This repo is an example of packer+terraform combo to create a VM from plain iso.

Supported os for now are:

• centos 8
• opensuse leap 15.2

This is based on Libvirt/KVM for virtualization, so it depends on the terraform provider for libvirt:

terraform-provider-libvirt

Prerequisites:

• packer
• terraform
• terraform-provider-libvirt
• make

to start:

mkdir ~/VirtualMachines

to create the folder where we put our examples.

To start creating the first VM:

make iso distro=centos8

or

make iso distro=opensuse15.2

will use packer to create the base image for the VM using centos8-kickstart.cfg as ks file or autoyast.xml for opensuse. This will search for an install iso in the current directory, this example uses CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-dvd1.iso for centos and openSUSE-Leap-15.2-DVD-x86_64.iso for opensuse,

change the value/path as needed for the test

make init distro=centos8
make apply distro=distro=centos8

or

make init distro=opensuse15.2
make apply distro=opensuse15.2

will proceede to use terraform to create the machine based on the packer output.

make destroy distro=centos8

or

make destroy distro=opensuse15.2

to remove all