add extra-vars `packer_build_name`, `packer_builder_type`, and `packer_http_addr`. [GH-4821] * provisioner/ansible: Add `inventory_directory` option to control where to place the generated inventory file. [GH-4760] * provisioner/ansible: Add `skip_version_check` flag for when ansible will be installed from a prior provisioner. [GH-4983] * provisioner/ansible: Add extra-vars `packer_build_name` and `packer_builder_type`. [GH-4821] * provisioner/chef-solo: Add option to select Chef version. [GH-4791] * provisioner/salt: Add salt bin directory configuration. [GH-5009] * provisioner/salt: Add support for grains. [GH-4961] * provisioner/shell: Use `env` to set environment variables to support freebsd out of the box. [GH-4909] * website/docs: Clarify language, improve formatting. [GH-4866] * website/docs: Update docker metadata fields that can be changed. [GH-4867] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Use ami device settings when creating the AMI. [GH-4972] * builder/amazon: don't try to delete extra volumes during clean up. [GH-4930] * builder/amazon: fix `force_delete_snapshot` when the launch instance has extra volumes. [GH-4931] * builder/amazon: Only delete temporary key if we created one. [GH-4850] * builder/azure: Replace calls to panic with error returns. [GH-4846] * communicator/winrm: Use KeepAlive to keep long-running connections open. [GH-4952] * core: Correctly reject config files which have junk after valid json. [GH-4906] * post-processor/checksum: fix crash when invalid checksum is used. [GH-4812] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: don't read files to upload in to memory first. [GH-5005] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: only upload once under normal conditions. [GH-5008] * provisioner/ansible-local: Correctly set the default staging directory under Windows. [GH-4792] ### FEATURES: * **New builder:** `alicloud-ecs` for building Alicloud ECS images. [GH-4619] ## 1.0.0 (April 4, 2017) ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fix b/c issue by reporting again the tags we create. [GH-4704] * builder/amazon: Fix crash in `step_region_copy`. [GH-4642] * builder/googlecompute: Correct values for `on_host_maintenance`. [GH-4643] * builder/googlecompute: Use "default" service account. [GH-4749] * builder/hyper-v: Don't wait for shutdown_command to return. [GH-4691] * builder/virtualbox: fix `none` communicator by allowing skipping upload of version file. [GH-4678] * builder/virtualbox: retry removing floppy controller. [GH-4705] * communicator/ssh: don't return error if we can't close connection. [GH-4741] * communicator/ssh: fix nil pointer error. [GH-4690] * core: fix version number * core: Invoking packer `--help` or `--version` now exits with status 0. [GH-4723] * core: show correct step name when debugging. [GH-4672] * communicator/winrm: Directory uploads behave more like scp. [GH-4438] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon-chroot: Ability to give an empty list in `copy_files` to prevent the default `/etc/resolv.conf` file from being copied. If `copy_files` isn't given at all, the default behavior remains. [GH-4708] * builder/amazon: set force_deregister to true on -force. [GH-4649] * builder/amazon: validate ssh key name/file. [GH-4665] * builder/ansible: Clearer error message when we have problems getting the ansible version. [GH-4694] * builder/hyper-v: validate output dir in step, not in config. [GH-4645] * More diligently try to complete azure-setup.sh. [GH-4752] * website: fix display on ios devices. [GH-4618] ## 0.12.3 (March 1, 2017) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * provisioner/ansible: by default, the staging dir will be randomized. [GH-4472] ### FEATURES: * **New builder:** `ebs-surrogate` for building AMIs from EBS volumes. [GH-4351] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon-chroot: support encrypted boot volume. [GH-4584] * builder/amazon: Add BuildRegion and SourceAMI template variables. [GH-4399] * builder/amazon: Change EC2 Windows password timeout to 20 minutes. [GH-4590] * builder/amazon: enable ena when `enhanced_networking` is set. [GH-4578] * builder/azure:: add two new config variables for temp_compute_name and temp_resource_group_name. [GH-4468] * builder/docker: create export dir if needed. [GH-4439] * builder/googlecompute: Add `on_host_maintenance` option. [GH-4544] * builder/openstack: add reuse_ips option to try to re-use existing IPs. [GH-4564] * builder/vmware-esxi: try for longer to connect to vnc port. [GH-4480] [GH-4610] * builder/vmware: allow extra options for ovftool. [GH-4536] * builder/vmware: don't cache ip address so we know if it changes. [GH-4532] * communicator/docker: preserve file mode. [GH-4443] * communicator/ssh: Use SSH agent when enabled for bastion step. [GH-4598] * communicator/winrm: support ProxyFromEnvironment. [GH-4463] * core: don't show ui color if we're not colorized. [GH-4525] * core: make VNC links clickable in terminal. [GH-4497] [GH-4498] * docs: add community page. [GH-4550] * post-processor/amazon-import: support AMI attributes on import [GH-4216] * post-processor/docker-import: print stderr on docker import failure. [GH-4529] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon-ebsvolume: Fix interpolation of block_device. [GH-4464] * builder/amazon: Fix ssh agent authentication. [GH-4597] * builder/docker: Don't force tag if using a docker version that doesn't support it. [GH-4560] * builder/googlecompute: fix bug when creating image from custom image_family. [GH-4518] * builder/virtualbox: remove guest additions before saving image. [GH-4496] * core: always check for an error first when walking a path. [GH-4467] * core: update crypto/ssh lib to fix large file uploads. [GH-4546] * provisioner/chef-client: only upload knife config if we're cleaning. [GH-4534] ## 0.12.2 (January 20, 2017) ### FEATURES: * **New builder:** `triton` for building images for Joyent Triton. [GH-4325] * **New provisioner:** `converge` for provisioning with converge.sh. [GH-4326] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/hyperv-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294] * builder/openstack: Add support for instance metadata. [GH-4361] * builder/openstack: Attempt to use existing floating IPs before allocating a new one. [GH-4357] * builder/parallels-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294] * builder/qemu: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294] * builder/qemu: add `use_default_display` option for osx compatibility. [GH-4293] * builder/qemu: Detect input disk image format during copy/convert. [GH-4343] * builder/virtualbox-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294] * builder/virtualbox: add `skip_export` option to skip exporting the VM after build completes. [GH-4339] * builder/vmware & builder/qemu: Allow configurable delay between keystrokes when typing boot command. [GH-4403] * builder/vmware-iso: add `iso_target_extension` option. [GH-4294] * builder/vmware-iso: add `skip_export` option to skip exporting the VM after build completes. [GH-4378] * builder/vmware: Try to use `ip address` to find host IP. [GH-4411] * common/step_http\_server: set `PACKER_HTTP_ADDR` env var for accessing http server from inside builder. [GH-4409] * provisioner/powershell: Allow equals sign in value of environment variables. [GH-4328] * provisioner/puppet-server: Add default facts. [GH-4286] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon-chroot: Panic in AMI region copy step. [GH-4341] * builder/amazon: Crashes when new EBS vols are used. [GH-4308] * builder/amazon: Fix crash in amazon-instance. [GH-4372] * builder/amazon: fix run volume tagging [GH-4420] * builder/amazon: fix when using non-existent security\_group\_id. [GH-4425] * builder/amazon: Properly error if we don't have the ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups permission. [GH-4304] * builder/amazon: Properly wait for security group to exist. [GH-4369] * builder/docker: Fix crash when performing log in to ECR with an invalid URL. [GH-4385] * builder/openstack: fix for finding resource by ID. [GH-4301] * builder/qemu: Explicitly set WinRMPort for StepConnect. [GH-4321] * builder/virtualbox: Explicitly set WinRMPort for StepConnect. [GH-4321] * builder/virtualbox: Pause between each boot command element in -debug. [GH-4346] * builder/vmware builder/parallels: Fix hang when shutting down windows in certain cases. [GH-4436] * command/push: Don't interpolate variables when pushing. [GH-4389] * common/step_http_server: make port range inclusive. [GH-4398] * communicator/winrm: update winrm client, resolving `MaxMemoryPerShellMB` errors and properly error logging instead of panicking. [GH-4412] [GH-4424] * provider/windows-shell: Allows equals sign in env var value. [GH-4423] ## 0.12.1 (December 15, 2016) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * `ssh_username` is now required if using communicator ssh. [GH-4172] * builder/amazon: Change `shutdown_behaviour` to `shutdown_behavior`. Run "packer fix template.json" to migrate a template. [GH-4285] * builder/openstack: No long supports the `api_key` option for rackspace. [GH-4283] * post-processor/manifest: Changed `filename` field to be `output`, to be more consistent with other post-processors. `packer fix` will fix this for you. [GH-4192] * post-processor/shell-local: Now runs per-builder instead of per-file. The filename is no longer passed in as an argument to the script, but instead needs to be gleaned from the manifest post-processor. [GH-4189] ### FEATURES: * **New builder:** "Hyper-V" Added new builder for Hyper-V on Windows. [GH-2576] * **New builder:** "1&1" Added new builder for [1&1](https://www.1and1.com/). [GH-4163] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon-ebs: Support specifying KMS key for encryption. [GH-4023] * builder/amazon-ebsvolume: Add artifact output. [GH-4141] * builder/amazon: Add `snapshot_tag` overrides. [GH-4015] * builder/amazon: Added new region London - eu-west-2. [GH-4284] * builder/amazon: Added ca-central-1 to list of known aws regions. [GH-4274] * builder/amazon: Adds `force_delete_snapshot` flag to also cleanup snapshots if we're removing a preexisting image, as with `force_deregister_image`. [GH-4223] * builder/amazon: Support `snapshot_users` and `snapshot_groups` for sharing ebs snapshots. [GH-4243] * builder/cloudstack: Support reusing an already associated public IP. [GH-4149] * builder/docker: Introduce docker commit changes, author, and message. [GH-4202] * builder/googlecompute: Support `source_image_family`. [GH-4162] * builder/googlecompute: enable support for Google Compute XPN. [GH-4288] * builder/openstack: Added `image_members` to add new members to image after it's created. [GH-4283] * builder/openstack: Added `image_visibility` field to specify visibility of created image. [GH-4283] * builder/openstack: Automatically reauth as needed. [GH-4262] * builder/virtualbox-ovf: Can now give a URL to an ova file. [GH-3982] * communicator/ssh: adds ability to download download directories and wildcards, fix destination file mode (not hardcoded anymore). [GH-4210] * post-processor/shell-local: support spaces in script path. [GH-4144] * provisioner/ansible: Allow `winrm` communicator. [GH-4209] * provisioner/salt: Bootstrap fallback on wget if curl failed. [GH-4244] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Correctly assign key from `ssh_keypair_name` to source instance. [GH-4222] * builder/amazon: Fix `source_ami_filter` ignores `owners`. [GH-4235] * builder/amazon: Fix launching spot instances in EC2 Classic [GH-4204] * builder/qemu: Fix issue where multiple commands on a single line in boot_command wouldn't be parsed correctly. [GH-4269] * core: Unbreak glob patterns in `floppy_files`. [GH-3890] * post-processor/checksum: cleanup, and fix output to specified file with more than one artifacts. [GH-4210] * post-processor/checksum: reset hash after each artifact file. [GH-4210] * provisioner/file: fix for directory download. [GH-4210] * provisioner/file: fix issue uploading multiple files to a directory, mentioned in [GH-4049]. [GH-4210] * provisioner/shell: Treat disconnects as retryable when running cleanup. If you have a reboot in your script, we'll now wait until the host is available before attempting to cleanup the script. [GH-4197] ## 0.12.0 (November 15, 2016) ### FEATURES: * **New builder:** "cloudstack" Can create new templates for use with CloudStack taking either an ISO or existing template as input. [GH-3909] * **New builder:** "profitbricks" Builder for creating images in the ProfitBricks cloud. [GH-3660] * **New builder:** "amazon-ebsvolume" Can create Amazon EBS volumes which are preinitialized with a filesystem and data. [GH-4088] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Allow polling delay override with `AWS_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS`. [GH-4083] * builder/amazon: Allow use of local SSH Agent. [GH-4050] * builder/amazon: Dynamic source AMI [GH-3817] * builder/amazon: Show AMI ID found when using `source_ami_filter`. [GH-4096] * builder/googlecompute: Support `ssh_private_key_file` in communicator. [GH-4101] * builder/googlecompute: Support custom scopes. [GH-4043] * command/push: Fix variable pushes to Atlas. Still needs Atlas server to be updated before the issue will be fixed completely. [GH-4089] * communicator/ssh: Improved SSH upload performance. [GH-3940] * contrib/azure-setup.sh: Support for azure-cli 0.10.7. [GH-4133] * docs: Fix command line variable docs. [GH-4143] * post-processor/vagrant: Fixed inconsistency between vagrant-libvirt driver and packer QEMU accelerator. [GH-4104] * provisioner/ansible: Move info messages to log [GH-4123] * provisioner/puppet: Add `puppet_bin_dir` option. [GH-4014] * provisioner/salt: Add `salt_call_args` option. [GH-4158] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Fixed an error where we wouldn't fail the build even if we timed out waiting for the temporary security group to become available. [GH-4099] * builder/amazon: Properly cleanup temporary key pairs. [GH-4080] * builder/google: Fix issue where we'd hang waiting for a startup script which doesn't exist. [GH-4102] * builder/qemu: Fix keycodes for ctrl, shift and alt keys. [GH-4115] * builder/vmware: Fix keycodes for ctrl, shift and alt keys. [GH-4115] * builder/vmware: Fixed build error when shutting down. [GH-4041] * common/step_create_floppy: Fixed support for 1.44MB floppies on Windows. [GH-4135] * post-processor/googlecompute-export: Fixes scopes. [GH-4147] * provisioner/powershell: Reverted [GH-3371] fixes quoting issue. [GH-4069] * scripts: Fix build under Windows for go 1.5. [GH-4142] ## 0.11.0 (October 21, 2016) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * VNC and VRDP-like features in VirtualBox, VMware, and QEMU now configurable but bind to 127.0.0.1 by default to improve security. See the relevant builder docs for more info. * Docker builder requires Docker > 1.3 * provisioner/chef-solo: default staging directory renamed to `packer-chef-solo`. [GH-3971] ### FEATURES: * **New Checksum post-processor**: Create a checksum file from your build artifacts as part of your build. [GH-3492] [GH-3790] * **New build flag** `-on-error` to allow inspection and keeping artifacts on builder errors. [GH-3885] * **New Google Compute Export post-processor**: exports an image from a Packer googlecompute builder run and uploads it to Google Cloud Storage. [GH-3760] * **New Manifest post-processor**: writes metadata about packer's output artifacts data to a JSON file. [GH-3651] ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: Added `disable_stop_instance` option to prevent automatic shutdown when the build is complete. [GH-3352] * builder/amazon: Added `shutdown_behavior` option to support `stop` or `terminate` at the end of the build. [GH-3556] * builder/amazon: Added `skip_region_validation` option to allow newer or custom AWS regions. [GH-3598] * builder/amazon: Added `us-east-2` and `ap-south-1` regions. [GH-4021] [GH-3663] * builder/amazon: Support building from scratch with amazon-chroot builder. [GH-3855] [GH-3895] * builder/amazon: Support create an AMI with an `encrypt_boot` volume. [GH-3382] * builder/azure: Add `os_disk_size_gb`. [GH-3995] * builder/azure: Add location to setup script. [GH-3803] * builder/azure: Allow user to set custom data. [GH-3996] * builder/azure: Made `tenant_id` optional. [GH-3643] * builder/azure: Now pre-validates `capture_container_name` and `capture_name_prefix` [GH-3537] * builder/azure: Removed superfluous polling code for deployments. [GH-3638] * builder/azure: Support for a user defined VNET. [GH-3683] * builder/azure: Support for custom images. [GH-3575] * builder/azure: tag all resources. [GH-3764] * builder/digitalocean: Added `user_data_file` support. [GH-3933] * builder/digitalocean: Fixes timeout waiting for snapshot. [GH-3868] * builder/digitalocean: Use `state_timeout` for unlock and off transitions. [GH-3444] * builder/docker: Improved support for Docker pull from Amazon ECR. [GH-3856] * builder/google: Add `-force` option to delete old image before creating new one. [GH-3918] * builder/google: Add image license metadata. [GH-3873] * builder/google: Added support for `image_family` [GH-3531] * builder/google: Added support for startup scripts. [GH-3639] * builder/google: Create passwords for Windows instances. [GH-3932] * builder/google: Enable to select NVMe images. [GH-3338] * builder/google: Signal that startup script fished via metadata. [GH-3873] * builder/google: Use gcloud application default credentials. [GH-3655] * builder/google: provision VM without