# \#hcp-packer

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## [Packer vault integration with mount\_point in kv](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-vault-integration-with-mount-point-in-kv/53500)

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**Author:** [@kevin1](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/kevin1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-vault-integration-with-mount-point-in-kv/53500 "2026-09-14T08:41:23Z")

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Hi Packer Community, I’m working with packer to create Amazon AMI, and I need now to add some secrets to hcl template. My secrets are in our HC Vault, and I read some documentation (vault - Functions - Configuration Lan…

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## [Debian 12 Packer image on Proxmox keeps on waiting for auto configuration network](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/debian-12-packer-image-on-proxmox-keeps-on-waiting-for-auto-configuration-network/76164)

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**Author:** [@dauphinpasdroit](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/dauphinpasdroit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/debian-12-packer-image-on-proxmox-keeps-on-waiting-for-auto-configuration-network/76164 "2025-08-11T16:13:36Z")

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I’m struggling a bit to make Packer works on my Proxmox Hypervisor to create a VM template. I keep on getting hit by the “network autoconfiguration failed” even if my preseed.cfg mentionned to disable the network autoco…

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## [Installing packer in our Github Action Runners in restricted environment (No public internet)](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/installing-packer-in-our-github-action-runners-in-restricted-environment-no-public-internet/74154)

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**Author:** [@dibya-dhar\_tsb](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/dibya-dhar_tsb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/installing-packer-in-our-github-action-runners-in-restricted-environment-no-public-internet/74154 "2025-03-31T16:03:13Z")

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Hello There is a requirement where we want to install packer and respective plugins (for AWS and Azure) in our git hub action runner but there will be no internet access. We are using jfrog artifactory for managing our…

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## [Packer file get Stuck during the execution of certain provisioning steps](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-file-get-stuck-during-the-execution-of-certain-provisioning-steps/73363)

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**Author:** [@shivams7733](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/shivams7733)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-file-get-stuck-during-the-execution-of-certain-provisioning-steps/73363 "2025-02-19T15:26:28Z")

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I am running a Packer file to build a Docker image based on ubuntu:20.04. The Packer configuration uses multiple shell scripts (\*.sh) to provision the image by installing tools, dependencies, and configurations. These sc…

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## [Packer script to build windows 11 image to vmware workstation](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-script-to-build-windows-11-image-to-vmware-workstation/71496)

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**Author:** [@deziderykasimbazi](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/deziderykasimbazi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-script-to-build-windows-11-image-to-vmware-workstation/71496 "2024-11-20T22:04:45Z")

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hello there, i have trying to build windows 11 image to vmware workstation using packer hashicorp. The script run successfully but when reachs at the end it deletes all files in out-vmware folder. and also it stacks at …

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## [Local-shell completes execution but packer is not moving to the next provisioner](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/local-shell-completes-execution-but-packer-is-not-moving-to-the-next-provisioner/57999)

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**Author:** [@sham.jyothi](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/sham.jyothi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/local-shell-completes-execution-but-packer-is-not-moving-to-the-next-provisioner/57999 "2024-07-22T10:52:16Z")

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We run packer on 1 ec2 instance which we call the deploy instance; to build amis in multiple regions. The build comprises of 12 tasks and each of these 12 tasks complete ok when the region is identical to the region wher…

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## [Source packer image from A project bucket and push target image to B project bucket](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/source-packer-image-from-a-project-bucket-and-push-target-image-to-b-project-bucket/62838)

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**Author:** [@prashant.bhosale](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/prashant.bhosale)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/source-packer-image-from-a-project-bucket-and-push-target-image-to-b-project-bucket/62838 "2024-02-16T14:17:47Z")

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I am testing Golden Image workflow for HCP packer. Consider I have 2 different projects ‘golden-images’ and ‘applications’ with their own buckets for different kind of images and version. I want to use these golden imag…

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## [How to configure HCP packer registry when there are multiple sources being built](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-configure-hcp-packer-registry-when-there-are-multiple-sources-being-built/56451)

