Skip shutdown

[valli nayagam]

Hi All

Is it possible to skip the shutdown operation after build and provisioning the machine? 

I'm not sure whether my understanding is valid, but looking for some answers.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Vallinayagam. K

[Rickard von Essen]

No in general it's not. Which builder do you use and what's the reason for this? 

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[valli nayagam]

I'm using vmware-iso builder and would like to use the machine for other operations without power on again.

Example:

Step 1: Building Debian server and installing an app using ansible provision. 

Step 2: Run automation scripts and tests against above provisioned machine.

Regards

Vallinayagam.K

On Wednesday, 7 March 2018 22:52:06 UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote:

No in general it's not. Which builder do you use and what's the reason for this? 

On Mar 7, 2018 17:02, "valli nayagam" <vall...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

Is it possible to skip the shutdown operation after build and provisioning the machine? 

I'm not sure whether my understanding is valid, but looking for some answers.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Vallinayagam. K

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[Rickard von Essen]

Then I would end my provisioning with a file provisioner which downloads a marker (empty) file and then a script that exits with 1. And then wrap the Packer build in a script that checks if the marker file exists.

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

However it feels that you can think into a 2 step process

packer does step 1 and you get a intermediate box

step 2 publish the tested box

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