builder/vmware: Start it. Creates disks so far...

builder/vmware/builder.go

+package vmware
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+const BuilderId = "mitchellh.vmware"
+
+type Builder struct {
+	config config
+	runner multistep.Runner
+}
+
+type config struct {
+	OutputDir string `mapstructure:"output_directory"`
+}
+
+func (b *Builder) Prepare(raw interface{}) (err error) {
+	if b.config.OutputDir == "" {
+		b.config.OutputDir = "vmware"
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) packer.Artifact {
+	steps := []multistep.Step{
+		&stepPrepareOutputDir{},
+		&stepCreateDisk{},
+	}
+
+	// Setup the state bag
+	state := make(map[string]interface{})
+	state["config"] = &b.config
+	state["hook"] = hook
+	state["ui"] = ui
+
+	// Run!
+	b.runner = &multistep.BasicRunner{Steps: steps}
+	b.runner.Run(state)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b *Builder) Cancel() {
+}

builder/vmware/step_create_disk.go

+package vmware
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+type stepCreateDisk struct{}
+
+func (stepCreateDisk) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	// TODO(mitchellh): Configurable disk size
+	// TODO(mitchellh): Capture error output in case things go wrong to report it
+
+	config := state["config"].(*config)
+	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
+
+	vdisk_manager := "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager"
+	output := filepath.Join(config.OutputDir, "disk.vmdk")
+
+	ui.Say("Creating virtual machine disk")
+	cmd := exec.Command(vdisk_manager, "-c", "-s", "40000M", "-a", "lsilogic", "-t", "1", output)
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error creating VMware disk: %s", err))
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepCreateDisk) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}

builder/vmware/step_prepare_output_dir.go

+package vmware
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type stepPrepareOutputDir struct{}
+
+func (stepPrepareOutputDir) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state["config"].(*config)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.OutputDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepPrepareOutputDir) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}

config.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 const defaultConfig = `
 [builders]
 amazon-ebs = "packer-builder-amazon-ebs"
+vmware = "packer-builder-vmware"
 
 [commands]
 build = "packer-command-build"

plugin/builder-vmware/main.go

+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/vmware"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer/plugin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	plugin.ServeBuilder(new(vmware.Builder))
+}