AWS AMI for CSYE 6225

Template to build AWS AMI using Hashicorp Packer for CSYE 6225 course in Fall 2020

Usage

Validate template

packer validate ami.json

Build AMI

Required variables:

• aws_access_key
• aws_secret_key
• aws_region
• source_ami
• ami_users
• ssh_username

using vars params

packer build \
    -var 'aws_access_key=REDACTED' \
    -var 'aws_secret_key=REDACTED' \
    -var 'aws_region=us-east-1' \
    -var 'source_ami=REDACTED' \
    -var 'ami_users=REDACTED' \
    -var 'ssh_username=ubuntu' \
    ami.json

or

using vars file

create vars-local.json from vars.json and provide appropriate values for variables

packer build -var-file=./vars-local.json ami.json

Author

Deepansh Sachdeva (NUID 001399788)