github.com/hashicorp/packer

IMPROVEMENTS:

• builder/alicloud: Add ramrole configuration to ECS instance. [GH-10845]

BUG FIXES:

• builder/proxmox: Update Proxmox Go API to ensure only the first non-loopback IPv4 address gets returned. [GH-10858]
• builder/vsphere: Fix primary disk resize on clone. [GH-10848]
• core: Fix bug where call to "packer version" sent output to stderr instead of stdout. [GH-10850]

NOTES:

• builder/amazon: Has been vendored in this release and will no longer be updated with Packer core. In Packer v1.8.0 the plugin will be removed entirely. The amazon components will continue to work as expected until then, but for the latest offerings of the Amazon plugin, users are encourage to use the packer init command to install the latest release version. For more details see Installing Packer Plugins
• builder/docker: Has been vendored in this release and will no longer be updated with Packer core. In Packer v1.8.0 the plugin will be removed entirely. The docker builder will continue to work as expected until then, but for the latest offerings of the Docker plugin, users are encourage to use the packer init command to install the latest release version. For more details see Installing Packer Plugins
• darwin/arm64: Packer now includes the darwin/arm64 binary to its releases to supports the new OSX M1. [GH-10804]
• post-processor/docker-*: Have been vendored in this release and will no longer be updated with Packer core. In Packer v1.8.0 the plugin will be removed entirely. The docker builder will continue to work as expected until then, but for the latest offerings of the Docker plugin, users are encourage to use the packer init command to install the latest release version. For more details see Installing Packer Plugins
• post-processor/exoscale-import: Has been vendored in this release and will no longer be updated with Packer core. In Packer v1.8.0 the plugin will be removed entirely. The exoscale-import post-processor will continue to work as expected until then, but for the latest offerings of the Exoscale plugin, users are encourage to use the packer init command to install the latest release version. For more details see Exoscale Plugin Repostiroy. [GH-10709]

IMPROVEMENTS

• builder/amazon: allow creation of ebs snapshots without volumes. [GH-9591]
• builder/amazon: Fix issue for multi-region AMI build that fail when encrypting with KMS and sharing across accounts. [GH-10754]
• builder/azure: Add client_cert_token_timeout option. [GH-10528]
• builder/google: Make Windows password timeout configurable. [GH-10727]
• builder/google: Update public GCP image project as gce-uefi-images are deprecated. [GH-10724]
• builder/oracle-oci: Update Oracle Go SDK to add support for OCI flexible shapes. [GH-10833]
• builder/proxmox: Allow using API tokens for Proxmox authentication. [GH-10797]
• builder/qemu: Added firmware option. [GH-10683]
• builder/scaleway: add support for timeout in shutdown step. [GH-10503]
• builder/vagrant: Fix logging to be clearer when Vagrant builder overrides values retrieved from vagrant's ssh_config call. [GH-10743]
• builder/virtualbox: Added ISO builder option to create additional disks. [GH-10674]
• builder/virtualbox: Add options for nested virtualisation and RTC time base. [GH-10736]
• builder/virtualbox: Add template options for chipset, firmware, nic, graphics controller, and audio controller. [GH-10671]
• builder/virtualbox: Support for "virtio" storage and ISO drive. [GH-10632]
• builder/vmware: Added "attach_snapshot" parameter to vmware vmx builder. [GH-10651]
• command/fmt: Adding recursive flag to formatter to format subdirectories. [GH-10457]
• core/hcl2: Add legacy_isotime function. [GH-10780]
• core/hcl2: Add support for generating dynamic blocks within a build block. [GH-10825]
• core/hcl2: Add templatefile function. [GH-10776]
• core/hcl2_upgrade: hcl2_upgrade command can now upgrade json var-files. [GH-10676]
• core/init: Add implicit required_plugin blocks feature. [GH-10732]
• core: Add http_content option to serve variables from HTTP at preseed. [GH-10801]
• core: Change template parsing error to include warning about file extensions. [GH-10652]
• core: Update to gopsutil v3.21.1 to allow builds to work for darwin arm64. [GH-10697]
• provisioner/inspec: Allow non-zero exit codes for inspec provisioner. [GH-10723]

BUG FIXES

• buider/azure: Update builder to ensure a proper clean up Azure temporary managed Os disks. [GH-10713]
• builder/amazon: Update amazon SDK to fix an SSO login issue. [GH-10668]
• builder/azure: Don't overwrite subscription id if unset. [GH-10659]
• builder/azure: Set default for the parameter client_cert_token_timeout [GH-10783]
• builder/google: Add new configuration field windows_password_timeout to allow user to set configurable timeouts. [GH-10727]
• builder/hyperv: Make Packer respect winrm_host flag in winrm connect func. [GH-10748]
• builder/openstack: Make Packer respect winrm_host flag in winrm connect func. [GH-10748]
• builder/oracle-oci: Update Oracle Go SDK to fix issue with reading key file. [GH-10560] [GH-10774]
• builder/outscale: Fix omi_description that was ignored in Osc builder [GH-10792]
• builder/parallels: Make Packer respect winrm_host flag in winrm connect func. [GH-10748]
• builder/proxmox: Fixes issue when using additional_iso_files in HCL enabled templates. [GH-10772]
• builder/qemu: Make Packer respect winrm_host flag in winrm connect func. [GH-10748]
• builder/virtualbox: Make Packer respect winrm_host flag in winrm connect func. [GH-10748]
• builder/vmware: Added a fallback file check when trying to determine the network-mapping configuration. [GH-10543]
• builder/vsphere: Fix invalid device configuration issue when creating a vm with multiple disk on the same controller. [GH-10844]
• builder/vsphere: Fix issue where boot command would fail the build do to a key typing error. This change will now retry to type the key on error before giving up. [GH-10541]
• core/hcl2_upgrade: Check for nil config map when provisioner/post-processor doesn't have config. [GH-10730]
• core/hcl2_upgrade: Fix escaped quotes in template functions [GH-10794]
• core/hcl2_upgrade: Make hcl2_upgrade command correctly translate pause_before. [GH-10654]
• core/hcl2_upgrade: Make json variables using template engines get stored as locals so they can be properly interpolated. [GH-10685]
• core/init: Fixes issue where packer init was failing to install valid plugins containing a 'v' within its name. [GH-10760]
• core: Packer will now show a proper error message when failing to load the contents of PACKER_CONFIG. [GH-10766]
• core: Pin Packer to Golang 1.16 to fix code generation issues. [GH-10702]
• core: Templates previously could not interpolate the environment variable PACKER_LOG_PATH. [GH-10660]
• post-processor/vagrant-cloud: Override direct upload based on box size [GH-10820]
• provisioner/chef-solo: HCL2 templates can support the json_string option. [GH-10655]
• provisioner/inspec: Add new configuration field valid_exit_codes to allow for non-zero exit codes. [GH-10723]
• provisioner/salt-masterless: Update urls for the bootstrap scripts used by salt-masterless provide. [GH-10755]