* Packer now ships as a single binary, including plugins. If you install packer 0.9.0 over a previous packer installation, **you must delete all of the packer-* plugin files** or packer will load out-of-date plugins from disk.
* Packer now ships as a single binary, including plugins. If you install
packer 0.9.0 over a previous packer installation, **you must delete all of
the packer-* plugin files** or packer will load out-of-date plugins from
disk.
* Release binaries are now provided via <https://releases.hashicorp.com>.
* Packer 0.9.0 is now built with Go 1.5. Future versions will drop support for building with Go 1.4.
* Packer 0.9.0 is now built with Go 1.5. Future versions will drop support
for building with Go 1.4.
FEATURES:
* **Artifice post-processor**: Override packer artifacts during post-
processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder
and use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas.
* **New `vmware-esxi` feature**: Packer can now export images from vCloud or vSphere during the build. [GH-1921]
processing. This allows you to extract artifacts from a packer builder and
use them with other post-processors like compress, docker, and Atlas.
* **New `vmware-esxi` feature**: Packer can now export images from vCloud or
vSphere during the build. [GH-1921]
IMPROVEMENTS:
* core: Packer plugins are now compiled into the main binary, reducing file size and build times, and making packer easier to install. The overall plugin architecture has not changed and third-party plugins can still be loaded from disk. Please make sure your plugins are up-to-date! [GH-2854]
* core: Packer plugins are now compiled into the main binary, reducing file
size and build times, and making packer easier to install. The overall
plugin architecture has not changed and third-party plugins can still be
loaded from disk. Please make sure your plugins are up-to-date! [GH-2854]
* core: Packer now indicates line numbers for template parse errors [GH-2742]
* core: Scripts are executed via `/usr/bin/env bash` instead of `/bin/bash` for broader compatibility. [GH-2913]
* core: Scripts are executed via `/usr/bin/env bash` instead of `/bin/bash`
for broader compatibility. [GH-2913]
* core: `target_path` for builder downloads can now be specified. [GH-2600]
* core: WinRM communicator now supports HTTPS protocol [GH-3061]
* builder/amazon: Add support for `ebs_optimized` [GH-2806]
* builder/amazon: You can now specify `0` for `spot_price` to switch to on demand instances [GH-2845]
* builder/amazon: You can now specify `0` for `spot_price` to switch to on