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**Author:** [@Guardian-Development](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Guardian-Development)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-configure-hcp-packer-registry-when-there-are-multiple-sources-being-built/56451 "2023-07-25T08:53:47Z")

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Hey there, Looking for advice on how we can configure multiple packer registry buckets (images) in a single packer build. Our current setup is as follows: we build 2 types of image (a ubuntu base image, and a ubuntu im…

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## [Can Packer builder support the builder vm as dual networks vm](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/can-packer-builder-support-the-builder-vm-as-dual-networks-vm/61161)

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**Author:** [@randyguogithub](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/randyguogithub)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/can-packer-builder-support-the-builder-vm-as-dual-networks-vm/61161 "2023-12-24T17:28:51Z")

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For Packer builder subnetwork field in GCP, i would like to create a dual network packer builder vm, one subnetwork is private vpc and another one is share vpc subnetwork, while the subnetwork is a string. seem this is …

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## [Build custom Ubuntu 18.04 in Packer, it works. But fails for Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 in Packer](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/build-custom-ubuntu-18-04-in-packer-it-works-but-fails-for-ubuntu-20-04-or-22-04-in-packer/57630)

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**Author:** [@rchandrusofts](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/rchandrusofts)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/build-custom-ubuntu-18-04-in-packer-it-works-but-fails-for-ubuntu-20-04-or-22-04-in-packer/57630 "2023-08-25T06:59:19Z")

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When I try to build custom Ubuntu 18.04 in Packer, it works. But when I try to build custom Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 in Packer, it fails or timeout with out error. I am trying to build an azure VM fyi…

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## [Vmware-iso builder not creating vmware.log file](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vmware-iso-builder-not-creating-vmware-log-file/55869)

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**Author:** [@harshad.ghorpade](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/harshad.ghorpade)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vmware-iso-builder-not-creating-vmware-log-file/55869 "2023-07-11T07:21:30Z")

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I have been trying with very basic template to create vmware specific image from existing Ubuntu ISO image but the packer build is failing with below error and I am not able to find the reason behind it. $ packer build …

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## [Image creation fails when disk\_controller\_type is changed to SCSI](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/image-creation-fails-when-disk-controller-type-is-changed-to-scsi/55732)

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**Author:** [@dabas4tech](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/dabas4tech)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/image-creation-fails-when-disk-controller-type-is-changed-to-scsi/55732 "2023-07-05T15:51:34Z")

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Hi, I have a working code for deploying Windows 2022 image on VMware. The existing setting for disK\_controller\_type is ‘lsilogic\_sas’. However, if I change the controller type to SCSI and try to deploy the same code, th…

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## [Error 412: Supplied fingerprint does not match current metadata fingerprint](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/error-412-supplied-fingerprint-does-not-match-current-metadata-fingerprint/46616)

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**Author:** [@72clg](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/72clg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/error-412-supplied-fingerprint-does-not-match-current-metadata-fingerprint/46616 "2023-06-29T12:37:54Z")

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Hi I’ve got an intermittent issue when using packer to create a Windows image on GCP. Its intermittent, it can work 10 times and then stop working with the following error:- build.googlecompute.build: Checking image d…

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## [Is there possibility to build packer images using Terraform](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/is-there-possibility-to-build-packer-images-using-terraform/55135)

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**Author:** [@Adithya\_Pathipaka](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Adithya_Pathipaka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/is-there-possibility-to-build-packer-images-using-terraform/55135 "2023-06-20T17:38:28Z")

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What are the possible ways to build a packer image using terraform based on docker and use that image to AWS Lambda functions?

