Example Packer pipeline with Berkshelf cookbook vendoring

build.sh

#!/bin/bash -x                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                   
#DEBUG="-debug"                                                                    
VM=`echo ${1} | sed 's/.json//g'`                                                  
                                                                                   
PACKER=`which packer`                                                              
                                                                                   
rm -rf output-${VM}                                                                
                                                                                   
${PACKER} build ${DEBUG} ${VM}.json                       
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then                                                             
  echo "ERROR: Unable to build ${VM}."                                             
  exit 1                                                                           
fi                                      

example-vm.json

{                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  "builders": [{                                                                   
    "type": "virtualbox",                                                          
    "name": "example-dev",                                                       
    "vm_name": "example-dev",                                                    
                                                                                   
    "guest_os_type": "RedHat_64",                                                  
    "hard_drive_interface": "sata",                                                
    "headless": true,                                                              
    "vboxmanage": [                                                                
      ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "2048"],                               
      ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--rtcuseutc", "on"],                              
    ],                                                                             
                                                                                   
    "iso_url": "http://mirrors.mit.edu/centos/6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.6-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso",
    "iso_checksum": "7b1fb1a11499b31271ded79da6af8584",                            
    "iso_checksum_type": "md5",                                                    
                                                                                   
    "boot_command": ["<tab><wait> vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/centos64-vm.ks <return>"],
    "http_directory": "srv",                                                       
                                                                                   
    "ssh_username": "root",                                                        
    "ssh_password": "admin",                                                       
    "ssh_wait_timeout": "20m",                                                     
                                                                                   
    "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now"                                          
  }],                                                                              
                                                                                   
  "provisioners": [                                                                
  {                                                                                
    "type":"shell",                                                                
    "script":"provisioning/virtualbox.sh"                                          
  },                                                                               
  {                                                                                
    "type": "chef-solo",                                                           
    "cookbook_paths": ["cookbooks"],                                               
    "run_list": [                                                                  
      "example",                                                                 
    ],                                                                             
    "json": {                                                                      
    }                                                                              
  },{                                                                              
    "type":"shell",                                                                
    "inline": ["mv -f /tmp/packer-chef-solo /home/admin/", "echo 'cookbook_path   [\"/home/admin/packer-chef-solo/cookbooks-0\"]' > /home/admin/packer-chef-solo/solo.rb"]
  },{                                                                              
    "type": "file",                                                                
    "source": "provisioning/update.sh",                                            
    "destination": "/home/admin/update.sh"                                         
  },{                                                                              
    "type": "file",                                                                
    "source": "Berksfile.lock",                                                    
    "destination": "/home/admin/Berksfile.lock"                                    
  },{                                                                              
  },{                                                                              
    "type":"shell",                                                                
    "inline": ["rm -rf /usr/local/tomcat/default/webapps/example"]               
  },                                                                            
  {                                                                             
    "type":"shell",                                                             
    "script":"provisioning/cleanup.sh"                                          
  }                                                                             
  ],                                                                            
  "post-processors": [{                                                         
    "type": "vagrant",                                                          
    "output": "packer_{{.BuildName}}_{{.Provider}}_{{timestamp}}.box"           
  }]                                                                            
}

pipeline.sh

#! /bin/bash -xe                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   
export VM=$1                                                                       
                                                                                   
bash update.sh                                                                     
                                                                                   
bash build.sh $VM                                                                  
bash deploy.sh $VM           

update.sh

#!/bin/bash -x                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                   
# When on Windows or exported, use $BERKSHELF_PATH; default to the normal Linux location
BERK_PATH=${BERKSHELF_PATH:-$HOME/.berkshelf}                                      
BERK_PATH=$(echo "${BERK_PATH}" | sed 's#\\#/#g')                                  
                                                                                   
# Remove cookbook caches                                                           
rm -rf ${BERK_PATH}/tmp                                                            
rm -rf ${BERK_PATH}/vagrant/*/multisite*                                           
rm -rf ${BERK_PATH}/cookbooks/multisite-*                                          
rm -rf ${BERK_PATH}/*/cookbooks/multisite*                                         
rm -rf ${BERK_PATH}/*/vagrant/berkshelf-*/multisite*                               
rm -rf ./cookbooks                                                                 
                                                                                   
bundle exec berks install --path cookbooks                                         
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then                                                             
  echo "ERROR  : Unable to update cookbooks."                                      
  exit 1                                                                           
else                                                                               
  echo "SUCCESS: Updated and vendored cookbooks"                                   
fi