Pass VM name to ansible

[Eoghan O'Hara]

Hi all,

I am using Packer with Ansible. What is the best way to pass in the VM name (generated in Packer) to Ansible? I need it for naming directories in a task.

See my packer JSON:

{

  "builders": [

    {

      "boot_command": [

        "<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.cfg<enter><wait>"

      ],

      "boot_wait": "10s",

      "disk_size": 50000,

      "guest_additions_path": "VBoxGuestAdditions_{{.Version}}.iso",

      "guest_os_type": "RedHat_64",

      "headless": true,

      "http_directory": "http",

      "iso_checksum": "sha256:659691c28a0e672558b003d223f83938f254b39875ee7559d1a4a14c79173193",

      "iso_urls": [

        "CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-2003.iso",

        "http://mirrors.mit.edu/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-2003.iso"

      ],

      "shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S /sbin/halt -h -p",

      "ssh_password": "vagrant",

      "ssh_port": 22,

      "ssh_timeout": "1800s",

      "ssh_username": "vagrant",

      "type": "virtualbox-iso",

      "name": "infoblox-{{isotime \"20060102-150405\"}}",

      "vm_name": "infoblox-{{isotime \"20060102-150405\"}}",

      "output_directory": "{{user `output_dir`}}/infoblox-{{isotime \"20060102-150405\"}}",

      "vboxmanage": [

        [

          "modifyvm",

          "{{.Name}}",

          "--memory",

          "8000"

        ],

        [

          "modifyvm",

          "{{.Name}}",

          "--cpus",

          "3"

        ],

        [

          "sharedfolder",

          "add",

          "{{.Name}}",

          "--name",

          "mountdir",

          "--hostpath",

          "{{user `mount_dir`}}",

          "--automount"

        ]

      ],

      "vboxmanage_post": [

        [

          "sharedfolder",

          "remove",

          "{{.Name}}",

          "--name",

          "mountdir"

        ]

      ],

      "virtualbox_version_file": ".vbox_version"

    }

  ],

  "provisioners": [

    {

      "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant' | {{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash '{{.Path}}'",

      "script": "scripts/ansible.sh",

      "type": "shell"

    },

    {

      "galaxy_file": "../shared/requirements.yml",

      "playbook_file": "../shared/main.yml",

      "role_paths": [

        "../shared/roles/common"

      ],

      "type": "ansible-local"

    },

    {

      "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant' | {{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash '{{.Path}}'",

      "script": "scripts/cleanup.sh",

      "type": "shell"

    }

  ],

  "variables": {

    "mount_dir": "",

    "output_dir": ""

  }

}

Thanks,

Eoghan

[Eoghan O'Hara]

Would expect that I will use this, just not sure how or what I can pass in: https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/ansible#extra_arguments