Multi component plugin naming

[watas...@gmail.com]

Congratulations on the release of Packer v1.7.0!

I'm an author of the post-processor plugin called packer-post-processor-amazon-ami-management.

https://github.com/wata727/packer-post-processor-amazon-ami-management

Following the release of v1.7, I'm working on upgrading the plugin. I noticed the previous plugin architecture is deprecated and we should migrate the plugin to the multi component plugin from this version.

According to the documentation, it seems right to name my plugin packer-plugin-amazon, but this is obviously not a good idea.

https://www.packer.io/docs/plugins/creation#naming-conventions

What is the proper name for a plugin like my plugin that adds a post-processor to the functionality of an existing cloud vendor (AWS) to support automatic installation with packer init? Please tell us your thoughts. Thank you.

[watas...@gmail.com]

Oops, I noticed that there is a reference to the migration guide for such patterns...

https://www.packer.io/guides/1.7-plugin-upgrade#how-to-upgrade-the-plugin

I'm going to rename it to packer-plugin-amazon-ami-management.

2021年2月21日日曜日 0:18:35 UTC+9 watas...@gmail.com:

[Megan Marsh]

I'm not sure that guide answers your question, though.

I  think the right course of action would be to name your new repository packer-plugin-amazon-ami-management

Then, when you register the post-processor in the new server, make sure to register it using the plugin.DEFAULT_NAME variable. That will tell Packer to use the plugin root name (amazon-ami-management) as the reference name for the post-processor.

Then, open a docs PR so we can link to you from our "community post-processors" page, or open an issue with a link to your new repo so I can do it for you :D

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[Megan Marsh]

If you get stuck on the migration, please open an issue and tag me (@swampdragons on github) and I'll PR your repo and give you a hand.