This repository contains definitions and files necessary for recreating the images hosted on:

http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com

Environment setup

Install a copy of Packer, at least 0.4.0.

Adding a new template

Create a new directory under templates for your distro, and populate it with the necessary items for packer.

Make sure the folder name follows the convention:

<osdistro>-<derivative>-<version>-<arch>-<virtual-type>-<variant>

• osdistro: for example: centos, ubuntu, windows
• derivative: (optional)
  • for ubuntu: svr, dtop (used to be server, desktop)
• version: 8, 2008, 1104
• arch: x64, i386

Examples:

ubuntu-svr-1104-x64
centos-58-i386
windows-2008r2-x64
centos-64-x64

Building a box

Finally, follow the next steps for building a box.

Pick a box to build:

$ cd templates/freebsd-92-x64
$ packer --only=virtualbox -force template.json

Publishing to S3

Now upload the box located in the current directory (ie. freebsd-92-x64.box) to the S3 bucket puppet-vagrant-boxes, and if you modified the index.html, upload that as well.

Once you've produced a new box you should modify html/index.html to add it so it can be accessed from the index on S3.

Publishing to vagrantbox.es

If the image is new, or you changed the name, also update the site http://vagrantbox.es/, you do this by raising a PR on the repository below:

http://github.com/garethr/vagrantboxes-heroku