{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/869","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/869/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/869/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/869/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/869","id":26678751,"number":869,"title":"Add support for building from an existing Vagrant box","user":{"login":"aseigneurin","id":4038960,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4038960?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin","html_url":"https://github.com/aseigneurin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aseigneurin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/labels/+1","name":"+1","color":"009800"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":79,"created_at":"2014-01-31T12:43:48Z","updated_at":"2016-05-09T22:43:50Z","closed_at":null,"body":"It's quite complex to build a Vagrant box from an ISO file. You need to know the boot sequence and the preseed. Both of these are hardly readable.\r\n\r\nSometimes, we just need to build a box out of an existing Vagrant box. It would be great if Packer had a pre-processor that would take, in input, a Vagrant box, and would then feed the \"virtualbox-ovf\" builder. Alternatively, this could be another builder.\r\n\r\nThat would add the ability to provision a pre-built Vagrant box, then repackage it as a Vagrant box.\r\n\r\nIdeally, the Vagrant box in input could be taken from the local context or from a URL (e.g. a box from http://www.vagrantbox.es/).\r\n\r\nDoes it make sense?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/comments/218011804","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/869#issuecomment-218011804","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/869","id":218011804,"user":{"login":"bcg62","id":4848198,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4848198?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62","html_url":"https://github.com/bcg62","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bcg62/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-09T22:43:50Z","updated_at":"2016-05-09T22:43:50Z","body":"+1 need this."}}