Packer lab

Install Packer

Separate instructions follow for Mac OSX/Linux and Windows.

Mac OSX/Linux

1. Download the appropriate precompiled binary package for your system form https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/downloads

2. After downloading Packer, unzip the package. Packer runs as a single binary named packer.

3. Move the Packer binary to /usr/local/bin/

$ mv ~/Downloads/packer /usr/local/bin/

Windows

1. Download the appropriate precompiled binary package for your system form https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/downloads

2. After downloading Packer, unzip the package. Packer runs as a single binary named packer.

3. Rename folder packer from packer_1.8.5_windows_amd64

4. Move packer folder to C: drive

5. Finally, make sure that the packer binary is available on your PATH. This process will differ depending on your operating system.

   Please follow This Stack Overflow article contains instructions for setting the PATH on Windows through the user interface.

   or

   • right click on windows logo

   • then click on System

   • then click Advanced system settings

   • then click Environment Variables

   • select Path from System variables then click Edit...

   • on Variable Value, add following at the end

     ;C:\packer;
     

     

   • click ok to apply

   • again click ok to apply

   • again click ok to exit

6. Verify packer install

   • open Command prompt
   • type packer and you should see output similar below