Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
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Learn to Provision Terraform Infrastructure using Packer & Cloud-Init
Try two new hands-on tutorials to learn best practices for using Terraform to provision infrastructure with Packer or Cloud-init.
Announcing HashiCorp Packer 1.5 With HCL2 Support
HashiCorp Packer 1.5 brings two major new features and a long list of smaller improvements. The most exciting changes are that Packer now supports basic HCL2 templates, and we now can share some special information between builders and provisioners, like host IP and port for the build instance. We hope that having access to these details will help simplify your templates and your operations efforts.
Announcing Packer v.1.4.0
We are excited to share Packer v.1.4.0 with the community. This blog post will go into the new features coming with this release.
LogicMonitor Uses Terraform, Packer & Consul for Disaster Recovery Environments
LogicMonitor is the SaaS-based, performance monitoring platform for complex and distributed IT infrastructure. With out-of-the-box coverage for thousands of technologies, LogicMonitor provides granular visibility into infrastructure and application performance. LogicMonitor’s automated device discovery, preconfigured alert thresholds, and rich customizable dashboards, come together to give IT teams the speed, flexibility, and actionable insights required to succeed in today’s competitive markets. This blog takes a look at how LogicMonitor utilizes HashiCorp Packer, Terraform, and Consul to quickly detect and rebuild when datacenter outages occur.
HashiCorp Packer 1.2.0
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.
HashiCorp Packer 1.1.0
We are proud to announce the release of HashiCorp Packer 1.1.0. This release includes several new features, improvements, bug fixes, and backwards incompatibilities.