1.8.1 (May 27, 2022)
NOTES:
- All bundled plugins have been updated to their latest release to address any
open issues pertaining to the legacy SSH key algorithm fix made to the
Packer plugin SDK.
GH-11761
GH-11802
- This release contains the latest golang.org/x/crypto/ssh module which
implements client authentication support for signature algorithms based on
SHA-2 for use with existing RSA keys. Previously, a client would fail to
authenticate with RSA keys to servers that reject signature algorithms
based on SHA-1.
FEATURES:
- New Datasource HTTP datasource retrieves information from a HTTP
endpoint to be used during Packer builds.
GH-11658
PLUGINS:
External plugins have been pinned to the following versions. Please see their
respective changelogs for details on plugin specific bug fixes and
improvements.
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Bump hcp-sdk-go to latest version.
GH-11763
- Plugins installed via the
packer plugins install command will now
automatically load for builds using HCL2 templates without a
required_plugins block.
GH-11712
- Plugins installed via the
packer plugins install command will now
automatically load for builds using JSON templates.
GH-11712
BUG FIXES:
- Bump github.com/hashicorp/go-getter to fix the untarring of OVA files
regression. GH-11675
- Bump github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk to address legacy SSH key
algorithms in SSH communicator.
GH-11774
GH-11754