Create Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with Packer

Included in the Provisioners

• JDK 11
• Tomcat 9

Configuration

Pre-requisites

• Packer
• Git
• Active AWS account

1. Clone this repo

$ git clone {repo link}

2. Validate the Packer AMI template.

$ packer validate ami.json

3. Build the AMI by giving the required information in command line. Make alterations on the variables as you need.

$ packer build \
    -var 'aws_access_key={your access key}' \
    -var 'aws_secret_key={your secret key}' \
    -var 'subnet_id={your subnet id}' \
    -var 'prod_account_id={your prod aws id}' \
    ami.json

or Build the AMI by filling in the vars.json file.

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