erozario / packer-build-ami-example

Just an example of how to use packer with aws

Packer Build AMI Example

Just an example of how to use packer with aws

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/erozario/packer-build-ami-example.git

Requirements

• Packer (https://www.packer.io/intro/getting-started/install.html)
• Ansible roles used in playbook.yml previously installed

Example Template

{
    "variables": {
        "aws_access_key": "",
        "aws_secret_key": ""
    },
    "builders": [{
        "type": "amazon-ebs",
        "access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}",
        "secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}",
        "region": "us-east-1",
        "source_ami": "ami-c58c1dd3",
        "instance_type": "t2.micro",
        "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
        "ami_name": "name_{{timestamp}}",
        "vpc_id": "vpc-fa123d9h",
        "subnet_id": "subnet-1248214f",
        "associate_public_ip_address": true,
        "tags": {
        "Name": "name"
        }
    }],
    "provisioners": [{
        "type": "ansible",
        "playbook_file": "./playbook.yml"
    }, {
        "type": "shell",
        "inline": [
            "sudo rm -rf /root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
        ]
    }]
}

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  roles:
    - {role: erozario.zabbix-agent, zabbix_url: localhost}

Execute

$ packer build template.json 

License

MIT

Author Information

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-rozario/