I've done a few retrospectives over the years, but I haven't often written about my plans for the coming year. It's time that I changed my approach. Besides, one of my plans is already in the oven and should be baked soon!
It's been some time since I first released the Packer Provisioner for Salt. I have recently released an update with a roadmap item completed. Think of it as an end of year gift!
As a long time user of Salt and HashiCorp Packer, I wanted to combine these two technologies. My Packer plugin for Salt is the result. Find out more about it!
If you're including the Salt Minion in a template then it can be worth delaying the salt-minion service start to prevent conflicts with cloud-init or other guest customization. This article shows you how.