github.com/hashicorp/packer

FEATURES:

• azure-arm builder: Can now build Windows images, and supports additional configuration. Please refer to the documentation for details.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• core: Added support for ATLAS_CAFILE and ATLAS_CAPATH [GH-3494]
• builder/azure: Improved build cancellation and cleanup of partially- provisioned resources. [GH-3461]
• builder/azure: Improved logging. [GH-3461]
• builder/azure: Added support for US Government and China clouds. [GH-3461]
• builder/azure: Users may now specify an image version. [GH-3461]
• builder/azure: Added device login. [GH-3461]
• builder/docker: Added privileged build option. [GH-3475]
• builder/google: Packer now identifies its version to the service. [GH-3465]
• provisioner/shell: Added remote_folder and remote_file options [GH-3462]
• post-processor/compress: Added support for bgzf format and added format option. [GH-3501]

BUG FIXES:

• core: Fix hang after pressing enter key in -debug mode. [GH-3346]
• provisioner/chef: Use custom values for remote validation key path [GH-3468]

BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

• Building Packer now requires go >= 1.5 (>= 1.6 is recommended). If you want to continue building with go 1.4 you can remove the azurearmbuilder line from command/plugin.go.

FEATURES:

• New azure-arm builder: Build virtual machines in Azure Resource Manager

IMPROVEMENTS:

• builder/google: Added support for disk_type [GH-2830]
• builder/openstack: Added support for retrieving the Administrator password when using WinRM if no winrm_password is set. [GH-3209]
• provisioner/ansible: Added the empty_groups parameter. [GH-3232]
• provisioner/ansible: Added the user parameter. [GH-3276]
• provisioner/ansible: Don't use deprecated ssh option with Ansible 2.0 [GH-3291]
• provisioner/puppet-masterless: Add ignore_exit_codes parameter. [GH-3349]

BUG FIXES:

• builders/parallels: Handle output_directory containing . and .. [GH-3239]
• provisioner/ansible: os.Environ() should always be passed to the ansible command. [GH-3274]

BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES:

• Packer now ships as a single binary, including plugins. If you install packer 0.9.0 over a previous packer installation, you must delete all of the packer- plugin files* or packer will load out-of-date plugins from disk.
• Release binaries are now provided via https://releases.hashicorp.com.
• Packer 0.9.0 is now built with Go 1.6.
• core: Plugins that implement the Communicator interface must now implement a DownloadDir method. [GH-2618]
• builder/amazon: Inline user_data for EC2 is now base64 encoded automatically. [GH-2539]
• builder/parallels: parallels_tools_host_path and guest_os_distribution have been replaced by guest_os_type; use packer fix to update your templates. [GH-2751]

FEATURES:

• Chef on Windows: The chef provisioner now has native support for Windows using Powershell and WinRM. [GH-1215]
• New vmware-esxi feature: Packer can now export images from vCloud or vSphere during the build. [GH-1921]
• New Ansible Provisioner: ansible provisioner supports remote provisioning to keep your build image cleaner. [GH-1969]
• New Amazon Import post-processor: amazon-import allows you to upload an OVA-based VM to Amazon EC2. [GH-2962]
• Shell Local post-processor: shell-local allows you to run shell commands on the host after a build has completed for custom packaging or publishing of your artifacts. [GH-2706]
• Artifice post-processor: Override packer artifacts during post- processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder and use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• core: Packer plugins are now compiled into the main binary, reducing file size and build times, and making packer easier to install. The overall plugin architecture has not changed and third-party plugins can still be loaded from disk. Please make sure your plugins are up-to-date! [GH-2854]
• core: Packer now indicates line numbers for template parse errors. [GH-2742]
• core: Scripts are executed via /usr/bin/env bash instead of /bin/bash for broader compatibility. [GH-2913]
• core: target_path for builder downloads can now be specified. [GH-2600]
• core: WinRM communicator now supports HTTPS protocol. [GH-3061]
• core: Template syntax errors now show line, column, offset. [GH-3180]
• core: SSH communicator now supports downloading directories. [GH-2618]
• builder/amazon: Add support for ebs_optimized [GH-2806]
• builder/amazon: You can now specify 0 for spot_price to switch to on demand instances. [GH-2845]
• builder/amazon: Added ap-northeast-2 (Seoul) [GH-3056]
• builder/amazon: packer will try to derive the AZ if only a subnet is specified. [GH-3037]
• builder/digitalocean: doubled instance wait timeouts to power off or shutdown (now 4 minutes) and to complete a snapshot (now 20 minutes) [GH-2939]
• builder/google: account_file can now be provided as a JSON string [GH-2811]
• builder/google: added support for preemptible instances. [GH-2982]
• builder/google: added support for static external IPs via address option [GH-3030]
• builder/openstack: added retry on WaitForImage 404. [GH-3009]
• builder/openstack: Can specify source_image_name instead of the ID [GH-2577]
• builder/openstack: added support for SSH over IPv6. [GH-3197]
• builder/parallels: Improve support for Parallels 11. [GH-2662]
• builder/parallels: Parallels disks are now compacted by default. [GH-2731]
• builder/parallels: Packer will look for Parallels in /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app if it is not detected automatically [GH-2839]
• builder/qemu: qcow2 images are now compacted by default. [GH-2748]
• builder/qemu: qcow2 images can now be compressed. [GH-2748]
• builder/qemu: Now specifies virtio-scsi by default. [GH-2422]
• builder/qemu: Now checks for version-specific options. [GH-2376]
• builder/qemu: Can now bypass disk cache using iso_skip_cache [GH-3105]
• builder/qemu: <wait> in boot_command now accepts an arbitrary duration like <wait1m30s> [GH-3129]
• builder/qemu: Expose {{ .SSHHostPort }} in templates. [GH-2884]
• builder/virtualbox: Added VRDP for debugging. [GH-3188]
• builder/vmware-esxi: Added private key auth for remote builds via remote_private_key_file [GH-2912]
• post-processor/atlas: Added support for compile ID. [GH-2775]
• post-processor/docker-import: Can now import Artifice artifacts. [GH-2718]
• provisioner/chef: Added encrypted_data_bag_secret_path option. [GH-2653]
• provisioner/puppet: Added the extra_arguments parameter. [GH-2635]
• provisioner/salt: Added no_exit_on_failure, log_level, and improvements to salt command invocation. [GH-2660]

BUG FIXES:

• core: Random number generator is now seeded. [GH-2640]
• core: Packer should now have a lot less race conditions. [GH-2824]
• builder/amazon: The no_device option for block device mappings is now handled correctly. [GH-2398]
• builder/amazon: AMI name validation now matches Amazon's spec. [GH-2774]
• builder/amazon: Use snapshot size when volume size is unspecified. [GH-2480]
• builder/amazon: Pass AccessKey and SecretKey when uploading bundles for instance-backed AMIs. [GH-2596]
• builder/parallels: Added interpolation in prlctl_post [GH-2828]
• builder/vmware: format option is now read correctly. [GH-2892]
• builder/vmware-esxi: Correct endless loop in destroy validation logic [GH-2911]
• provisioner/shell: No longer leaves temp scripts behind. [GH-1536]
• provisioner/winrm: Now waits for reboot to complete before continuing with provisioning. [GH-2568]
• post-processor/artifice: Fix truncation of files downloaded from Docker. [GH-2793]