Automating Image Creation with HashiCorp Packer for DevOps - Useful Features of Provisioners

The video tutorial covers various features of provisioners in Packer, including running provisioners on specific builds, using build-specific overrides, handling errors with the on error provisioner, introducing pauses, and implementing retries and timeouts. These features help customize and manage the provisioning process across different platforms like AWS, Azure, and VMware, ensuring that the necessary tools and configurations are applied appropriately.

What considerations should be made when installing platform-specific tools?

What are the benefits of using build specific overrides in provisioners?

Explain the purpose of the on error provisioner.

How can introducing a pause before executing a provisioner be beneficial?

What is the function of retries in provisioners?

In what scenarios would you need to use the Max retries parameter?

Describe how timeouts can be utilized in provisioners.