- Lab
- A Cloud Guru
Building an Amazon EBS-Based Packer Image
Packer allows us to use JSON or HCL code to describe and generate machine images, such as AWS AMIs. In this lab, we'll explore using Packer alongside AWS, from initial key creation to final Packer build as we write a Packer template from scratch using the `amazon-ebs` builder and a selection of provisioners.
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Challenge
Create Access Key and Secret Key, Discover Subnet
- Navigate to IAM > Users, and click on our cloud_user.
- Click the Security credentials tab, and select Create access key. Make a note of the Access key ID and Secret access key.
- Navigate to VPC > Subnets, and copy the subnet ID.
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Challenge
Write Template Based on Provided Instructions
- Change to the
packer/booksitedirectory. - Create a
packer.jsonfile. - Write the template based on the details in the instructions.
- Change to the
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Challenge
Test the Build
Validate and run the build.
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