Packer

Available in Classic and VPC

Packer is a server image creation automation tool provided in Hashicorp. You can use Packer to conveniently create server images by entering commands, unlike the previous process of manually creating server images.
Packer is developing a customized builder in plugin format, and has a plugin exclusively for NAVER Cloud Platform. NAVER Cloud Platform users can use the exclusive plugin to easily make server images.

JSON template

To use Packer, you need a JSON file that defines the properties needed for running commands. An example of a JSON file used in NAVER Cloud Platform is as follows:

{
  "variables": {
    "ncloud_access_key": "FRxhOQRNjKVMqIz0sRLY",
    "ncloud_secret_key": "xd6kTO5iNcLookBx0D8TDKmpLj8ikxqEhc06MQD2"
  },
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "ncloud",
      "access_key": "{{user `ncloud_access_key`}}",
      "secret_key": "{{user `ncloud_secret_key`}}",

      "server_image_product_code": "SPSW0LINUX000046",
      "server_product_code": "SPSVRSSD00000002",
      "server_image_name": "packertest",
      "server_image_description": "server image description",
      "region": "Korea"
    }
  ]
}

For descriptions for each item, see the builder webpage for NAVER Cloud Platform.

Windows server image requirements

The code that must be included when you create a Windows server image is as follows:

  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "ncloud",
      ...
      "user_data":
        "CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\").run(\"cmd.exe /c powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned & winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic=\"\"true\"\"} & winrm set winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted=\"\"true\"\"} & winrm quickconfig -q & sc config WinRM start= auto & winrm get winrm/config/service\")",
      "communicator": "winrm",
      "winrm_username": "Administrator"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "powershell",
      "inline": [
        "$Env:SystemRoot\\System32\\Sysprep\\Sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown /quiet /mode:vm \"/unattend:C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NBP\\nserver64.xml\" "
      ]
    }
  ]