external IP address. [GH-3774] * builder/null: Can now be used with WinRM. [GH-2525] * builder/openstack: Added support for `ssh_password` instead of generating ssh keys. [GH-3976] * builder/parallels: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in `boot_command`. [GH-3767] * builder/parallels: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`. [GH-2919] * builder/parallels: Now pauses between `boot_command` entries when running with `-debug` [GH-3547] * builder/parallels: Support future versions of Parallels by using the latest driver. [GH-3673] * builder/qemu: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in `boot_command`. [GH-3767] * builder/qemu: Added `vnc_bind_address` option. [GH-3574] * builder/qemu: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`. [GH-2919] * builder/qemu: Now pauses between `boot_command` entries when running with `-debug` [GH-3547] * builder/qemu: Specify disk format when starting qemu. [GH-3888] * builder/virtualbox-iso: Added `hard_drive_nonrotational` and `hard_drive_discard` options to enable trim/discard. [GH-4013] * builder/virtualbox-iso: Added `keep_registered` option to skip cleaning up the image. [GH-3954] * builder/virtualbox: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in `boot_command`. [GH-3767] * builder/virtualbox: Added `post_shutdown_delay` option to wait after shutting down to prevent issues removing floppy drive. [GH-3952] * builder/virtualbox: Added `vrdp_bind_address` option. [GH-3566] * builder/virtualbox: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`. [GH-2919] * builder/virtualbox: Now pauses between `boot_command` entries when running with `-debug` [GH-3542] * builder/vmware-vmx: Added `tools_upload_flavor` and `tools_upload_path` to docs. * builder/vmware: Add support for ctrl, shift and alt keys in `boot_command`. [GH-3767] * builder/vmware: Added `vnc_bind_address` option. [GH-3565] * builder/vmware: Adds passwords for VNC. [GH-2325] * builder/vmware: Copy directories recursively with `floppy_dirs`. [GH-2919] * builder/vmware: Handle connection to VM with more than one NIC on ESXi [GH-3347] * builder/vmware: Now paused between `boot_command` entries when running with `-debug` [GH-3542] * core: Supress plugin discovery from plugins. [GH-4002] * core: Test floppy disk files actually exist. [GH-3756] * core: setting `PACKER_LOG=0` now disables logging. [GH-3964] * post-processor/amazon-import: Support `ami_name` for naming imported AMI. [GH-3941] * post-processor/compress: Added support for bgzf compression. [GH-3501] * post-processor/docker: Improved support for Docker push to Amazon ECR. [GH-3856] * post-processor/docker: Preserve tags when running docker push. [GH-3631] * post-processor/vagrant: Added vsphere-esx hosts to supported machine types. [GH-3967] * provisioner/ansible-local: Support for ansible-galaxy. [GH-3350] [GH-3836] * provisioner/ansible: Improved logging and error handling. [GH-3477] * provisioner/ansible: Support scp. [GH-3861] * provisioner/chef: Added `knife_command` option and added a correct default value for Windows. [GH-3622] * provisioner/chef: Installs 64bit chef on Windows if available. [GH-3848] * provisioner/file: Now makes destination directory. [GH-3692] * provisioner/puppet: Added `execute_command` option. [GH-3614] * provisioner/salt: Added `custom_state` to specify state to run instead of `highstate`. [GH-3776] * provisioner/shell: Added `expect_disconnect` flag to fail if remote unexpectedly disconnects. [GH-4034] * scripts: Added `help` target to Makefile. [GH-3290] * vendor: Moving from Godep to govendor. See `CONTRIBUTING.md` for details. [GH-3956] * website: code examples now use inconsolata. Improve code font rendering on linux. ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Add 0.5 cents to discovered spot price. [GH-3662] * builder/amazon: Allow using `ssh_private_key_file` and `ssh_password`. [GH-3953] * builder/amazon: Fix packer crash when waiting for SSH. [GH-3865] * builder/amazon: Honor ssh_private_ip flag in EC2-Classic. [GH-3752] * builder/amazon: Properly clean up EBS volumes on failure. [GH-3789] * builder/amazon: Use `temporary_key_pair_name` when specified. [GH-3739] * builder/amazon: retry creating tags on images since the images might take some time to become available. [GH-3938] * builder/azure: Fix authorization setup script failing to creating service principal. [GH-3812] * builder/azure: check for empty resource group. [GH-3606] * builder/azure: fix token validity test. [GH-3609] * builder/docker: Fix file provisioner dotfile matching. [GH-3800] * builder/docker: fix docker builder with ansible provisioner. [GH-3476] * builder/qemu: Don't fail on communicator set to `none`. [GH-3681] * builder/qemu: Make `ssh_host_port_max` an inclusive bound. [GH-2784] * builder/virtualbox: Make `ssh_host_port_max` an inclusive bound. [GH-2784] * builder/virtualbox: Respect `ssh_host` [GH-3617] * builder/vmware: Do not add remotedisplay.vnc.ip to VMX data on ESXi [GH-3740] * builder/vmware: Don't check for poweron errors on ESXi. [GH-3195] * builder/vmware: Re-introduce case sensitive VMX keys. [GH-2707] * builder/vmware: Respect `ssh_host`/`winrm_host` on ESXi. [GH-3738] * command/push: Allows dot (`.`) in image names. [GH-3937] * common/iso_config: fix potential panic when iso checksum url was given but not the iso url. [GH-4004] * communicator/ssh: fixed possible panic when reconnecting fails. [GH-4008] * communicator/ssh: handle error case where server closes the connection but doesn't give us an error code. [GH-3966] * post-processor/shell-local: Do not set execute bit on artifact file. [GH-3505] * post-processor/vsphere: Fix upload failures with vsphere. [GH-3321] * provisioner/ansible: Properly set host key checking even when a custom ENV is specified. [GH-3568] * provisioner/file: Fix directory download. [GH-3899] * provisioner/powershell: fixed issue with setting environment variables. [GH-2785] * website: improved rendering on iPad. [GH-3780] ## 0.10.2 (September 20, 2016) ### BUG FIXES: * Rebuilding with OS X Sierra and go 1.7.1 to fix bug in Sierra ## 0.10.1 (May 7, 2016) ### FEATURES: * `azure-arm` builder: Can now build Windows images, and supports additional configuration. Please refer to the documentation for details. