packer: Unknown builder hcloud

Question

I am running a Hashicorp builder script, which works fine on the machines of colleges, but it fails on my machine.

What could be the reason?

packer build foo/bar/controlPlane-hcloud-amd64.json

Error: Failed to initialize build "hcloud"

error initializing builder 'hcloud': Unknown builder hcloud

Answer 1

I guess you are using the new version (1.9.x) while your colleges use the old version.

You need to install the builder first. In your case:

packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/hcloud