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Ansible · Packer · Vagrant

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This recipe explains the steps for creating a VirtualBox .ova on the way towards the Vagrant Box mentioned.

Use Hashicorp Packer to build a VirtualBox .ova file already containing a maximum of setup, provisioning and configuration in view of its purpose of hosting a SMW system

All necessary files are contained in https://github.com/dataspects/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBoxPackerFactory.
https://www.packer.io

Packer Template "template.json"

https://github.com/dataspects/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBoxPackerFactory/blob/master/template.json

Packer Template Key "builders" (Array)

Array[0]

"type": https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html
"boot_command": runs https://github.com/dataspects/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBoxPackerFactory/blob/master/http/preseed.cfg
"iso_url": loads "http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso"
"format": "ova"
"output_directory": OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
"vm_name": "dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVBVM"
...

Packer Template Key "provisioners" (Array)

Array[0]

Array[1]

Build

git clone git@github.com:dataspects/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBoxPackerFactory.git
cd dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBoxPackerFactory
packer validate template.json
PACKER_CACHE_DIR=~/packer_cache/ ./pack_now.sh

This creates a .ova at OUTPUT_DIRECTORY.

Import .ova into VirtualBox

VM VirtualBox Manager > Ctrl+I
Run VBoxManage list vms to get the corresponding VMID

Apply some manual finishing to the VirtualBox VM (notably aspects that somehow fail to run within the Packer build context)

Notice:

This is pragmatic behaviour. Of course these aspects shall be solved and moved into the Packer build context.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Some PEAR/PECL package insstallations

Convert VirtualBox VM into Vagrant Box

vagrant package --base VMID --output ~/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVBVM.box

Add dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVBVM for local testing

Create a folder named vagrant_test_dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox
Run vagrant box add --name dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox ~/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVBVM.box
Run vagrant_test_dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox$ vagrant init and edit Vagrantfile to use dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox
Run vagrant_test_dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox$ vagrant up

Make dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox.box available at https://app.vagrantup.com/dataspects/boxes/dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox

Upload dataspectsStandardSMWHostingUbuntuVagrantBox.box to /srv/ftp
Create box and/or release version at https://app.vagrantup.com/dataspects/boxes

Recipe "DNA and genesis of a Vagrant Box ("VBubuntu") ready for hosting a SMW"

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