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## [How to filters Amazon Linux 3 with Graviton and GP3 Type](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-filters-amazon-linux-3-with-graviton-and-gp3-type/52933)

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**Author:** [@KelvinFerraz](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/KelvinFerraz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-filters-amazon-linux-3-with-graviton-and-gp3-type/52933 "2023-04-20T11:13:54Z")

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Hello, I’m starting to use Packer in my projects and trying to create something images for AWS AMI, using the example of documentation to create ami of Ubuntu, and worked very well. But I trying to create an ami of Ama…

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## [Packer build Issue](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-build-issue/52817)

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**Author:** [@prakash.prks](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/prakash.prks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-build-issue/52817 "2023-04-20T09:09:36Z")

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Hi Team, This is for Azure image build, when I’m running the packer build I’m getting the below error: I have tried checking the subscription ID and it looks fine. Please help me what could be the issue. \[1;32m==\> azu…

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## [Kvm image creation](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/kvm-image-creation/52612)

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**Author:** [@prakash.prks](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/prakash.prks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/kvm-image-creation/52612 "2023-04-13T03:25:06Z")

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Hi I’m trying to create baseline image for kvm currently i have qcow2 disk file which is having OEL9. How to create a packer code to create image by updating application related package and save that image for my furthe…

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## [Cross-tenant image injection](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/cross-tenant-image-injection/52623)

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**Author:** [@Packercrosstenantguy](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Packercrosstenantguy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/cross-tenant-image-injection/52623 "2023-04-12T12:59:52Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to create a cross-tenant image setup. A source image gallery is used in Tenant A and a destionation is in Tenant B. The App Registration running this process is able to see and work with both Azure Compu…

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## [New Tutorial: Revoke an Image and its Descendants using Inherited Revocation](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/new-tutorial-revoke-an-image-and-its-descendants-using-inherited-revocation/49357)

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**Author:** [@alan.szlosek](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/alan.szlosek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/new-tutorial-revoke-an-image-and-its-descendants-using-inherited-revocation/49357 "2023-01-26T14:55:57Z")

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If you build and manage machine images, eventually you’ll discover a bad image that should no longer be used, perhaps due to a security incident or a misconfiguration. This week we released Inherited Revocation for HCP P…

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## [New Tutorial: Standardize Machine Images Across Multiple Cloud Providers](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/new-tutorial-standardize-machine-images-across-multiple-cloud-providers/47784)

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**Author:** [@alan.szlosek](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/alan.szlosek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/new-tutorial-standardize-machine-images-across-multiple-cloud-providers/47784 "2022-12-08T19:56:51Z")

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As your organization grows, you may consider adopting a hybrid or multi-cloud strategy to enable innovation, increase resiliency, decrease costs, or integrate different systems. We recently published a tutorial that show…

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## [Packer conditionally using Vault](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-conditionally-using-vault/47203)

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**Author:** [@frippe75](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/frippe75)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-conditionally-using-vault/47203 "2022-11-22T17:19:07Z")

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Just switched from JSON → HCL2 which gives more flexibility. When building up new env’s from scratch I have a need to create a Windows image without pulling secrets from Vault since that endpoint does not exist (yet). S…

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## [Stable RPM repo is down?](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/stable-rpm-repo-is-down/43497)

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**Author:** [@plarw](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/plarw)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/stable-rpm-repo-is-down/43497 "2022-08-24T18:21:10Z")

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Official steps to install packer on AmazonLinux: $ yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/AmazonLinux/hashicorp.repo Install packer... Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities adding repo from: https://…

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## [Packer API Authentication](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-api-authentication/37303)

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**Author:** [@kuldeeprishi](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/kuldeeprishi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-api-authentication/37303 "2022-03-24T18:23:14Z")

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Hello HashiCorp Community, I was recently trying to automate my build and deploy process. I was following this API Doc I have created the required service principal, but I couldn’t find any documentation about how to …

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## [Packer Community Update](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-community-update/36702)

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**Author:** [@ksatirli](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/ksatirli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-community-update/36702 "2022-03-07T19:08:21Z")

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Hello HashiCorp Community, HCP Packer provides build automation for Terraform workflows, and is now Generally Available. HashiCorp now offers a plan that tracks 10 images per month for free. There’s a blog about the rel…
