Docker image for running Packer commands in Azure Pipelines container job

⚠️ This repository is deprecated

This image is no longer maintained. Packer is now part of azure-pipelines-janus in our new monorepo: swissgrc/docker-azure-pipelines.

Migration:

# Old
ghcr.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-packer:<tag>
docker.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-packer:<tag>

# New
ghcr.io/swissgrc/azure-pipelines-janus:<tag>

Timeline:

• 2026-05-01 — Deprecated, repository archived (read-only)
• 2026-07-01 — Container images on ghcr.io and docker.io will be deleted. All existing tags remain available until this date.
• 2026-09-01 — This repository will be deleted from GitHub

Questions about migration? Please use the Discussions on the new repository.

Docker image to run Packer commands in Azure Pipelines container jobs.

Usage

This image can be used to run Packer commands in Azure Pipelines container jobs.

Azure Pipelines Container Job

To use the image in an Azure Pipelines Container Job, add one of the following example tasks and use it with the container property.

The following example shows the container used for a deployment step with a Packer command

  - stage: deploy
    jobs:
      - deployment: buildPacker
        container: swissgrc/azure-pipelines-packer:latest
        environment: smarthotel-dev
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - bash: |
                    packer build .

Included Software

• swissgrc/azure-pipelines-azurecli:net10 as base image
• Packer

Tags

Tag	Description	Size
latest	Latest stable release (from main branch)
unstable	Latest unstable release (from develop branch)
x.y.z	Image for a specific version of Packer