erp-next-me / erpnext-vm

Configuration for the Build Server that generates ERPNext VMs and Vagrant Box

ERPNext VM Builder

Steps to build a vm image

• Install VirtualBox
• Download and place a base.ova ubuntu base image in the current directory.
• Download packer binary from and place in the current directory
• ./packer build vm.json builds a new Production vm.
• ./packer build vm-develop.json builds a new Development vm and a Vagrant Box.

How it works

Packer imports the base image in a virtual machine and boots it. It runs the following

• scripts/install_ansible.sh sets up ansible on the vm.
• The ansible/vm.yml playbook sets up the dependencies, installs a bench and sets up a site. It also sets up production if needed.
• scripts/set_message.sh sets welcome message (with update instructions) in the vm.
• scripts/zerofree.sh writes zero to all the free space in the disk, it shrinks the disk image.
• Vagrantfile is the configuration that is used for the Vagrant Box

For a build server

Running the build.py script builds the VMs and puts them in ~/public. It also creates md5 hash files for every VM created.