Packer
Packer is a "source available" tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and is highly performant, creating machine images for multiple platforms in...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
Features
Tags
- deployment
- Virtual machine
- DevOps
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Packer information
Developed by
HashiCorp Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
free version with limited functionality.Written in
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What is Packer?
Packer is a "source available" tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and is highly performant, creating machine images for multiple platforms in parallel. Packer does not replace configuration management like Chef or Puppet. In fact, when building images, Packer is able to use tools like Chef or Puppet to install software onto the image.
A machine image is a single static unit that contains a pre-configured operating system and installed software which is used to quickly create new running machines. Machine image formats change for each platform. Some examples include AMIs for EC2, VMDK/VMX files for VMware, OVF exports for VirtualBox, etc.
Comments and Reviews
No longer what you'd consider open source. Switched to BSL (business source license) / "source available" on the 11th of August 2023. Was previously MPL2 (Mozilla public license, version 2) / "open source".