vkantchev / aws-ec2-ami-packer

Build AWS Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with Packer

aws-ec2-ami-packer

Build AWS Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with Packer

Setup for macOS

Make sure you do this setup first:

1. Setup macOS for AWS Cloud DevOps

2. AWS Authentication

3. Install Packer via Homebrew:

   # install
   brew tap hashicorp/tap
   brew install hashicorp/tap/packer
   
   # verify
   packer -help

Development

Configure the project:

source configure.sh

Format configuration:

packer fmt .

Validate configuration:

packer validate .

Build

packer build .

Test

This script will launch an instance from the AMI and run tests on it:

./test.sh

Cleanup

Deregister the AMI image and delete ALL image snapshots.

./cleanup.sh

How to create a new project

# create main.pkr.hcl
cat << 'EOF' > main.pkr.hcl
packer {
  required_plugins {
    amazon = {
      version = ">= 1.2.8"
      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon"
    }
  }
}
EOF

# initialize the project
packer init .