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CRYSTAL-AMI

Crystal Report Server AWS AMI using Packer

Install required tools using Home brew and Pip

Install Packer

brew install packer
packer --version

Install Yacker

pip install matildapeak-yacker
yacker --version

Packer project structure

bin: Unix/Powershell scripts that needs to be executed and copied in AMI
resources: any artifacts that needs to be in AMI

Packer Lifecycle

Validate → Inspect → Build

Validate: check that a template is valid

# If using Packer:
packer validate packer.json

# If using Yacker:
yacker validate packer.yml

Inspect: see components of a template

# If using Packer:
packer inspect packer.json

# If using Yacker:
yacker inspect packer.yml

Build: build image(s) from template

# If using Packer:
packer build packer.json

# If using Yacker:
yacker build packer.yml

Variables

Variable	Example Value	Description
`ACCESS_KEY`	AWSEXAMPLEACCESSKEY	AWS Access Key
`SECRET_KEY`	AWSEXAMPLESECRETKEY	AWS Secret Key
`REGION`	us-east-1	AWS Region where trying to create AMI
`SSH_KEY`	~/testkey.pem	SSH Key path trying to use for AMI and instances
`USERNAME`	NOTADMINEXAMPLE	Username for Windows Crystal Instance
`PASSWORD`	NOTADMINEXAMPLE	Password for Windows Crystal Instance
`SITE_BINDING_NAME`	xyz.domain.com	Domain URL to map IIS site to
`DEPLOY_USER_PASSWORD`	DEPLOYEXAMPLE	Password for Deploy User of Windows Crystal Instance

Set Environment Variables

export USERNAME=NOTADMINEXAMPLE
export PASSWORD=NOTADMINEXAMPLE
export SSH_KEY=~/testkey.pem
export ACCESS_KEY=AWSEXAMPLEACCESSKEY
export SECRET_KEY=AWSEXAMPLESECRETKEY
export REGION=us-east-1
export SITE_BINDING_NAME=xyz.domain.com
export DEPLOY_USER_PASSWORD=DEPLOYEXAMPLE