When you develop automation, for example, PowerShell Desired State configuration resources, where do you test them?
If the answer is locally on your machine or a remote Virtual Machine platform, you are missing out on some opportunities of speed and reduction in your development and test cycle time. (View Highlight)
This is where Packer by HashiCorp can help. Packer is a tool for creating machine images from a single configuration source. You store the entire image creation process as code, so images are always built the same way, this way, instead of having to ship entire VM templates over the internet, you can just keep your Packer configuration in source control and anyone in your team can build their own templates. (View Highlight)