Initial checkin to GitHub -- has extensive changes to conform to the latest...

Initial checkin to GitHub -- has extensive changes to conform to the latest API model to match the 0.3.6 (Sept. 2, 2013) release.

builder/qemu/artifact.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// Artifact is the result of running the VirtualBox builder, namely a set
+// of files associated with the resulting machine.
+type Artifact struct {
+	dir string
+	f   []string
+}
+
+func (*Artifact) BuilderId() string {
+	return BuilderId
+}
+
+func (a *Artifact) Files() []string {
+	return a.f
+}
+
+func (*Artifact) Id() string {
+	return "VM"
+}
+
+func (a *Artifact) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("VM files in directory: %s", a.dir)
+}
+
+func (a *Artifact) Destroy() error {
+	return os.RemoveAll(a.dir)
+}

builder/qemu/driver.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type DriverCancelCallback func(state multistep.StateBag) bool
+
+// A driver is able to talk to VirtualBox and perform certain
+// operations with it.
+type Driver interface {
+	// Initializes the driver with the given values:
+	// Arguments: qemuPath - string value for the qemu-system-x86_64 executable
+	//            qemuImgPath - string value for the qemu-img executable
+	Initialize(string, string)
+
+	// Checks if the VM with the given name is running.
+	IsRunning(string) (bool, error)
+
+	// Stop stops a running machine, forcefully.
+	Stop(string) error
+
+	// SuppressMessages should do what needs to be done in order to
+	// suppress any annoying popups from VirtualBox.
+	SuppressMessages() error
+
+	// Qemu executes the given command via qemu-system-x86_64
+	Qemu(vmName string, qemuArgs ...string) error
+
+	// wait on shutdown of the VM with option to cancel
+	WaitForShutdown(
+		vmName string,
+		block bool,
+		state multistep.StateBag,
+		cancellCallback DriverCancelCallback) error
+
+	// Qemu executes the given command via qemu-img
+	QemuImg(...string) error
+
+	// Verify checks to make sure that this driver should function
+	// properly. If there is any indication the driver can't function,
+	// this will return an error.
+	Verify() error
+
+	// Version reads the version of VirtualBox that is installed.
+	Version() (string, error)
+}
+
+type driverState struct {
+	cmd        *exec.Cmd
+	cancelChan chan struct{}
+	waitDone   chan error
+}
+
+type QemuDriver struct {
+	qemuPath    string
+	qemuImgPath string
+	state       map[string]*driverState
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) getDriverState(name string) *driverState {
+	if _, ok := d.state[name]; !ok {
+		d.state[name] = &driverState{}
+	}
+	return d.state[name]
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) Initialize(qemuPath string, qemuImgPath string) {
+	d.qemuPath = qemuPath
+	d.qemuImgPath = qemuImgPath
+	d.state = make(map[string]*driverState)
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) IsRunning(name string) (bool, error) {
+	ds := d.getDriverState(name)
+	return ds.cancelChan != nil, nil
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) Stop(name string) error {
+	ds := d.getDriverState(name)
+
+	// signal to the command 'wait' to kill the process
+	if ds.cancelChan != nil {
+		close(ds.cancelChan)
+		ds.cancelChan = nil
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) SuppressMessages() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) Qemu(vmName string, qemuArgs ...string) error {
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+
+	log.Printf("Executing %s: %#v", d.qemuPath, qemuArgs)
+	ds := d.getDriverState(vmName)
+	ds.cmd = exec.Command(d.qemuPath, qemuArgs...)
+	ds.cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	ds.cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+
+	err := ds.cmd.Start()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Error starting VM: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("---- Started Qemu ------- PID = ", ds.cmd.Process.Pid)
+
+		ds.cancelChan = make(chan struct{})
+
