The document discusses tools for creating virtual machine images including Vagrant, Packer, and base boxes. It provides an example Packer file that defines a builder, provisioners, and post-processor to create a Solaris 11 base box image for VirtualBox. The Packer file specifies settings for building the VM image from an ISO, installing Solaris, configuring it for Vagrant, and outputting a box file. The presentation demonstrates using Packer to build the Solaris 11 base box.

1. Solaris 11 Base Box
MSOSUG 18th Feb 2014
Alan Chalmers
http://resilvered.blogspot.com.au/
@bigal
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2. Vagrant
• a tool for building and distributing working
environments
• development started in 2010
• wrapper around virtualbox
• supports additional hypervisors or
providers
• https://www.vagrantup.com/
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3. Base Box
• A basic unit of OS for Vagrant
• http://www.vagrantbox.es/ + others
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4. Vagrant anatomy
Vagrant File
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Vagrant File
Project VM
Vagrant File
Base box
Project VM
Project VM

5. Packer
vmware
and more
virtual box
amazon web
services
•
Packer is a tool for creating identical
machine images for multiple
platforms from a single source
configuration.
•
www.packer.io
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6. Packer File
• json
• Builders
• Provisioners
• Post Processors
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7. builder
{
"builders":
[
{
"boot_command":
[
boot
command
goes
here]
"boot_wait":
"95s",
"disk_size":
40960,
"guest_os_type":
"OpenSolaris_64",
"iso_checksum":
"1d0efbffe1b194959c1a3d3c8b8d801411c54278",
"iso_checksum_type":
"sha1",
"iso_url":
"file:///ISO/Oracle/sol-­‐11_1-­‐text-­‐x86.iso",
"output_directory":
"packer-­‐solaris11-­‐virtualbox",
"shutdown_command":
"sudo
/usr/sbin/shutdown
-­‐g
0
-­‐y
-­‐i
5",
"ssh_password":
"1vagrant",
"ssh_port":
22,
"ssh_username":
"vagrant",
"type":
"virtualbox-­‐iso",
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8. builder
"vboxmanage":
[
[
"modifyvm",
"{{.Name}}",
"-­‐-­‐memory",
"1024"
],
[
"modifyvm",
"{{.Name}}",
"-­‐-­‐cpus",
"1"
]
],
"virtualbox_version_file":
".vbox_version",
"vm_name":
"packer-­‐solaris-­‐11"
}
}
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9. builder
"boot_command":
[
"27<enter><wait>",
"3<enter><wait10>",
"<wait10><wait10><wait10><wait10><wait10>",
"1<enter><wait10><wait10>",
"<f2><wait><wait><wait>",
"<f2><wait>",
"<f2><wait>",
"<f2><wait>",
"-­‐vagrant<wait><tab>",
"<f2><wait>",
"<tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><wait>",
"<f2><wait>",
.
.
"vagrant<enter><wait>",
"1vagrant<enter><wait>",
"sudo
bash<enter><wait>",
"1vagrant<enter><wait>",
"echo
'vagrant
ALL=(ALL)
NOPASSWD:
ALL'
>>
/etc/sudoers<enter><wait>",
"/usr/gnu/bin/sed
-­‐i
's/^.*requiretty/#Defaults
requiretty/'
/etc/
sudoers<enter><wait>",
"exit<enter><wait>"
],
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10. provisioner
"provisioners":
[
{
"execute_command":
"echo
'vagrant'
|
{{.Vars}}
sudo
-­‐S
-­‐E
bash
'{{.Path}}'",
"scripts":
[
"scripts/solaris/vmtools.sh",
"scripts/solaris/postinstall.sh"
],
"type":
"shell"
}
]
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11. post-processor
"post-­‐processors":
[
{
"compression_level":
9,
"output":
"../builds/{{.Provider}}/solaris11.box",
"type":
"vagrant"
}
],
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12. packer build
packer build -only=virtualbox-iso solaris11.json
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13. Quick Demo
• Questions to @bigal
• http://resilvered.blogspot.com.au/
• https://github.com/Alanc-au/packer
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