Merge pull request #123 from smerrill/headless-documentation

website: Document 'headless' option for Fusion and VBox
This commit is contained in:
Mitchell Hashimoto
2013-07-02 21:26:37 -07:00
2 changed files with 12 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ Optional:
how to optimize the virtual hardware to work best with that operating
system.
* `headless` (bool) - Packer defaults to building VirtualBox
virtual machines by launching a GUI that shows the console of the
machine being built. When this value is set to true, the machine will
start without a console.
* `http_directory` (string) - Path to a directory to serve using an HTTP
server. The files in this directory will be available over HTTP that will
be requestable from the virtual machine. This is useful for hosting
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ Optional:
OS type, VMware may perform some optimizations or virtual hardware changes
to better support the operating system running in the virtual machine.
* `headless` (bool) - Packer defaults to building VMware
virtual machines by launching a GUI that shows the console of the
machine being built. When this value is set to true, the machine will
start without a console. For VMware machines, Packer will output VNC
connection information in case you need to connect to the console to
debug the build process.
* `http_directory` (string) - Path to a directory to serve using an HTTP
server. The files in this directory will be available over HTTP that will
be requestable from the virtual machine. This is useful for hosting