+		// make the channel to watch the process
+		ds.waitDone = make(chan error)
+
+		// start the virtual machine in the background
+		go func() {
+			ds.waitDone <- ds.cmd.Wait()
+		}()
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) WaitForShutdown(vmName string,
+	block bool,
+	state multistep.StateBag,
+	cancelCallback DriverCancelCallback) error {
+	var err error
+
+	ds := d.getDriverState(vmName)
+
+	if block {
+		// wait in the background for completion or caller cancel
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ds.cancelChan:
+				log.Println("Qemu process request to cancel -- killing Qemu process.")
+				if err = ds.cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Failed to kill qemu: %v", err)
+				}
+
+				// clear out the error channel since it's just a cancel
+				// and therefore the reason for failure is clear
+				log.Println("Empytying waitDone channel.")
+				<-ds.waitDone
+
+				// this gig is over -- assure calls to IsRunning see the nil
+				log.Println("'Nil'ing out cancelChan.")
+				ds.cancelChan = nil
+				return errors.New("WaitForShutdown cancelled")
+			case err = <-ds.waitDone:
+				log.Printf("Qemu Process done with output = %v", err)
+				// assure calls to IsRunning see the nil
+				log.Println("'Nil'ing out cancelChan.")
+				ds.cancelChan = nil
+				return nil
+			case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+				cancel := cancelCallback(state)
+				if cancel {
+					log.Println("Qemu process request to cancel -- killing Qemu process.")
+
+					// The step sequence was cancelled, so cancel waiting for SSH
+					// and just start the halting process.
+					close(ds.cancelChan)
+
+					log.Println("Cancel request made, quitting waiting for Qemu.")
+					return errors.New("WaitForShutdown cancelled by interrupt.")
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		go func() {
+			select {
+			case <-ds.cancelChan:
+				log.Println("Qemu process request to cancel -- killing Qemu process.")
+				if err = ds.cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Failed to kill qemu: %v", err)
+				}
+
+				// clear out the error channel since it's just a cancel
+				// and therefore the reason for failure is clear
+				log.Println("Empytying waitDone channel.")
+				<-ds.waitDone
+				log.Println("'Nil'ing out cancelChan.")
+				ds.cancelChan = nil
+
+			case err = <-ds.waitDone:
+				log.Printf("Qemu Process done with output = %v", err)
+				log.Println("'Nil'ing out cancelChan.")
+				ds.cancelChan = nil
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	ds.cancelChan = nil
+	return err
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) QemuImg(args ...string) error {
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+
+	log.Printf("Executing qemu-img: %#v", args)
+	cmd := exec.Command(d.qemuImgPath, args...)
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+
+	stdoutString := strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String())
+	stderrString := strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String())
+
+	if _, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("QemuImg error: %s", stderrString)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("stdout: %s", stdoutString)
+	log.Printf("stderr: %s", stderrString)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) Verify() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *QemuDriver) Version() (string, error) {
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(d.qemuPath, "-version")
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	versionOutput := strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String())
+	log.Printf("Qemu --version output: %s", versionOutput)
+	versionRe := regexp.MustCompile("qemu-kvm-[0-9]\\.[0-9]")
+	matches := versionRe.Split(versionOutput, 2)
+	if len(matches) == 0 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("No version found: %s", versionOutput)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Qemu version: %s", matches[0])
+	return matches[0], nil
+}

