Packer - 1.8.1

(Upcoming)

NOTES:

  • All bundled plugins have been updated to their latest release to address any
    open issues pertaining to the legacy SSH key algorithm fix made to the
    Packer plugin SDK.
    GH-11761
    GH-11802
  • This release contains the latest golang.org/x/crypto/ssh module which
    implements client authentication support for signature algorithms based on
    SHA-2 for use with existing RSA keys. Previously, a client would fail to
    authenticate with RSA keys to servers that reject signature algorithms
    based on SHA-1.

FEATURES:

  • New Datasource HTTP datasource retrieves information from a HTTP
    endpoint to be used during Packer builds.
    GH-11658

PLUGINS:

External plugins have been pinned to the following versions. Please see their
respective changelogs for details on plugin specific bug fixes and
improvements.

IMPROVEMENTS:

  • Bump hcp-sdk-go to latest version.
    GH-11763
  • Plugins installed via the packer plugins install command will now
    automatically load for builds using HCL2 templates without a
    required_plugins block.
    GH-11712
  • Plugins installed via the packer plugins install command will now
    automatically load for builds using JSON templates.
    GH-11712

BUG FIXES:

  • Bump github.com/hashicorp/go-getter to fix the untarring of OVA files
    regression. GH-11675
  • Bump github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk to address legacy SSH key
    algorithms in SSH communicator.
    GH-11774
    GH-11754

Details

date
May 27, 2022, midnight
name
1.8.1
type
Patch
official page
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md/#181
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