Usage

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/librenms/packer-builds && cd packer-builds

Install requirements:

• packer.io
• VirtualBox

Configuration

You can configure each template to match your requirements by setting the following user variables.

User Variable	Default Value	Description
cpus	1	Number of CPUs
disk_size	40000	Documentation
headless	0	Documentation
memory	512	Memory size in MB
mirror		A URL of the mirror where the ISO image is available
librenms_version	master	Available options are master or release, master will be up to the latest commit and release will be the latest tag
oxidized	true	Install Oxidized as part of the image
syslog_ng	true	Install and configure Syslog-NG

Example

Build a LibreNMS Ubuntu 22.04 (NGINX) box with a 10GB hard disk using the VirtualBox provider:

packer build -only=virtualbox-iso -var disk_size=10000 ubuntu-22.04-amd64.json

If running on a remote system over ssh, or on a system without a graphical console, add -var headless=true

For debugging, run with PACKER_LOG=1 and/or check ~/.config/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log