How to Build Homestead (Vagrant) Box using Packer?

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I have followed the instruction in laravel/setter markdown.

I have already:

Clone chef/bento into same top level folder as this repo.
Run ./bin/copy-to-bento.sh
Replace scripts/cleanup.sh with scripts/homestead.sh in file ubuntu/ubuntu-18.04-amd64.json

But when it comes to step 4, I had no idea how to begin. The packer documentation seems too advanced for me to read. I just installed packer via sudo apt-get install packer command in my Ubuntu. Then how to proceed the last step?

I want to build homestead box because of extreme slow speed of adding vagrant box using vagrant box add laravel/homestead command. If anyone have other idea and alternative to add/install this box, please tell me.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '18 at 08:50

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You should be able to just run:

packer build -only virtualbox-iso ubuntu/ubuntu-18.04-amd64.json

(Assuming you also have VirtualBox installed)

answered May 17 '18 at 08:50

Rickard von Essen

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where we assume this command to be executed? is it same as bento & settler directory level? – Dendi Handian May 17 '18 at 10:48
At the root of the bento repository, wherever that is for you. – Rickard von Essen May 17 '18 at 10:50
the command works only in bento/ubuntu directory, and modified to 'packer build -only virtualbox-iso ubuntu-18.04-amd64.json' – Dendi Handian May 17 '18 at 13:47

How to Build Homestead (Vagrant) Box using Packer?

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