builder/qemu/ssh.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	gossh "code.google.com/p/go.crypto/ssh"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/communicator/ssh"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func sshAddress(state multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
+	sshHostPort := state.Get("sshHostPort").(uint)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", sshHostPort), nil
+}
+
+func sshConfig(state multistep.StateBag) (*gossh.ClientConfig, error) {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+
+	auth := []gossh.ClientAuth{
+		gossh.ClientAuthPassword(ssh.Password(config.SSHPassword)),
+		gossh.ClientAuthKeyboardInteractive(
+			ssh.PasswordKeyboardInteractive(config.SSHPassword)),
+	}
+
+	if config.SSHKeyPath != "" {
+		keyring, err := sshKeyToKeyring(config.SSHKeyPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		auth = append(auth, gossh.ClientAuthKeyring(keyring))
+	}
+
+	return &gossh.ClientConfig{
+		User: config.SSHUser,
+		Auth: auth,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func sshKeyToKeyring(path string) (gossh.ClientKeyring, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	keyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	keyring := new(ssh.SimpleKeychain)
+	if err := keyring.AddPEMKey(string(keyBytes)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return keyring, nil
+}

builder/qemu/step_configure_vnc.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net"
+)
+
+// This step configures the VM to enable the VNC server.
+//
+// Uses:
+//   config *config
+//   ui     packer.Ui
+//
+// Produces:
+//   vnc_port uint - The port that VNC is configured to listen on.
+type stepConfigureVNC struct{}
+
+func (stepConfigureVNC) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+	// Find an open VNC port. Note that this can still fail later on
+	// because we have to release the port at some point. But this does its
+	// best.
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("Looking for available port between %d and %d", config.VNCPortMin, config.VNCPortMax)
+	ui.Say(msg)
+	log.Printf(msg)
+	var vncPort uint
+	portRange := int(config.VNCPortMax - config.VNCPortMin)
+	for {
+		vncPort = uint(rand.Intn(portRange)) + config.VNCPortMin
+		log.Printf("Trying port: %d", vncPort)
+		l, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf(":%d", vncPort))
+		if err == nil {
+			defer l.Close()
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	msg = fmt.Sprintf("Found available VNC port: %d", vncPort)
+	ui.Say(msg)
+	log.Printf(msg)
+
+	state.Put("vnc_port", vncPort)
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepConfigureVNC) Cleanup(multistep.StateBag) {}

builder/qemu/step_copy_floppy.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// This step attaches the ISO to the virtual machine.
+//
+// Uses:
+//
+// Produces:
+type stepCopyFloppy struct {
+	floppyPath string
+}
+
+func (s *stepCopyFloppy) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	// Determine if we even have a floppy disk to attach
+	var floppyPath string
+	if floppyPathRaw, ok := state.GetOk("floppy_path"); ok {
+		floppyPath = floppyPathRaw.(string)
+	} else {
+		log.Println("No floppy disk, not attaching.")
+		return multistep.ActionContinue
+	}
+
+	// copy the floppy for exclusive use during the vm creation
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	ui.Say("Copying floppy disk for exclusive use...")
+	floppyPath, err := s.copyFloppy(floppyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		state.Put("error", fmt.Errorf("Error preparing floppy: %s", err))
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	// Track the path so that we can remove it later
+	s.floppyPath = floppyPath
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *stepCopyFloppy) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
+	if s.floppyPath == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Delete the floppy disk
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	ui.Say("Removing floppy disk previously copied...")
+	defer os.Remove(s.floppyPath)
+}
+
+func (s *stepCopyFloppy) copyFloppy(path string) (string, error) {
+	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "packer")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	floppyPath := filepath.Join(tempdir, "floppy.img")
+	f, err := os.Create(floppyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	sourceF, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer sourceF.Close()
+
+	log.Printf("Copying floppy to temp location: %s", floppyPath)
+	if _, err := io.Copy(f, sourceF); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return floppyPath, nil
+}

builder/qemu/step_create_disk.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// This step creates the virtual disk that will be used as the
+// hard drive for the virtual machine.
+type stepCreateDisk struct{}
+
+func (s *stepCreateDisk) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	path := filepath.Join(config.OutputDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", config.VMName,
+		strings.ToLower(config.Format)))
+
+	command := []string{
+		"create",
+		"-f", config.Format,
+		path,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%vM", config.DiskSize),
+	}
+
+	ui.Say("Creating hard drive...")
+	if err := driver.QemuImg(command...); err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating hard drive: %s", err)
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *stepCreateDisk) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {}

builder/qemu/step_forward_ssh.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net"
+)
+
+// This step adds a NAT port forwarding definition so that SSH is available
+// on the guest machine.
+//
+// Uses:
+//
+// Produces:
+type stepForwardSSH struct{}
+
+func (s *stepForwardSSH) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+	log.Printf("Looking for available SSH port between %d and %d", config.SSHHostPortMin, config.SSHHostPortMax)
+	var sshHostPort uint
+	portRange := int(config.SSHHostPortMax - config.SSHHostPortMin)
+	for {
+		sshHostPort = uint(rand.Intn(portRange)) + config.SSHHostPortMin
+		log.Printf("Trying port: %d", sshHostPort)
+		l, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf(":%d", sshHostPort))
+		if err == nil {
+			defer l.Close()
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Found port for SSH: %d.", sshHostPort))
+
+	// Save the port we're using so that future steps can use it
+	state.Put("sshHostPort", sshHostPort)
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *stepForwardSSH) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {}

