github.com/hashicorp/packer

FEATURES:

• New Builder(s): Proxmox builder has been split into two new builders proxmox-iso and promox-clone. See Proxmox Builder for more information on the builder. For users of the previous proxmox builder please use packer fix to migrate your templates to the new promox-iso builder. [GH-9262]

BUG FIXES:

• builder/amazon: SSM connection now recovers from reboots. [GH-10003]
• builder/azure-arm: Fix build failures due to the deletion of additional managed disks defined in "disk_additional_size". [GH-10163]
• builder/azure-chroot: Fix typo in option exlude_from_latest to exclude_from_latest. Old name will still be respected. [GH-10034]
• builder/googlecompute: Fix HCL image_encryption_key fields and use the same casing in JSON and HCL2 [GH-10173]
• builder/openstack: Fix source image validation regression when using filters. [GH-10065]
• builder/proxmox: Fix unhandled buildvar type for HCL2 enabled build templates. [GH-10154]
• builder/qemu: Fix a regression where Packer would not wait properly in step_shutdown when a null communicator was used. [GH-10178]
• builder/qemu: Fix crash in step_run of qemu when loading commhostport form the statebag in a situation where the communicator is none. [GH-10145]
• builder/vsphere-clone: Packer was not respecting the "destroy" flag set in the content library config, and always keeping the source vm. This has been fixed. [GH-10165]
• builder/vsphere: Ensure builds are able to continue when no communicator has been specified "communicator": "none". [GH-9964]
• builder/vsphere: Fix CD uploads so that Packer does not try to delete a CD that was not successfully uploaded. [GH-10155]
• core/hcl: Hide sensitive variables from output. [GH-10031]
• core/hcl: Packer HCL's "Coalesce" function now behaves same way as Terraform's. [GH-10016]
• core: Fix artifact handling so that input artifacts are properly preserved in postprocessors that don't modify artifacts. [GH-9996]
• core: Fix pathing in cd_files to copy proper directory tree when user provided absolute paths. [GH-10022]
• provisioner/ansible: Ansible galaxy no longer forces use of collections in v1 files. [GH-10010]

IMPROVEMENTS:

• builder/amazon-ebssurrogate: Apply snapshot tags at snapshot creation time. [GH-10150]
• builder/amazon: Add io2 as a supported volume type. [GH-10102]
• builder/amazon: Add support for source instance tenancy [GH-10085]
• builder/google: Add service account impersonation. [GH-9968] [GH-10054]
• builder/googlecompute: Add skip_create_image option. [GH-10115]
• builder/googlecompute: Allow users to select the algorithm to use when generating temporary SSH keypair [GH-10111]
• builder/linode: Add state_timeout attribute to Linode builder. [GH-10128]
• builder/oracle-oci: New option to specify image compartment separate from build compartment. [GH-10040]
• builder/oracle-oci: New option to specify boot volume size. [GH-10017]
• builder/oracle: Add base_image_filter option as alternative to base_image_ocid [GH-10116]
• builder/outscale: Migrate to new Outscale SDK. [GH-10056]
• builder/proxmox: split Proxmox into proxmox-iso and proxmox-clone. [GH-9626] [GH-10166]
• builder/scaleway: Allow the user to use an image label (eg ubuntu_focal) instead of a hardcoded UUID on the Scaleway builder. [GH-10061]
• builder/vsphere: Skip iso download if hashed file is already present on remote datastore. [GH-10143]
• builder/yandex: Add support for IAM credentials in the token field and YC_TOKEN environment variable. [GH-10158]
• core/hcl: Add ability to set version restrictions [GH-10149]
• core/hcl: Add build.name variable so users can access build name in addition to source name. [GH-10114]
• core/hcl: Add consul_key function to HCL templates. [GH-10119]
• core/hcl: Add HCL2 aws_secretsmanager function [GH-10124]
• core/hcl: Add packer.version variable to hcl configs so users can access the Packer release version. [GH-10117]
• core: Let user provide type of generated ssh key instead of always doing ssh- rsa [GH-10101]