Ansible Role: Packer

This role helps you install Packer on your Linux machine.

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Requirements

• A Linux machine
• Ansible version 2.10 or higher

Role Variables

These variables help you manage the Packer installation.

You can set your desired Packer version here:

packer_version: 1.6.4
packer_arch: amd64
packer_directory_path: /usr/local/bin

This is the URL where Packer will be downloaded:

packer_download_url: 'https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/{{ packer_version }}/packer_{{ packer_version }}_linux_{{ packer_arch }}.zip'

This is the path where the Packer binary will be saved:

packer_directory_path: /usr/local/bin

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
     - amine7777.packer

Author Information

• Amine Kahlaoui, DevOps Engineer.