Packer: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "https://www.packer.io/intro Packer is an open source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple IaaS platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is ligh...") |
No edit summary |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
https://www.packer.io/intro |
https://www.packer.io/intro |
||
Packer is an open source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple IaaS 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. |
Packer is an open source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple IaaS 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. |
||
Latest revision as of 12:52, 23 May 2015
Packer is an open source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple IaaS 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.