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Automate building the Katello stable box and uploading it to Vagrant Cloud #1909

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions packer/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ You can install packer using [the steps in their documentation](https://develope

From this directory, use `packer build` followed by the json packer template to create an image

For example: `packer build centos9-katello-devel-stable.json`
To also upload a new box, you will need the client ID and client secret for the stablebox-creator service principal. You can find that in the Access control section of the katello-devel project in the Hashicorp Cloud.

You can create a box image using the above command and then add that box to Vagrant:
To build a new box, run: `HCP_CLIENT_ID=id HCP_CLIENT_SECRET=secret packer build -var "version=2025.0606.1303" centos9-katello-devel-stable.json`

Increment the version using the current date: `date +%Y.%m%d.%H%M`

The above command will create a box and then you can add that box to Vagrant locally to test:

```sh
vagrant box add --name centos9-katello-devel-stable centos9-katello-devel-stable.box
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"format": "qcow2",
"headless": true,
"http_directory": "http",
"iso_checksum": "sha256:62318426d27ba4e255b509b033e78186ad0fb8b9007650fca73d226ceb2eda6f",
"iso_checksum": "file:https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/iso/CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso.SHA256SUM",
"iso_url": "https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/iso/CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-boot.iso",
"name": "{{ user `packer_hostname` }}.example.com",
"qemuargs": [
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}
],
"post-processors": [
{
"keep_input_artifact": false,
"output": "{{user `packer_hostname`}}.box",
"type": "vagrant"
}
[
{
"keep_input_artifact": false,
"output": "{{user `packer_hostname`}}.box",
"type": "vagrant"
},
{
"type": "vagrant-registry",
"box_tag": "katello/katello-devel",
"version": "{{user `version`}}",
"architecture": "amd64"
}
]
],
"provisioners": [
{
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