Packer Plugin Tart

The Tart multi-component plugin can be used with HashiCorp Packer to create custom macOS images. For the full list of available features for this plugin see docs.

[!IMPORTANT]

macOS 15 (Sequoia)

In case you've upgraded and encountering an issue below:

ssh: connect to host [...] port 22: No route to host

This is likely related to the newly introduced "Local Network" permission on macOS Sequoia and the fact that GitLab Runner's binary might have no LC_UUID identifier, which is critical for the local network privacy mechanism.

We've already submitted a fix to Packer, but the next release is planned for Jan, 2025.

For now, you can use a nightly version of Packer.

We have a tracking issue for this, so don't hesitate to ask any questions and subscribe to get updates.

Installation

Using pre-built releases

Using the packer init command

Starting from version 1.7, Packer supports a new packer init command allowing automatic installation of Packer plugins. Read the Packer documentation for more information.

To install this plugin, copy and paste this code into your Packer configuration . Then, run packer init.

packer {
  required_plugins {
    tart = {
      version = ">= 1.11.1"
      source  = "github.com/cirruslabs/tart"
    }
  }
}

Manual installation

You can find pre-built binary releases of the plugin here. Once you have downloaded the latest archive corresponding to your target OS, uncompress it to retrieve the plugin binary file corresponding to your platform. To install the plugin, please follow the Packer documentation on installing a plugin.

From Sources

If you prefer to build the plugin from sources, clone the GitHub repository locally and run the command go build from the root directory. Upon successful compilation, a packer-plugin-tart plugin binary file can be found in the root directory. To install the compiled plugin, please follow the official Packer documentation on installing a plugin.

Configuration

For more information on how to configure the plugin, please read the documentation located on the HashiCorp's website.

Contributing

• If you think you've found a bug in the code or you have a question regarding the usage of this software, please reach out to us by opening an issue in this GitHub repository.
• Contributions to this project are welcome: if you want to add a feature or a fix a bug, please do so by opening a Pull Request in this GitHub repository. In case of feature contribution, we kindly ask you to open an issue to discuss it beforehand.