builder/qemu/step_http_server.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// This step creates and runs the HTTP server that is serving the files
+// specified by the 'http_files` configuration parameter in the template.
+//
+// Uses:
+//   config *config
+//   ui     packer.Ui
+//
+// Produces:
+//   http_port int - The port the HTTP server started on.
+type stepHTTPServer struct {
+	l net.Listener
+}
+
+func (s *stepHTTPServer) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+	var httpPort uint = 0
+	if config.HTTPDir == "" {
+		state.Put("http_port", httpPort)
+		return multistep.ActionContinue
+	}
+
+	// Find an available TCP port for our HTTP server
+	var httpAddr string
+	portRange := int(config.HTTPPortMax - config.HTTPPortMin)
+	for {
+		var err error
+		var offset uint = 0
+
+		if portRange > 0 {
+			// Intn will panic if portRange == 0, so we do a check.
+			offset = uint(rand.Intn(portRange))
+		}
+
+		httpPort = offset + config.HTTPPortMin
+		httpAddr = fmt.Sprintf(":%d", httpPort)
+		log.Printf("Trying port: %d", httpPort)
+		s.l, err = net.Listen("tcp", httpAddr)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Starting HTTP server on port %d", httpPort))
+
+	// Start the HTTP server and run it in the background
+	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir(config.HTTPDir))
+	server := &http.Server{Addr: httpAddr, Handler: fileServer}
+	go server.Serve(s.l)
+
+	// Save the address into the state so it can be accessed in the future
+	state.Put("http_port", httpPort)
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *stepHTTPServer) Cleanup(multistep.StateBag) {
+	if s.l != nil {
+		// Close the listener so that the HTTP server stops
+		s.l.Close()
+	}
+}

builder/qemu/step_prepare_output_dir.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type stepPrepareOutputDir struct{}
+
+func (stepPrepareOutputDir) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(config.OutputDir); err == nil && config.PackerForce {
+		ui.Say("Deleting previous output directory...")
+		os.RemoveAll(config.OutputDir)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.OutputDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepPrepareOutputDir) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
+	_, cancelled := state.GetOk(multistep.StateCancelled)
+	_, halted := state.GetOk(multistep.StateHalted)
+
+	if cancelled || halted {
+		config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+		ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+		ui.Say("Deleting output directory...")
+		for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+			err := os.RemoveAll(config.OutputDir)
+			if err == nil {
+				break
+			}
+
+			log.Printf("Error removing output dir: %s", err)
+			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+}

builder/qemu/step_run.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type stepRun struct {
+	vmName string
+}
+
+func runBootCommand(state multistep.StateBag,
+	actionChannel chan multistep.StepAction) {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	bootCmd := stepTypeBootCommand{}
+
+	if int64(config.bootWait) > 0 {
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting %s for boot...", config.bootWait))
+		time.Sleep(config.bootWait)
+	}
+
+	actionChannel <- bootCmd.Run(state)
+}
+
+func cancelCallback(state multistep.StateBag) bool {
+	cancel := false
+	if _, ok := state.GetOk(multistep.StateCancelled); ok {
+		cancel = true
+	}
+	return cancel
+}
+
+func (s *stepRun) runVM(
+	sendBootCommands bool,
+	bootDrive string,
+	state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	vmName := config.VMName
+
+	imgPath := filepath.Join(config.OutputDir,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", vmName, strings.ToLower(config.Format)))
+	isoPath := state.Get("iso_path").(string)
+	vncPort := state.Get("vnc_port").(uint)
+	guiArgument := "sdl"
+	sshHostPort := state.Get("sshHostPort").(uint)
+	vnc := fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", vncPort-5900)
+
+	ui.Say("Starting the virtual machine for OS Install...")
+	if config.Headless == true {
+		ui.Message("WARNING: The VM will be started in headless mode, as configured.\n" +
+			"In headless mode, errors during the boot sequence or OS setup\n" +
+			"won't be easily visible. Use at your own discretion.")
+		guiArgument = "none"
+	}
+
+	command := []string{
+		"-name", vmName,
+		"-machine", fmt.Sprintf("type=pc-1.0,accel=%s", config.Accelerator),
+		"-display", guiArgument,
+		"-net", "nic,model=virtio",
+		"-net", "user",
+		"-drive", fmt.Sprintf("file=%s,if=virtio", imgPath),
+		"-cdrom", isoPath,
+		"-boot", bootDrive,
+		"-m", "512m",
+		"-redir", fmt.Sprintf("tcp:%v::22", sshHostPort),
+		"-vnc", vnc,
+	}
+	if err := driver.Qemu(vmName, command...); err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error launching VM: %s", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	s.vmName = vmName
+
+	// run the boot command after its own timeout
+	if sendBootCommands {
+		waitDone := make(chan multistep.StepAction, 1)
+		go runBootCommand(state, waitDone)
+		select {
+		case action := <-waitDone:
+			if action != multistep.ActionContinue {
+				// stop the VM in its tracks
+				driver.Stop(vmName)
+				return multistep.ActionHalt
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	ui.Say("Waiting for VM to shutdown...")
+	if err := driver.WaitForShutdown(vmName, sendBootCommands, state, cancelCallback); err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error waiting for initial VM install to shutdown: %s", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *stepRun) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	// First, the OS install boot
+	action := s.runVM(true, "d", state)
+
+	if action == multistep.ActionContinue {
+		// Then the provisioning install
+		action = s.runVM(false, "c", state)
+	}
+
+	return action
+}
+
+func (s *stepRun) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
+	if s.vmName == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+	if running, _ := driver.IsRunning(s.vmName); running {
+		if err := driver.Stop(s.vmName); err != nil {
+			ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error shutting down VM: %s", err))
+		}
+	}
+}

