README.md

Packer external data source plugin

A plugin for Packer which provides access to external commands. Compatible with Packer >= 1.7.0

Usage

packer {
  required_plugins {
    external = {
      version = ">= 0.0.2"
      source  = "github.com/joomcode/external"
    }
  }
}

data "external" "example" {
  program = ["jq", "{ \"foo\": .key1 }"]
  query = {
    key1 = "val1"
  }
}

data "external-raw" "example" {
  program = ["rev"]
  query   = "hello"
}

locals {
  external_result = data.external.example.result["foo"] # "val1"
  raw_result      = data.external-raw.example.result # "olleh\n"
}

See docs for more detailed information.

Running Acceptance Tests

make testacc

This will run the acceptance tests for all plugins in this set.

Requirements

• Go >= 1.17