Packer templates for Linux using vSphere-ISO provider

NOTE: This code was developed for Packer v1.5.x version. It will not work on Packer v1.6.x versions!

This repository contains HashiCorp Packer templates to deploy Linux distros in VMware vSphere.

Content:

CentOS7 Base

• CentOS7/centos7-vsphere.json --> CentOS7 Packer JSON file
• CentOS7/ks.cfg --> CentOS7 Kickstart file

Tested with VMware ESX 6.7 | User: root | Password: server

CentOS7 Base with Cloud-Init

• CentOS7-CloudInit/centos7-vsphere.json --> CentOS7 Packer JSON file
• CentOS7-CloudInit/ks.cfg --> CentOS7 Kickstart file

Tested with VMware ESX 6.7 | User: root | Password: server

Ubuntu 18.04

• Ubuntu-18.04/ubuntu18.json --> Ubuntu 18.04 Packer Template JSON file
• Ubuntu-18.04/variables.json --> Ubuntu 18.04 Packer Variables JSON file
• Ubuntu-18.04/preseed.cfg --> Ubuntu Preseeding file

Tested with VMware ESX 6.7 | User: kopicloud | Password: kopicloud

Debian 10

• Debian-10/debian10.json --> Debian 10 Packer Template JSON file
• Debian-10/variables.json --> Debian 10 Packer Variables JSON file
• Debian-10/http/preseed.cfg --> Debian 10 Preseeding file

Tested with VMware ESX 6.7 | User: kopicloud | Password: kopicloud

Requeriments:

• Builder for VMware vSphere (vsphere-iso) --> https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware/vsphere-iso

• Packer --> https://www.packer.io