README.md

setup-packer

This repository is no longer maintained. It was merged into https://github.com/hashicorp/setup-packer.

The sudomateo/setup-packer action is a JavaScript action that sets up HashiCorp Packer in your GitHub Actions workflow by:

• Installing a specific version of Packer and adding it to PATH.

Example Workflow

name: Packer Workflow

on:
  - push

jobs:
  setup_packer:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Build Packer image
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Setup Packer
        uses: sudomateo/setup-packer@v1
        id: setup_packer
        with:
          packer-version: 'latest'

      - name: Print packer-version output
        run: echo "${{ steps.setup_packer.outputs.packer-version }}"

      - name: Run packer init
        run: packer init example.pkr.hcl

      - name: Run packer build
        run: packer build example.pkr.hcl

Usage

This action can run on Ubuntu, Windows, and macOS GitHub-hosted runners.

The default configuration installs the latest version of Packer from https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/.

steps:
  - uses: sudomateo/setup-packer@v1

A version of Packer can be specified using the packer-version input.

steps:
  - uses: sudomateo/setup-packer@v1
    with:
      packer-version: 1.8.0

The packer-version input supports semver versioning.

steps:
  - uses: sudomateo/setup-packer@v1
    with:
      packer-version: "~1.7.0"

Subsequent steps can access the packer-version output to see which version of Packer was installed.

steps:
  - id: setup_packer
    uses: sudomateo/setup-packer@v1

  - run: echo "${{ steps.setup_packer.outputs.packer-version }}"

Inputs

• packer-version - (required) The version of Packer to install. Supports semver versioning. Defaults to latest.

Outputs

• packer-version - The version of Packer that was installed.