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Added support for `ATLAS_CAFILE` and `ATLAS_CAPATH` [GH-3494] * builder/azure: Improved build cancellation and cleanup of partially- provisioned resources. [GH-3461] * builder/azure: Improved logging. [GH-3461] * builder/azure: Added support for US Government and China clouds. [GH-3461] * builder/azure: Users may now specify an image version. [GH-3461] * builder/azure: Added device login. [GH-3461] * builder/docker: Added `privileged` build option. [GH-3475] * builder/google: Packer now identifies its version to the service. [GH-3465] * provisioner/shell: Added `remote_folder` and `remote_file` options [GH-3462] * post-processor/compress: Added support for `bgzf` format and added `format` option. [GH-3501] ### BUG FIXES: * core: Fix hang after pressing enter key in `-debug` mode. [GH-3346] * provisioner/chef: Use custom values for remote validation key path [GH-3468] ## 0.10.0 (March 14, 2016) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * Building Packer now requires go >= 1.5 (>= 1.6 is recommended). If you want to continue building with go 1.4 you can remove the `azurearmbuilder` line from `command/plugin.go`. ### FEATURES: * **New `azure-arm` builder**: Build virtual machines in Azure Resource Manager ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/google: Added support for `disk_type` [GH-2830] * builder/openstack: Added support for retrieving the Administrator password when using WinRM if no `winrm_password` is set. [GH-3209] * provisioner/ansible: Added the `empty_groups` parameter. [GH-3232] * provisioner/ansible: Added the `user` parameter. [GH-3276] * provisioner/ansible: Don't use deprecated ssh option with Ansible 2.0 [GH-3291] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Add `ignore_exit_codes` parameter. [GH-3349] ### BUG FIXES: * builders/parallels: Handle `output_directory` containing `.` and `..` [GH-3239] * provisioner/ansible: os.Environ() should always be passed to the ansible command. [GH-3274] ## 0.9.0 (February 19, 2016) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * Packer now ships as a single binary, including plugins. If you install packer 0.9.0 over a previous packer installation, **you must delete all of the packer-* plugin files** or packer will load out-of-date plugins from disk. * Release binaries are now provided via . * Packer 0.9.0 is now built with Go 1.6. * core: Plugins that implement the Communicator interface must now implement a DownloadDir method. [GH-2618] * builder/amazon: Inline `user_data` for EC2 is now base64 encoded automatically. [GH-2539] * builder/parallels: `parallels_tools_host_path` and `guest_os_distribution` have been replaced by `guest_os_type`; use `packer fix` to update your templates. [GH-2751] ### FEATURES: * **Chef on Windows**: The chef provisioner now has native support for Windows using Powershell and WinRM. [GH-1215] * **New `vmware-esxi` feature**: Packer can now export images from vCloud or vSphere during the build. [GH-1921] * **New Ansible Provisioner**: `ansible` provisioner supports remote provisioning to keep your build image cleaner. [GH-1969] * **New Amazon Import post-processor**: `amazon-import` allows you to upload an OVA-based VM to Amazon EC2. [GH-2962] * **Shell Local post-processor**: `shell-local` allows you to run shell commands on the host after a build has completed for custom packaging or publishing of your artifacts. [GH-2706] * **Artifice post-processor**: Override packer artifacts during post- processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder and use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Packer plugins are now compiled into the main binary, reducing file size and build times, and making packer easier to install. The overall plugin architecture has not changed and third-party plugins can still be loaded from disk. Please make sure your plugins are up-to-date! [GH-2854] * core: Packer now indicates line numbers for template parse errors. [GH-2742] * core: Scripts are executed via `/usr/bin/env bash` instead of `/bin/bash` for broader compatibility. [GH-2913] * core: `target_path` for builder downloads can now be specified. [GH-2600] * core: WinRM communicator now supports HTTPS protocol. [GH-3061] * core: Template syntax errors now show line, column, offset. [GH-3180] * core: SSH communicator now supports downloading directories. [GH-2618] * builder/amazon: Add support for `ebs_optimized` [GH-2806] * builder/amazon: You can now specify `0` for `spot_price` to switch to on demand instances. [GH-2845] * builder/amazon: Added `ap-northeast-2` (Seoul) [GH-3056] * builder/amazon: packer will try to derive the AZ if only a subnet is specified. [GH-3037] * builder/digitalocean: doubled instance wait timeouts to power off or shutdown (now 4 minutes) and to complete a snapshot (now 20 minutes) [GH-2939] * builder/google: `account_file` can now be provided as a JSON string [GH-2811] * builder/google: added support for `preemptible` instances. [GH-2982] * builder/google: added support for static external IPs via `address` option [GH-3030] * builder/openstack: added retry on WaitForImage 404. [GH-3009] * builder/openstack: Can specify `source_image_name` instead of the ID [GH-2577] * builder/openstack: added support for SSH over IPv6. [GH-3197] * builder/parallels: Improve support for Parallels 11. [GH-2662] * builder/parallels: Parallels disks are now compacted by default. [GH-2731] * builder/parallels: Packer will look for Parallels in `/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app` if it is not detected automatically [GH-2839] * builder/qemu: qcow2 images are now compacted by default. [GH-2748] * builder/qemu: qcow2 images can now be compressed. [GH-2748] * builder/qemu: Now specifies `virtio-scsi` by default. [GH-2422] * builder/qemu: Now checks for version-specific options. [GH-2376] * builder/qemu: Can now bypass disk cache using `iso_skip_cache` [GH-3105] * builder/qemu: `` in `boot_command` now accepts an arbitrary duration like [GH-3129] * builder/qemu: Expose `{{ .SSHHostPort }}` in templates. [GH-2884] * builder/virtualbox: Added VRDP for debugging. [GH-3188] * builder/vmware-esxi: Added private key auth for remote builds via `remote_private_key_file` [GH-2912] * post-processor/atlas: Added support for compile ID. [GH-2775] * post-processor/docker-import: Can now import Artifice artifacts. [GH-2718] * provisioner/chef: Added `encrypted_data_bag_secret_path` option. [GH-2653] * provisioner/puppet: Added the `extra_arguments` parameter. [GH-2635] * provisioner/salt: Added `no_exit_on_failure`, `log_level`, and improvements to salt command invocation. [GH-2660] ### BUG FIXES: * core: Random number generator is now seeded. [GH-2640] * core: Packer should now have a lot less race conditions. [GH-2824] * builder/amazon: The `no_device` option for block device mappings is now handled correctly. [GH-2398] * builder/amazon: AMI name validation now matches Amazon's spec. [GH-2774] * builder/amazon: Use snapshot size when volume size is unspecified. [GH-2480] * builder/amazon: Pass AccessKey and SecretKey when uploading bundles for instance-backed AMIs. [GH-2596] * builder/parallels: Added interpolation in `prlctl_post` [GH-2828] * builder/vmware: `format` option is now read correctly. [GH-2892] * builder/vmware-esxi: Correct endless loop in destroy validation logic [GH-2911] * provisioner/shell: No longer leaves temp scripts behind. [GH-1536] * provisioner/winrm: Now waits for reboot to complete before continuing with provisioning. [GH-2568] * post-processor/artifice: Fix truncation of files downloaded from Docker. [GH-2793] ## 0.8.6 (Aug 22, 2015) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/docker: Now supports Download so it can be used with the file provisioner to download a file from a container. [GH-2585] * builder/docker: Now verifies that the artifact will be used before the build starts, unless the `discard` option is specified. This prevent failures after the build completes. [GH-2626] * post-processor/artifice: Now supports glob-like syntax for filenames. [GH-2619] * post-processor/vagrant: Like the compress post-processor, vagrant now uses a parallel gzip algorithm to compress vagrant boxes. [GH-2590] ### BUG FIXES: * core: When `iso_url` is a local file and the checksum is invalid, the local file will no longer be deleted. [GH-2603] * builder/parallels: Fix interpolation in `parallels_tools_guest_path` [GH-2543] ## 0.8.5 (Aug 10, 2015) ### FEATURES: * **[Beta]** Artifice post-processor: Override packer artifacts during post- processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder and use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * Many docs have been updated and corrected; big thanks to our contributors! * builder/openstack: Add debug logging for IP addresses used for SSH. [GH-2513] * builder/openstack: Add option to use existing SSH keypair. [GH-2512] * builder/openstack: Add support for Glance metadata. [GH-2434] * builder/qemu and builder/vmware: Packer's VNC connection no longer asks for an exclusive connection. [GH-2522] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Can now customize salt remote directories. [GH-2519] ### BUG FIXES: * builder/amazon: Improve instance cleanup by storing id sooner. [GH-2404] * builder/amazon: Only fetch windows password when using WinRM communicator. [GH-2538] * builder/openstack: Support IPv6 SSH address. [GH-2450] * builder/openstack: Track new IP address discovered during RackConnect. [GH-2514] * builder/qemu: Add 100ms delay between VNC key events. [GH-2415] * post-processor/atlas: atlas_url configuration option works now. [GH-2478] * post-processor/compress: Now supports interpolation in output config. [GH-2414] * provisioner/powershell: Elevated runs now receive environment variables. [GH-2378] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Clarify error messages when we can't create or write to the temp directory. [GH-2518] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Copy state even if /srv/salt exists already. [GH-1699] * provisioner/salt-masterless: Make sure /etc/salt exists before writing to it. [GH-2520] * provisioner/winrm: Connect to the correct port when using NAT with VirtualBox / VMware. [GH-2399] ## Note: 0.8.3 was pulled and 0.8.4 was skipped. ## 0.8.2 (July 17, 2015) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/docker: Add option to use a Pty. [GH-2425] ### BUG FIXES: * core: Fix crash when `min_packer_version` is specified in a template. [GH-2385] * builder/amazon: Fix EC2 devices being included in EBS mappings. [GH-2459] * builder/googlecompute: Fix default name for GCE images. [GH-2400] * builder/null: Fix error message with missing ssh_host. [GH-2407] * builder/virtualbox: Use --portcount on VirtualBox 5.x. [GH-2438] * provisioner/puppet: Packer now correctly handles a directory for manifest_file. [GH-2463] * provisioner/winrm: Fix potential crash with WinRM. [GH-2416] ## 0.8.1 (July 2, 2015) ### IMPROVEMENTS: * builder/amazon: When debug mode is enabled, the Windows administrator password for Windows instances will be shown. [GH-2351] ### BUG FIXES: * core: `min_packer_version` field in configs work. [GH-2356] * core: The `build_name` and `build_type` functions work in provisioners. [GH-2367] * core: Handle timeout in SSH handshake. [GH-2333] * command/build: Fix reading configuration from