Getting Started with Packer and Terraform on Azure!
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2023
- EPISODE 9
Lot's to cover in this episode covering the basics of Packer and Terraform on Azure. Demonstrates how to setup a Packer HCL project and use it from a Terraform project to provision Virtual Machines using your own custom images!
- Build two Virtual Machine images with Packer. One for both Linux and Windows.
- Use Terraform to setup a Packer Image repository.
- Create reusable Terraform modules for provisioning a simple Linux and Windows Virtual Machines.
- Create reusable Terraform module for provisioning a simple network to host your VMs.
- Reference your Packer VM Images, deploy your VMs and connect to them using SSH and RDP!
Keep the knowledge flowing!
www.buymeacoffee.com/azterraf...
Source Code:
github.com/markti/azure-terra...
Azure ARM Packer Builder
developer.hashicorp.com/packe...
Azure ARM Terraform Provider
registry.terraform.io/provide...
Terraform Resource List:
- random_string
- azurerm_resource_group
- azurerm_virtual_network
- azurerm_bastion_host
- azurerm_linux_virtual_machine
- azurerm_windows_virtual_machine
Azure Resource Naming Conventions
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu... 
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Hey @azure-terraformer I'm trying to follow along this great video you provided. When I let packer create the windows image I get an error because Chocolatey also installs .NET Framework 4.8 , but a reboot is required which can't be performed. How would you mitigate such a behavior in a real life scenario? The rest seems to be working. I'm big fan of your work and the effort you put in.
Thanks so much for the kind words! Packer does have an action that allows you to reboot the machine. But it is pretty tricky working with it!
@@azure-terraformer okay maybe I find something in the documentation about it. My new years resolution was to do more with terraform this year, so I’m working through your content and time flies by…
Happy Terraforming!
Hi again, lately I've been thinking of how to share configuration between Terraform and Packer. For example, I create Azure Compute Gallery (aka SIG) using Terraform code which I parametrise with resource group, gallery name, names of images (definitions). Then, I use Packer to build and publish particular VM image version. Obviously, Packer needs to know the names of resource group, gallery, image (i.e. parameters of shared_image_gallery_destination). I wonder, do you have any solution to share those or read those from Terraform outputs dynamically?
Tackling this in an upcoming mailbag video! Sorry for the delay!
@@azure-terraformer Thank you!
I am here to serve 😊
How will this work with Azure DevOps? Can we automate all using a pipeline? Trying to understand how the workflow will look like when using terraform and packer with Azure DevOps. Thanks
Great question! I cover these scenarios a lot on my channel. Here are a couple episodes you should check out next!
In Episode 13, I show how to create a Terraform pipeline in Azure DevOps. ruclips.net/video/wv81bhcGcMw/видео.html
In Episode 14, I show how to create a Packer build pipeline in Azure DevOps. ruclips.net/video/v1VjhwQ4KCQ/видео.html
In the Minecraft series (Episodes 16 - 24) I show how to combine Packer and Terraform together using Azure DevOps to automate both Packer to build images and Terraform to provision an environment in Azure referencing those images. ruclips.net/p/PLsOrrjBMkLaRXWri2EvqLAUKWJI7TH0kH
Cheers! The source code link points to the /008 and not /009 folder
Thanks for the help! I’ve updated the link. Appreciate it!