Packer Plugin IPSW

The IPSW data-source plugin can be used with HashiCorp Packer to fetch information about Apple device firmware, for example for building macOS images with Tart.

Installation

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

packer {
  required_plugins {
    ipsw = {
      version = ">= 0.1.5"
      source  = "github.com/torarnv/ipsw"
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can use packer plugins install to manage installation of this plugin.

$ packer plugins install github.com/torarnv/ipsw

Usage

To fetch information about the latest macOS release:

data "ipsw" "macos" {
  os = "macOS"
  version = "^14"
  device = "VirtualMac2,1"
}

Then use the result via e.g. ${data.ipsw.macos.version} or ${data.ipsw.macos.url}.

Configuration

For more information on how to configure the plugin, please read the documentation located here.

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 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.