Packer Build Resource

A Concourse CI resource to build new Amazon Machine Images (AMI) via Packer

Note: This fork includes ansible for use as a provisioner.

Original by jdub!

Source Configuration

• aws_access_key_id: Your AWS access key ID.

• aws_secret_access_key: Your AWS secret access key.

• region: Required. The AWS region to search for AMIs.

If aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key are not provided packer will use credentials provided by the worker's IAM profile, if it has one.

Behaviour

out: Build a new AMI

Parameters

• template: Required. The path to the packer template.
• var_file: Required. The path or list of paths to a external JSON variable file.

All other parameters will be passed through to packer as variables.

Example

resource_types:
- name: packer
  type: docker-image
  source:
    repository: gaahrdner/packer-ansible-resource

resources:
- name: build-ami
  type: packer
  source:
    aws_access_key_id: "..."
    aws_secret_access_key: "..."
    region: ap-southeast-2

jobs:
- name: my-ami
  plan:
  - put: build-ami
    params:
      template: packer_template.json
      var_file:
         - secrets.json
         - foo.json