stdin. [GH-2366] * builder/amazon: Fix issue with sharing AMIs when using `ami_users` [GH-2308] * builder/amazon: Fix issue when using multiple Security Groups. [GH-2381] * builder/amazon: Fix for tag creation when creating new ec2 instance. [GH-2317] * builder/amazon: Fix issue with creating AMIs with multiple device mappings. [GH-2320] * builder/amazon: Fix failing AMI snapshot tagging when copying to other regions. [GH-2316] * builder/amazon: Fix setting AMI launch permissions. [GH-2348] * builder/amazon: Fix spot instance cleanup to remove the correct request. [GH-2327] * builder/amazon: Fix `bundle_prefix` not interpolating `timestamp` [GH-2352] * builder/amazon-instance: Fix issue with creating AMIs without specifying a virtualization type. [GH-2330] * builder/digitalocean: Fix builder using private IP instead of public IP. [GH-2339] * builder/google: Set default communicator settings properly. [GH-2353] * builder/vmware-iso: Setting `checksum_type` to `none` for ESX builds now works. [GH-2323] * provisioner/chef: Use knife config file vs command-line params to clean up nodes so full set of features can be used. [GH-2306] * post-processor/compress: Fixed crash in compress post-processor plugin. [GH-2311] ## 0.8.0 (June 23, 2015) ### BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: * core: SSH connection will no longer request a PTY by default. This can be enabled per builder. * builder/digitalocean: no longer supports the v1 API which has been deprecated for some time. Most configurations should continue to work as long as you use the `api_token` field for auth. * builder/digitalocean: `image`, `region`, and `size` are now required. * builder/openstack: auth parameters have been changed to better reflect OS terminology. Existing environment variables still work. ### FEATURES: * **WinRM:** You can now connect via WinRM with almost every builder. See the docs for more info. [GH-2239] * **Windows AWS Support:** Windows AMIs can now be built without any external plugins: Packer will start a Windows instance, get the admin password, and can use WinRM (above) to connect through. [GH-2240] * **Disable SSH:** Set `communicator` to "none" in any builder to disable SSH connections. Note that provisioners won't work if this is done. [GH-1591] * **SSH Agent Forwarding:** SSH Agent Forwarding will now be enabled to allow access to remote servers such as private git repos. [GH-1066] * **SSH Bastion Hosts:** You can now specify a bastion host for SSH access (works with all builders). [GH-387] * **OpenStack v3 Identity:** The OpenStack builder now supports the v3 identity API. * **Docker builder supports SSH**: The Docker builder now supports containers with SSH, just set `communicator` to "ssh" [GH-2244] * **File provisioner can download**: The file provisioner can now download files out of the build process. [GH-1909] * **New config function: `build_name`**: The name of the currently running build. [GH-2232] * **New config function: `build_type`**: The type of the currently running builder. This is useful for provisioners. [GH-2232] * **New config function: `template_dir`**: The directory to the template being built. This should be used for template-relative paths. [GH-54] * **New provisioner: shell-local**: Runs a local shell script. [GH-770] * **New provisioner: powershell**: Provision Windows machines with PowerShell scripts. [GH-2243] * **New provisioner: windows-shell**: Provision Windows machines with batch files. [GH-2243] * **New provisioner: windows-restart**: Restart a Windows machines and wait for it to come back online. [GH-2243] * **Compress post-processor supports multiple algorithms:** The compress post-processor now supports lz4 compression and compresses gzip in parallel for much faster throughput. ### IMPROVEMENTS: * core: Interrupt handling for SIGTERM signal as well. [GH-1858] * core: HTTP downloads support resuming. [GH-2106] * builder/*: Add `ssh_handshake_attempts` to configure the number of handshake attempts done before failure. [GH-2237] * builder/amazon: Add `force_deregister` option for automatic AMI deregistration. [GH-2221] * builder/amazon: Now applies tags to EBS snapshots. [GH-2212] * builder/amazon: Clean up orphaned volumes from Source AMIs. [GH-1783] * builder/amazon: Support custom keypairs. [GH-1837] * builder/amazon-chroot: Can now resize the root volume of the resulting AMI with the `root_volume_size` option. [GH-2289] * builder/amazon-chroot: Add `mount_options` configuration option for providing options to the `mount` command. [GH-2296] * builder/digitalocean: Save SSH key to pwd if debug mode is on. [GH-1829] * builder/digitalocean: User data support. [GH-2113] * builder/googlecompute: Option to use internal IP for connections. [GH-2152] * builder/parallels: Support Parallels Desktop 11. [GH-2199] * builder/openstack: Add `rackconnect_wait` for Rackspace customers to wait for RackConnect data to appear * builder/openstack: Add `ssh_interface` option for rackconnect for users that have prohibitive firewalls * builder/openstack: Flavor names can be used as well as refs * builder/openstack: Add `availability_zone` [GH-2016] * builder/openstack: Machine will be stopped prior to imaging if the cluster supports the `startstop` extension. [GH-2223] * builder/openstack: Support for user data. [GH-2224] * builder/qemu: Default accelerator to "tcg" on Windows. [GH-2291] * builder/virtualbox: Added option: `ssh_skip_nat_mapping` to skip the automatic port forward for SSH and to use the guest port directly. [GH-1078] * builder/virtualbox: Added SCSI support * builder/vmware: Support for additional disks. [GH-1382] * builder/vmware: Can now customize the template used for adding disks. [GH-2254] * command/fix: After fixing, the template is validated. [GH-2228] * command/push: Add `-name` flag for specifying name from CLI. [GH-2042] * command/push: Push configuration in templates