»ProfitBricks Builder
Type: profitbricks
Artifact BuilderId: packer.profitbricks
The ProfitBricks Builder is able to create virtual machines for ProfitBricks.
»Configuration Reference
There are many configuration options available for the builder. They are segmented below into two categories: required and optional parameters. Within each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized.
In addition to the options listed here, a communicator can be configured for this builder. In addition to the options defined there, a private key file can also be supplied to override the typical auto-generated key:
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ssh_private_key_file
(string) - Path to a PEM encoded private key file to use to authenticate with SSH. The~
can be used in path and will be expanded to the home directory of current user.
»Required
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image
(string) - ProfitBricks volume image. Only Linux public images are supported. To obtain full list of available images you can use ProfitBricks CLI. -
password
(string) - ProfitBricks password. This can be specified via environment variable `PROFITBRICKS_PASSWORD', if provided. The value defined in the config has precedence over environemnt variable. -
username
(string) - ProfitBricks username. This can be specified via environment variable `PROFITBRICKS_USERNAME', if provided. The value defined in the config has precedence over environemnt variable.
»Optional
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cores
(number) - Amount of CPU cores to use for this build. Defaults to "4". -
disk_size
(string) - Amount of disk space for this image in GB. Defaults to "50" -
disk_type
(string) - Type of disk to use for this image. Defaults to "HDD". -
location
(string) - Defaults to "us/las". -
ram
(number) - Amount of RAM to use for this image. Defaults to "2048". -
retries
(string) - Number of retries Packer will make status requests while waiting for the build to complete. Default value 120 seconds. -
snapshot_name
(string) - If snapshot name is not provided Packer will generate it -
snapshot_password
(string) - Password for the snapshot. -
url
(string) - Endpoint for the ProfitBricks REST API. Default URL "https://api.profitbricks.com/rest/v2"
»Example
Here is a basic example: