--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-1.0
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2017 The Linux Foundation and others.
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+##############################################################################
+echo "---> packer-install.sh"
+# The script checks for the packer binaries and installs the binary
+# if its not available
+
+# $PACKER_VERSION : Define a packer version passed as job paramter
+
+PACKER_VERSION="${PACKER_VERSION:-1.0.2}"
+
+# Ensure we fail the job if any steps fail.
+set -eu -o pipefail
+# Default packer binary made available on the build image
+packer_bin="/usr/local/bin/packer.io"
+
+if hash "$packer_bin" 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "packer.io command is available."
+else
+ echo "packer.io command not is available. Installing packer ..."
+ # Installs Hashicorp's Packer binary, required for verify & merge packer jobs
+ pushd packer
+ wget "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
+ mkdir -p "${WORKSPACE}/bin"
+ unzip "packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip" -d ${WORKSPACE}/bin/
+ # rename packer to avoid conflict with binary in cracklib
+ mv ${WORKSPACE}/bin/packer "${WORKSPACE}/bin/packer.io"
+ popd
+fi