feat(packer/bake-callable-update): add custom host config path as a n…

…ew cli-option (#277) * doc(packer-template): added quick-use guide * feat(packer-template): add custom host config path as a new cli-option
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diff --git a/packer-templates/README.md b/packer-templates/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,22 @@ There is a dedicated blog post for the basic/advanced use cases using this Packe
 
 ![](https://github.com/TechProber/cloud-estate/blob/master/packer-templates/assets/screenshot.png?raw=true)
 
+## Quick Use
+
+```bash
+# check usage
+./bake -h
+
+# bake vm template
+export HOST_CONFIG=[HOST_CONFIG]
+export PACKER_VAR_FILE=[PACKER_VAR_FILE]
+# e.g.
+# export HOST_CONFIG=~/workspace/vsphere-hub/packer/config.json
+# export PACKER_VAR_FILE=~/workspace/vsphere-hub/packer/vars/pve-03-ubuntu-2204.json
+
+./bake -i 9000 -t cn-ubuntu-2204-server -n prod-ubuntu-2204-server-template -c $HOST_CONFIG -f $PACKER_VAR_FILE
+```
+
 ## References
 
 - [Creating proxmox templates with packer - Aaron Berry](https://dev.to/aaronktberry/creating-proxmox-templates-with-packer-1b35)

diff --git a/packer-templates/bake b/packer-templates/bake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ build_type=
 only=false
 only_opt=
 var_file=
+host_config=
 
 # Proxmox Builder
 
@@ -109,7 +110,9 @@ while getopts ":hai:t:n:b:f:d:" opt; do
     n|--name) vm_name=$OPTARG;;
     # specify custom-build build type
     b|--build) build_type=$OPTARG;;
-    # specify packer var-file path
+    # specify host config path, e.g: ./config.json
+    c|--config) host_config=$OPTARG;;
+    # specify packer var-file path, e.g: ./vars/ubuntu-2204.json
     f|--var-file) var_file=$OPTARG;;
     # specify custom iso-data path
     d|--iso-data) iso_data=$OPTARG;;
@@ -126,14 +129,15 @@ done
 [[ ! -z "$build_type" ]] && template="${build_type}-custom-${template}" || template=$template
 [[ ! -z "$build_type" ]] && build_type=$build_type || build_type="base"
 [[ ! -z "$var_file" ]] && var_file=$var_file || var_file="./vars/ubuntu-2204.json"
+[[ ! -z "$host_config" ]] && host_config=$host_config || host_config="./config.json"
 
 # --- Main Operation --- #
 
 echoW "Baking ${vm_name} template with packer\n"
 
 packer build -force \
   -var-file ${var_file} \
-  -var-file config.json \
+  -var-file ${host_config} \
   -var playbook_file="playbooks/${vm_type}.yml" \
   -var template_name=$vm_name \
   -var proxmox_api_password=$PM_PASS \