packer CLI reference

ModularPipelines.Packer provides strongly typed access to the packer CLI.

Executable prerequisite

This package does not install the packer executable. Install it separately and ensure packer is available on PATH.

Follow the executable's official documentation for installation instructions.

Package installation

dotnet add package ModularPipelines.Packer

Resolve the service with context.Tools.Packer. Projects using C# 13 or another .NET language can use context.Tools.Get<ModularPipelines.Packer.Services.IPacker>() instead.

Module example

Resolve the service in a module, then select a command from the table below. A runnable example is omitted when no command has complete safety metadata:

var packer = context.Tools.Packer;

Commands

CLI command	Options record
packer build	PackerBuildOptions
packer console	PackerConsoleOptions
packer fix	PackerFixOptions
packer fmt	PackerFmtOptions
packer hcl2_upgrade	PackerHcl2UpgradeOptions
packer init	PackerInitOptions
packer inspect	PackerInspectOptions
packer plugins	PackerPluginsOptions
packer validate	PackerValidateOptions
packer verify-attestation	PackerVerifyAttestationOptions