trying to add katana to base box build

base/packer/not-working_build.sh

@@ -31,8 +31,19 @@ fi
 # generating samurai.json packer template
 scripts/util/template_alterations.py
 
-# compressing config folder
-pushd ./scripts/build/ || exit 1 && tar -czvf config.tgz config && popd
+# folders to compress
+folder_array=(
+  './scripts/build/:config'
+  '../../:katana'
+)
+
+for array_item in "${folder_array[@]}" ; do
+  path_to_folder="${array_item%:*}"
+  folder_to_compress="${array_item##*:}"
+  # compressing folder
+  pushd "${path_to_folder}" || exit 1 && tar -czvf "${folder_to_compress}.tgz" "${folder_to_compress}" && popd
+
+done
 
 # building vagrant box
 packer validate -only=virtualbox-iso -var-file variables.json samurai.json |& tee build.log

base/packer/scripts/build/install/samuraiwtf.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
       dest: /opt/
       mode: 0744
 
+  - name: Copy katana files to opt/samurai
+    unarchive:
+      src: /tmp/katana.tgz
+      dest: /opt/
+      mode: 0744
+
   - name: Install dconf
     apt:
       name: 
@@ -95,16 +101,18 @@
         - docker-ce
       update_cache: yes
     ignore_errors: yes
-  # - name: Create necessary folders
-  #   file:
-  #     path: '{{ item }}'
-  #     state: directory
-  #   loop:
-  #     - '{{ main_folder }}/katana'
-  #     - '{{ main_folder }}/samurai'
-  #     - '{{ main_folder }}/targets'
-  #   vars:
-  #     - main_folder: '/opt'
+  - name: Create necessary folders
+    file:
+      path: '{{ item }}'
+      state: directory
+    loop:
+      # will get created by packer uploading folder
+      # - '{{ main_folder }}/katana'
+      - '{{ main_folder }}/samurai'
+      # currently gets created already
+      # - '{{ main_folder }}/targets'
+    vars:
+      - main_folder: '/opt'
 
 
   - import_tasks: menu-tasks.yml

base/packer/scripts/util/template_alterations.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 install_dir = '{}'.format(build_script)
 # config_dir = '../../'
 # install_dir = '../../'
+project_root = '../../'
+katana_dir = '{}'.format(project_root)
 base_box_name = 'samuraiwtf-base_box'
 
 # start each section with a pre-defined message and it's name
@@ -190,11 +192,21 @@ def prov_alterations(json_obj):
     prov_list.append(
         {
             'type': 'file',
-            'source': config_dir + '/config.tgz',
+            'source': '{}/config.tgz'.format(config_dir),
             'destination': '/tmp/config.tgz'
         }
     )
 
+    ### need to add the following provisions
+    ## FILE: upload compressed config files to /tmp
+    prov_list.append(
+        {
+            'type': 'file',
+            'source': '{}/katana.tgz'.format(katana_dir),
+            'destination': '/tmp/katana.tgz'
+        }
+    )
+
     ## ANSIBLE: run all the samurai scripts
     prov_list.append(
         {