README.md

Packer qemu template for Debian 8 (Jessie)

Creates Debian 8 minimal qcow2 image using QEMU and KVM

Default Configuration

• 4 Cores
• 1024MB RAM
• 10GB Disk
• ZRAM Enabled
• IO Scheduler Detection (Deadline if drive is an SSD)
• Customisable Partitioning
• Australia/Melbourne locale
• Defaults to EXT4 on a single logical volume
• Apt Mirror defaults to Internode Australia
• User: packer
• Password: packer (Don't forget to change this!)

Defaults can be changed in http/preseed.cfg and jessie.json

Build

• 5 Minutes from scratch on a i5-3550, 4GB RAM, USB3 Intel 320 SSD (see #5)
• 462Mb After reclaiming free space (see #3)
• Build Output

Usage

1. Edit anything you want to change in http/preseed.cfg and jessie.json
2. Build:

./build.sh

TODO / BUGS

• See issues

Further Reading

• https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/example-preseed.txt
• https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/qemu.html
• https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/ansible-local.html

This project: https://github.com/sammcj/packer-qemu-debian-jessie