Packer for Debian based GNS3 appliances

Packer Version Dependency

Packer versions 1.6.0 or later do not accept templates that use the iso_checksum_type attribute. To use these newer versions, you must delete the line containing iso_checksum_type from debian.json.

Generate debian-cloud-init-data image

debian-cloud-init-data can be generated with the following commands:

printf "#cloud-config\n\npassword: debian\nchpasswd: { expire: False }\nssh_pwauth: True\n" > user-data
printf "instance-id: debian\nlocal-hostname: debian\n" > meta-data
mkisofs -output debian-cloud-init-data.iso -volid cidata -joliet -rock user-data meta-data

Debian CLI

packer build debian.json

Debian-11 CLI

packer build -var-file=debian-11.json debian.json

BIRDv2

A build of Debian with BIRD Internet Routing Daemon v2 preinstalled.

packer build -var-file=bird2.json debian.json

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