builder/qemu/step_shutdown.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// This step shuts down the machine. It first attempts to do so gracefully,
+// but ultimately forcefully shuts it down if that fails.
+//
+// Uses:
+//   communicator packer.Communicator
+//   config *config
+//   driver Driver
+//   ui     packer.Ui
+//   vmName string
+//
+// Produces:
+//   <nothing>
+type stepShutdown struct{}
+
+func (s *stepShutdown) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	comm := state.Get("communicator").(packer.Communicator)
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	vmName := config.VMName
+
+	if config.ShutdownCommand != "" {
+		ui.Say("Gracefully halting virtual machine...")
+		log.Printf("Executing shutdown command: %s", config.ShutdownCommand)
+		cmd := &packer.RemoteCmd{Command: config.ShutdownCommand}
+		if err := cmd.StartWithUi(comm, ui); err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Failed to send shutdown command: %s", err)
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		// Wait for the machine to actually shut down
+		log.Printf("Waiting max %s for shutdown to complete", config.shutdownTimeout)
+		shutdownTimer := time.After(config.shutdownTimeout)
+		for {
+			running, _ := driver.IsRunning(vmName)
+			if !running {
+				break
+			}
+
+			select {
+			case <-shutdownTimer:
+				err := errors.New("Timeout while waiting for machine to shut down.")
+				state.Put("error", err)
+				ui.Error(err.Error())
+				return multistep.ActionHalt
+			default:
+				time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		ui.Say("Halting the virtual machine...")
+		if err := driver.Stop(vmName); err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error stopping VM: %s", err)
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Println("VM shut down.")
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (s *stepShutdown) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {}

builder/qemu/step_suppress_messages.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+)
+
+// This step sets some variables in Qemu so that annoying
+// pop-up messages don't exist.
+type stepSuppressMessages struct{}
+
+func (stepSuppressMessages) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+
+	log.Println("Suppressing messages in Qemu")
+	if err := driver.SuppressMessages(); err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error configuring Qemu to suppress messages: %s", err)
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepSuppressMessages) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {}

