Packer v0.4.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2013-11-19 // over 10 years ago-
๐ FEATURES:
- ๐ Docker builder: build and export Docker containers, easily provisioned with any of the Packer built-in provisioners.
- ๐ QEMU builder: builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen using QEMU.
- ๐ 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]
๐ IMPROVEMENTS:
- ๐ builder/amazon/all: Can now specify a list of multiple security group IDs to apply. [GH-499]
- ๐ 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
- ๐ provisioner/chef-solo: Encrypted data bag support. [GH-625]
๐ BUG FIXES:
- ๐ builder/amazon/chroot: Copying empty directories works. [GH-588]
- ๐ builder/amazon/chroot: Chroot commands work with shell provisioners. [GH-581]
- ๐ builder/amazon/chroot: Don't choose a mount point that is a partition of an already mounted device. [GH-635]
- ๐ builder/virtualbox: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618]
- ๐ builder/vmware: VMX modifications are now case-insensitive. [GH-608]
- โฌ๏ธ builder/vmware: VMware Fusion won't ask for VM upgrade.
- ๐ builder/vmware: Ctrl-C interrupts during waiting for boot. [GH-618]
- provisioner/chef-solo: Output is slightly prettier and more informative.