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TheVirtualbox multi-component plugin can be used with HashiCorpPackerto create custom images. For the full list of available features for this plugin seedocs.

Starting from version 1.7, Packer supports a newpacker init command allowingautomatic installation of Packer plugins. Read thePacker documentation for more information.

To install this plugin, copy and paste this code into your Packer configuration .Then, runpacker init.

packer {required_plugins {virtualbox={      version=">= 1.1.3"      source="github.com/hashicorp/virtualbox"    }  }}

Note: Update to Packer Plugin Installation

With the new Packer release starting from version 1.14.0, thepacker init command will automatically install official plugins from theHashiCorp release site.

Going forward, to use newer versions of official Packer plugins, you'll need to upgrade to Packer version 1.14.0 or later. If you're using an older version, you can still install plugins, but as a workaround, you'll need tomanually install them using the CLI.

There is no change to the syntax or commands for installing plugins.

You can find pre-built binary releases of the pluginhere.Once you have downloaded the latest archive corresponding to your target OS,uncompress it to retrieve the plugin binary file corresponding to your platform.To install the plugin, please follow the Packer documentation oninstalling a plugin.

If you prefer to build the plugin from sources, clone the GitHub repositorylocally and run the commandgo build from the rootdirectory. Upon successful compilation, apacker-plugin-virtualbox pluginbinary file can be found in the root directory.To install the compiled plugin, please follow the official Packer documentationoninstalling a plugin.

For more information on how to configure the plugin, please read thedocumentation located in thedocs/ directory.

• If you think you've found a bug in the code or you have a question regardingthe usage of this software, please reach out to us by opening an issue inthis GitHub repository.
• Contributions to this project are welcome: if you want to add a feature or afix a bug, please do so by opening a Pull Request in this GitHub repository.In case of feature contribution, we kindly ask you to open an issue todiscuss it beforehand.