tool_reqs

Requirements

Build system

Any Linux distribution can be used to build the contextualization packages and appliances. However it is probably easier to meet the dependencies below either with a deb based system (e.g. Debian or Ubuntu) or with Fedora.

Software Dependencies

Linux Context Packages

• Ruby
• fpm Ruby gem. Use gem install
• dpkg
• rpm

Windows Context Packages

• latest msitools
• binary nssm.exe [present]
• binary rhsrvany.exe [optional]
• mkisofs

Image Building

• make
• Packer >= 1.9.4
• cloud-utils
• qemu-utils (includes qemu-img)
• guestfs-tools (includes virt-sysprep)

It is recommended to install the latest version of Packer from Hashicorp official repositories. As a dependency, the Qemu Packer plugin will be installed as part of the build process.