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Downloads:
152,007
Downloads of v 0.3.9:
425
Last Update:
04 Oct 2013
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Mitchell Hashimoto
- Jack Pearkes
- Mark Peek
Tags:
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Packer
This is not the latest version of Packer available.
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Downloads:
152,007
Downloads of v 0.3.9:
425
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Mitchell Hashimoto
- Jack Pearkes
- Mark Peek
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Packer 0.3.9
This is not the latest version of Packer available.
All Checks are Unknown
2 Test of Unknown Status
Validation Testing Unknown
Verification Testing Unknown
To install Packer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Packer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Packer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download packer --internalize --version=0.3.9 --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade packer -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade packer -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure packer installed
win_chocolatey:
name: packer
state: present
version: 0.3.9
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
Coming early 2020! Central Managment Reporting available now! More information...
chocolatey_package 'packer' do
action :install
version '0.3.9'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: packer,
Version: 0.3.9,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller packer
{
Name = 'packer'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '0.3.9'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'packer':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '0.3.9',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install packer version="0.3.9" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved as a trusted package on 12 Aug 2015.
Packer is an open source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and is highly performant, creating machine images for multiple platforms in parallel. Packer does not replace configuration management like Chef or Puppet. In fact, when building images, Packer is able to use tools like Chef or Puppet to install software onto the image.
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- packer.0.3.9.nupkg (edaddcb58571) - ## / 58
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Packer 1.6.6 | 3029 | Sunday, December 27, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.6.5 | 5652 | Monday, November 2, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.6.4 | 2389 | Wednesday, October 14, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.6.3 | 2409 | Saturday, September 26, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.6.2 | 3751 | Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.6.1 | 3421 | Monday, August 3, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.6.0 | 4967 | Wednesday, June 10, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.6 | 3342 | Saturday, May 16, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.5 | 8836 | Friday, March 27, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.4 | 5781 | Thursday, February 20, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.3 | 98 | Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.2 | 443 | Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.1 | 4436 | Sunday, December 29, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.5.0 | 935 | Thursday, December 19, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.4.5 | 5346 | Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.4.4 | 2639 | Sunday, October 6, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.4.3 | 4937 | Thursday, August 22, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.4.2 | 7255 | Saturday, June 29, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.4.1 | 6545 | Friday, May 17, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.4.0 | 2518 | Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.5 | 3462 | Thursday, March 7, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.4 | 2984 | Tuesday, February 5, 2019 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.3.20181213 | 3286 | Thursday, December 13, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.3 | 996 | Sunday, December 9, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.2 | 3213 | Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.1 | 2691 | Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.3.0 | 846 | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.2.5 | 3234 | Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.2.4 | 3377 | Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.2.3 | 2046 | Thursday, April 26, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.2.2 | 946 | Tuesday, April 17, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.2.1 | 2384 | Thursday, March 8, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.2.0 | 1564 | Saturday, February 10, 2018 | Approved |
Packer 1.1.3 | 2651 | Saturday, December 9, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.1.2 | 1355 | Thursday, November 16, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.1.1 | 3161 | Sunday, October 15, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.1.0 | 1515 | Wednesday, September 13, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.0.4 | 1150 | Monday, August 28, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.0.3 | 2065 | Tuesday, July 18, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.0.2 | 1162 | Thursday, June 22, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 1.0.0 | 3690 | Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 0.12.3 | 1582 | Thursday, March 2, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 0.12.2 | 1907 | Saturday, January 21, 2017 | Approved |
Packer 0.12.1 | 1377 | Friday, December 16, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.12.0 | 1228 | Friday, November 18, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.11.0 | 1202 | Tuesday, October 25, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.10.2 | 488 | Thursday, October 20, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.10.1 | 2275 | Saturday, May 7, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.10.0 | 1131 | Thursday, March 17, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.9.0 | 1117 | Sunday, February 21, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.8.6.20160211 | 930 | Thursday, February 11, 2016 | Approved |
Packer 0.8.6 | 2187 | Monday, August 24, 2015 | Approved |
Packer 0.8.5 | 517 | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 | Approved |
Packer 0.8.3 | 340 | Saturday, August 8, 2015 | Approved |
Packer 0.8.2 | 543 | Saturday, July 18, 2015 | Approved |
Packer 0.8.1 | 556 | Thursday, July 2, 2015 | Approved |
Packer 0.7.5.20150603 | 602 | Thursday, June 4, 2015 | Approved |
Packer 0.7.5 | 1398 | Friday, December 12, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.7.2 | 614 | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.7.1 | 517 | Sunday, September 14, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.7.0 | 367 | Sunday, September 14, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.6.1 | 500 | Friday, July 25, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.6.0 | 525 | Tuesday, May 6, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.5.2 | 467 | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.5.1 | 449 | Friday, January 3, 2014 | Approved |
Packer 0.5.0 | 384 | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 | Approved |
Packer 0.4.1 | 418 | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 | Approved |
Packer 0.4.0 | 401 | Sunday, November 24, 2013 | Approved |
Packer 0.3.10 | 409 | Wednesday, October 23, 2013 | Approved |
Packer 0.3.9 | 425 | Friday, October 4, 2013 | Approved |
Packer 0.3.8 | 470 | Monday, September 23, 2013 | Approved |
This package has no dependencies.
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- This discussion is only about Packer and the Packer package. If you have feedback for Chocolatey, please contact the Google Group.
- This discussion will carry over multiple versions. If you have a comment about a particular version, please note that in your comments.
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- Tell us what you love about the package or Packer, or tell us what needs improvement.
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