packer cookbook

Installs Packer using the ark cookbook.

Requirements

None.

Usage

Just include recipe[packer] in your run list.

This will put Packer into /usr/local in a packer-*version* directory, with a symlink of packer to /usr/local/bin.

Attributes

• node[:packer][:url_base] - Base URL from which to download (in case you have your own mirror). Defaults to the link at http://www.packer.io/downloads.html.
• node[:packer][:version] - The version of Packer to install.
• node[:packer][:arch] - Architecture to use; auto-detects amd64 and 386 but you must override with arm if desired.
• node[:packer][:checksum] - SHA-256 checksum of appropriate binary. Should be auto-detected.
• node[:packer][:raw_checksums] - The contents of the upstream checksum file to allow checksum auto-detection.

Author

Author:: Emil Sit (sit@hadapt.com)