setup-packer

Set up and cache the Packer CLI.

Roadmap

This action aims to provide an OS-neutral interface. And will not add features that only work on one operating system or manipulate the Packer CLI itself.

Usage

Currently, the semantic versioning style does not support to specify the version of the packer itself. If you want to use a version other than the latest one, be sure to specify the exact version.

Example workflow

name: Packer

on:
  - pull_request
  - push

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout tree
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Use latest Packer
        uses: step-security/setup-packer@v4

      # or

      - name: Use latest Packer
        uses: step-security/setup-packer@v4
        with:
          packer-version: 1.6.5

      - name: Build image from template
        run: packer build TEMPLATE

How to specify the version of the action itself

There is a point that is particularly easy to misunderstand. It's where you specify the version of the action itself.

- name: Use latest Packer
  uses: step-security/setup-packer@v4
  #                                   ^^^

Inputs

• github-token: The API token for the action to get the latest release of Packer from GitHub API (default ${{ github.token }})
• packer-version: The version to use (default latest)