How to do it...

In this recipe, we'll create a temporary machine and install Packer. Then, we'll create the necessary configuration files for Packer to create an image running PHP:

  1. To run Packer, let's first create a Debian GNU/Linux 9 instance with Read/Write access to Compute Engine and Full access to Storage:
  1. SSH into the newly-created machine and install Packer (the binaries are available in packer.io):
$ cd ~$ sudo apt-get install unzip$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.2.2/packer_1.2.2_linux_amd64.zip$ unzip packer_1.2.2_linux_amd64.zip$ lspacker packer_1.2.2_linux_amd64.zip$ ./packerUsage: packer [--version] [--help] ...

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