Packer v0.1.5 Release Notes

Release Date: 2013-07-07 // over 10 years ago
  • ๐Ÿ”‹ 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.

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ IMPROVEMENTS:

    • core: If SCP is not available, a more descriptive error message is shown telling the user. [GH-127]
    • 0๏ธโƒฃ 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.

    ๐Ÿ› BUG FIXES:

    • core: Non-200 response codes on downloads now show proper errors. [GH-141]
    • amazon-ebs: SSH handshake is retried. [GH-130]
    • ๐Ÿ— vagrant: The BuildName template property works properly in the output path.
    • ๐Ÿ”ง vagrant: Properly configure the provider-specific post-processors so things like vagrantfile_template work. [GH-129]
    • ๐Ÿ vagrant: Close filehandles when copying files so Windows can rename files. [GH-100]