README.md

Packer Validate Action

Runs packer validate *.json on pull request to validate the syntax and configuration of a template file in a directory If the validation fails, it will print out error as pull request comment. Check out the packer validate command for further reference.

Usage

Variables

• PACKER_ACTION_WORKING_DIR : Working directory
• TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME : Packer template file
• ACTION_COMMENT : Enable/Disable PR comment from validate result

workflow "Packer" {
  resolves = "packer-validate"
  on = "pull_request"
}

action "filter-open-synced-pr" {
  uses = "actions/bin/filter@master"
  args = "action 'opened|synchronize'"
}

### For single template (eg. Dockers dir contains *.json template)
action "packer-validate" {
  uses = "dawitnida/packer-github-actions/validate@master"
  needs = "filter-open-synced-pr"
  secrets = [
    "GITHUB_TOKEN",
  ]
  env = {
    PACKER_ACTION_WORKING_DIR = "Dockers"
    TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME = "*.json"
  }
}

### For specific template file (eg. Dockers dir contains *.json template)
action "packer-validate" {
  uses = "dawitnida/packer-github-actions/validate@master"
  needs = "filter-open-synced-pr"
  secrets = [
    "GITHUB_TOKEN",
  ]
  env = {
    TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME = "sample-packer-template.json"
  }
}

### For specific template file (eg. sample-packer-template.json) with var-file arg
action "packer-validate" {
  uses = "dawitnida/packer-github-actions/validate@master"
  needs = "filter-open-synced-pr"
  secrets = [
    "GITHUB_TOKEN",
  ]
  args = [
     "-syntax-only",
     "-var-file=global-vars.json"
  ]
  env = {
    TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME = "sample-packer-template.json"
  }
}