Best Image Builder in Market
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We mainly use packer for creating Images on the fly with required tunning and use it with Our Configuration management tools or any IAC tool. We integrate Packer with multiple frameworks such as Chef or Puppet to install and configure the software. It acts for me as Machine Image As A Code. The main scope for us to use Packer is to automate our Image creation process and get away from the Golden Image concept so that we can bring Updated images in an automated way.
Pros
- Multi-provider portability
- Greater testability
- Super fast infrastructure deployment
Cons
- Manageability
- Manageability
- Manageability
Most Important Features
- Appliance/Demo Creation
- Dev/Prod Parity
- Super fast infrastructure deployment
Return on Investment
- Super fast infrastructure deployment
- Quick turnaround of infrastructure in multiple cloud using single tool.
- Increase productivity by reducing time in infrastructure building.
Alternatives Considered
Azure DevOps Services, Jenkins and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Other Software Used
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, by HashiCorp, Jenkins
