diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md index 178725f..4c89d53 100644 --- a/examples/README.md +++ b/examples/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ In order to see an exhaustive list of configuration options for the packer build ### Running the examples -In order to run this example you will need to perform the following steps: +In order to run the examples you will need to perform the following steps: 1. Export those vars: ``` PKR_VAR_remote_host @@ -15,31 +15,15 @@ PKR_VAR_remote_username PKR_VAR_sr_name PKR_VAR_sr_iso_name ``` -`PKR_VAR_remote_host` must be the resource pool primary. +`PKR_VAR_remote_host` must be the resource pool primary, aka the master. 2. Run `packer build path/to/defenition.pkr.hcl` so for example: `packer build examples/centos/centos8-netinstall.pkr.hcl` - ### Ubuntu -This example has not yet updated to HCL. - -In order to run this example you will need to perform the following steps: -1. Export the `XAPI_HOST`, `XAPI_USERNAME` and `XAPI_PASSWORD` environment variables to the current shell. Note: The `XAPI_HOST` must be the resource pool primary. -2. Run the `packer build` command specifying the storage repositories to use for the ISO upload and for the VM created during the build. - -``` -# Replace sr_name and sr_iso_name with your storage repositories names -packer build -debug --var sr_name='Local storage' --var sr_iso_name=LocalISO examples/centos8.json - -# Do the same variable replacement for the ubuntu example as well. -packer build -debug --var sr_name='Local storage' --var sr_iso_name=LocalISO examples/ubuntu-2004.json -``` - - The Ubuntu example uses the [autoinstall tool](https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstallhttps://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstall) to configure the VM template. Please see the [autoinstall docs](https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/autoinstall-reference) for an exhaustive list of what is supported. Packer will create a http server to serve the files as specified from the `http_directory` specified in the builder configuration. This is where the [user-data](http/ubuntu-2004/user-data) and [meta-data](http/ubuntu-2004/meta-data) for autoinstall must be present.