builder/qemu/step_type_boot_command.go

+package qemu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-vnc"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+	"unicode"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+const KeyLeftShift uint32 = 0xFFE1
+
+type bootCommandTemplateData struct {
+	HTTPIP   string
+	HTTPPort uint
+	Name     string
+}
+
+// This step "types" the boot command into the VM over VNC.
+//
+// Uses:
+//   config *config
+//   http_port int
+//   ui     packer.Ui
+//   vnc_port uint
+//
+// Produces:
+//   <nothing>
+type stepTypeBootCommand struct{}
+
+func (s *stepTypeBootCommand) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state.Get("config").(*config)
+	httpPort := state.Get("http_port").(uint)
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	vncPort := state.Get("vnc_port").(uint)
+
+	// Connect to VNC
+	ui.Say("Connecting to VM via VNC")
+	nc, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", vncPort))
+	if err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error connecting to VNC: %s", err)
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+	defer nc.Close()
+
+	c, err := vnc.Client(nc, &vnc.ClientConfig{Exclusive: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error handshaking with VNC: %s", err)
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	log.Printf("Connected to VNC desktop: %s", c.DesktopName)
+
+	tplData := &bootCommandTemplateData{
+		"127.0.0.1",
+		httpPort,
+		config.VMName,
+	}
+
+	ui.Say("Typing the boot command over VNC...")
+	for _, command := range config.BootCommand {
+		command, err := config.tpl.Process(command, tplData)
+		if err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error preparing boot command: %s", err)
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		// Check for interrupts between typing things so we can cancel
+		// since this isn't the fastest thing.
+		if _, ok := state.GetOk(multistep.StateCancelled); ok {
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+
+		vncSendString(c, command)
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (*stepTypeBootCommand) Cleanup(multistep.StateBag) {}
+
+func vncSendString(c *vnc.ClientConn, original string) {
+	special := make(map[string]uint32)
+	special["<bs>"] = 0xFF08
+	special["<del>"] = 0xFFFF
+	special["<enter>"] = 0xFF0D
+	special["<esc>"] = 0xFF1B
+	special["<f1>"] = 0xFFBE
+	special["<f2>"] = 0xFFBF
+	special["<f3>"] = 0xFFC0
+	special["<f4>"] = 0xFFC1
+	special["<f5>"] = 0xFFC2
+	special["<f6>"] = 0xFFC3
+	special["<f7>"] = 0xFFC4
+	special["<f8>"] = 0xFFC5
+	special["<f9>"] = 0xFFC6
+	special["<f10>"] = 0xFFC7
+	special["<f11>"] = 0xFFC8
+	special["<f12>"] = 0xFFC9
+	special["<return>"] = 0xFF0D
+	special["<tab>"] = 0xFF09
+
+	shiftedChars := "~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:\"<>?"
+
+	// TODO(mitchellh): Ripe for optimizations of some point, perhaps.
+	for len(original) > 0 {
+		var keyCode uint32
+		keyShift := false
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(original, "<wait>") {
+			log.Printf("Special code '<wait>' found, sleeping one second")
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+			original = original[len("<wait>"):]
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(original, "<wait5>") {
+			log.Printf("Special code '<wait5>' found, sleeping 5 seconds")
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+			original = original[len("<wait5>"):]
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(original, "<wait10>") {
+			log.Printf("Special code '<wait10>' found, sleeping 10 seconds")
+			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+			original = original[len("<wait10>"):]
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for specialCode, specialValue := range special {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(original, specialCode) {
+				log.Printf("Special code '%s' found, replacing with: %d", specialCode, specialValue)
+				keyCode = specialValue
+				original = original[len(specialCode):]
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if keyCode == 0 {
+			r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(original)
+			original = original[size:]
+			keyCode = uint32(r)
+			keyShift = unicode.IsUpper(r) || strings.ContainsRune(shiftedChars, r)
+
+			log.Printf("Sending char '%c', code %d, shift %v", r, keyCode, keyShift)
+		}
+
+		if keyShift {
+			c.KeyEvent(KeyLeftShift, true)
+		}
+
+		c.KeyEvent(keyCode, true)
+		c.KeyEvent(keyCode, false)
+
+		if keyShift {
+			c.KeyEvent(KeyLeftShift, false)
+		}
+
+		// qemu is picky, so no matter what, wait a small period
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}

config.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const defaultConfig = `
 		"amazon-instance": "packer-builder-amazon-instance",
 		"digitalocean": "packer-builder-digitalocean",
 		"openstack": "packer-builder-openstack",
+		"qemu": "packer-builder-qemu",
 		"virtualbox": "packer-builder-virtualbox",
 		"vmware": "packer-builder-vmware"
 	},

plugin/builder-qemu/main.go

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

plugin/builder-qemu/main_test.go

+package main