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Packer AMI Builder

v0.3

Packer AMI Builder

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Packer AMI Builder

Use GitHub Action to execute Packer AMI build

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Packer AMI Builder

              
  uses: zmingxie/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in zmingxie/packer-ami-builder

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Packer AMI Builder

Use GitHub Action to execute Packer build commands. This supports both HCL and JSON packer template files.

For HCL Mode, set packerArgs to build . to load all .pkr.hcl files within the dir. To use the override variable file, set packerArgs to build -var-file=overrides.pkrvars.hcl

Input Parameters

Name Description Mandatory Default
packerArgs Arguments that will be passed down to the packer command Yes
workDir Working directory inside the container No .

Example

Create a workflow file (e.g .github/workflows/ami-build.yaml) like below:

name: Build an AMI using Packer

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'master'
jobs:
  packer-ami-build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Packer AMI Build
        uses: zmingxie/packer-ami-builder@master
        with:
          packerArgs: 'build template.json'
          workDir: '.'
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1