oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/packer-plugin-oxide

Support remote image sources

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Enhancement Packer Plugin
Dominant language
Go
Stars
2
Forks
1
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

Support downloading a remote image, uploading it to Oxide, and using the image for the Packer build.

Some considerations.

  • What happens when the image is already uploaded to Oxide?
  • Should this be another configuration attribute in the oxide-instance builder or another plugin component?

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the oxide-instance builder and trace how image sources are configured and passed into the Packer build. Define the behavior for downloading a remote image, uploading it to Oxide, reusing an image that is already uploaded, and deciding whether the configuration belongs on the builder or in another plugin component.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
build-system, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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