Packer v0.12.2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-01-20 // about 7 years ago
  • ๐Ÿ”‹ FEATURES:

    • ๐Ÿ†• New builder: triton for building images for Joyent Triton. [GH-4325]
    • ๐Ÿ†• New provisioner: converge for provisioning with converge.sh. [GH-4326]

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ IMPROVEMENTS:

    • builder/hyperv-iso: add iso_target_extension option. [GH-4294]
    • ๐Ÿ“‡ builder/openstack: Add support for instance metadata. [GH-4361]
    • ๐Ÿ— 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]
    • 0๏ธโƒฃ builder/qemu: add use_default_display option for osx compatibility. [GH-4293]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/qemu: Detect input disk image format during copy/convert. [GH-4343]
    • builder/virtualbox-iso: add iso_target_extension option. [GH-4294]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/virtualbox: add skip_export option to skip exporting the VM after build completes. [GH-4339]
    • ๐Ÿ— 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]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/vmware-iso: add skip_export option to skip exporting the VM after build completes. [GH-4378]
    • ๐Ÿ— 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]
    • 0๏ธโƒฃ provisioner/puppet-server: Add default facts. [GH-4286]

    ๐Ÿ› BUG FIXES:

    • ๐Ÿ— builder/amazon-chroot: Panic in AMI region copy step. [GH-4341]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/amazon: Crashes when new EBS vols are used. [GH-4308]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/amazon: Fix crash in amazon-instance. [GH-4372]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/amazon: fix run volume tagging [GH-4420]
    • builder/amazon: fix when using non-existent security_group_id. [GH-4425]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/amazon: Properly error if we don't have the ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups permission. [GH-4304]
    • ๐Ÿ”’ builder/amazon: Properly wait for security group to exist. [GH-4369]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/docker: Fix crash when performing log in to ECR with an invalid URL. [GH-4385]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/openstack: fix for finding resource by ID. [GH-4301]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/qemu: Explicitly set WinRMPort for StepConnect. [GH-4321]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/virtualbox: Explicitly set WinRMPort for StepConnect. [GH-4321]
    • ๐Ÿ— builder/virtualbox: Pause between each boot command element in -debug. [GH-4346]
    • ๐Ÿ 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]
    • โšก๏ธ communicator/winrm: update winrm client, resolving MaxMemoryPerShellMB errors and properly error logging instead of panicking. [GH-4412] [GH-4424]
    • ๐Ÿ provider/windows-shell: Allows equals sign in env var value. [GH-4423]