supports variables. [GH-1861] * post-processor/docker-save: Can be chained. [GH-2179] * post-processor/docker-tag: Support `force` option. [GH-2055] * post-processor/docker-tag: Can be chained. [GH-2179] * post-processor/vsphere: Make more fields optional, support empty resource pools. [GH-1868] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: `working_directory` option. [GH-1831] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: `packer_build_name` and `packer_build_type` are default facts. [GH-1878] * provisioner/puppet-server: `ignore_exit_codes` option added. [GH-2280] ### BUG FIXES: * core: Fix potential panic for post-processor plugin exits. [GH-2098] * core: `PACKER_CONFIG` may point to a non-existent file. [GH-2226] * builder/amazon: Allow spaces in AMI names when using `clean_ami_name` [GH-2182] * builder/amazon: Remove deprecated ec2-upload-bundle parameter. [GH-1931] * builder/amazon: Use IAM Profile to upload bundle if provided. [GH-1985] * builder/amazon: Use correct exit code after SSH authentication failed. [GH-2004] * 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: Private key file (only available in debug mode) is deleted on cleanup. [GH-1801] * builder/amazon: AMI copy won't copy to the source region. [GH-2123] * builder/amazon: Validate AMI doesn't exist with name prior to build. [GH-1774] * builder/amazon: Improved retry logic around waiting for instances. [GH-1764] * builder/amazon: Fix issues with creating Block Devices. [GH-2195] * builder/amazon/chroot: Retry waiting for disk attachments. [GH-2046] * builder/amazon/chroot: Only unmount path if it is mounted. [GH-2054] * builder/amazon/instance: Use `-i` in sudo commands so PATH is inherited. [GH-1930] * builder/amazon/instance: Use `--region` flag for bundle upload command. [GH-1931] * builder/digitalocean: Wait for droplet to unlock before changing state, should lower the "pending event" errors. * builder/digitalocean: Ignore invalid fields from the ever-changing v2 API * builder/digitalocean: Private images can be used as a source. [GH-1792] * builder/docker: Fixed hang on prompt while copying script * builder/docker: Use `docker exec` for newer versions of Docker for running scripts. [GH-1993] * builder/docker: Fix crash that could occur at certain timed ctrl-c. [GH-1838] * builder/docker: validate that `export_path` is not a directory. [GH-2105] * builder/google: `ssh_timeout` is respected. [GH-1781] * builder/openstack: `ssh_interface` can be used to specify the interface to retrieve the SSH IP from. [GH-2220] * builder/qemu: Add `disk_discard` option. [GH-2120] * builder/qemu: Use proper SSH port, not hardcoded to 22. [GH-2236] * builder/qemu: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032] * builder/virtualbox: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with OS installers. [GH-1709] * builder/virtualbox: Remove the floppy controller in addition to the floppy disk. [GH-1879] * builder/virtualbox: Fixed regression where downloading ISO without a ".iso" extension didn't work. [GH-1839] * builder/virtualbox: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template validation time. [GH-2233] * builder/virtualbox: Find unused SSH port if SSH port is taken. [GH-2032] * builder/vmware: Add 100ms delay between keystrokes to avoid subtle timing issues in most cases. [GH-1663] * builder/vmware: Bind HTTP server to IPv4, which is more compatible with OS installers. [GH-1709] * builder/vmware: Case-insensitive match of MAC address to find IP. [GH-1989] * builder/vmware: More robust IP parsing from ifconfig output. [GH-1999] * builder/vmware: Nested output directories for ESXi work. [GH-2174] * builder/vmware: Output dir is verified at runtime, not template validation time. [GH-2233] * command/fix: For the `virtualbox` to `virtualbox-iso` builder rename, provisioner overrides are now also fixed. [GH-2231] * command/validate: don't crash for invalid builds. [GH-2139] * post-processor/atlas: Find common archive prefix for Windows. [GH-1874] * post-processor/atlas: Fix index out of range panic. [GH-1959] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Fixed failing on response * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Don't delete version on error. [GH-2014] * post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Retry failed uploads a few times * provisioner/chef-client: Fix permissions issues on default dir. [GH-2255] * provisioner/chef-client: Node cleanup works now. [GH-2257] * provisioner/puppet-masterless: Allow manifest_file to be a directory * provisioner/salt-masterless: Add `--retcode-passthrough` to salt-call * provisioner/shell: chmod executable script to 0755, not 0777. [GH-1708] * provisioner/shell: inline commands failing will fail the provisioner. [GH-2069] * provisioner/shell: single quotes in env vars are escaped. [GH-2229] * provisioner/shell: Temporary file is deleted after run. [GH-2259] * provisioner/shell: Randomize default script name to avoid strange race issues from Windows. [GH-2270] ## 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 persistent 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/qemu: 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 whether 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 descriptive 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 session 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 waiting 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 specify 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 environmental 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: download 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: download 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 propagating. [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 documentation 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 property 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