We are proud to announce the release of HashiCorp Packer 1.2.0. This release includes several new features, improvements, bug fixes, and introduces a few backwards incompatibilities.
Here are some highlights from Packer 1.2.0:
ncloud
for building server images using the NAVER Cloud Platform.oci-classic
for building new custom images for use with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Compute.scaleway
- The Scaleway Packer builder is able to create new images for use with Scaleway BareMetal and Virtual cloud server.There are a couple of backwards incompatible changes to be aware of:
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
.There are many other changes and improvements in this release. Please review the v1.2.0 changelog for a detailed list of changes.
HCP Packer’s new channel assignment history and rollback provide a complete record of artifacts in a channel and enable a simple, one-click rollback to previous iterations.
Ancestry tracking for HCP Packer provides visibility into image dependencies across your cloud environment for image lifecycle management.
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