arwineap/packer-resource repository overview

⁠Packer Build Resource

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

⁠Source Configuration

• aws_access_key_id: Required. Your AWS access key ID.

• aws_secret_access_key: Required. Your AWS secret access key.

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

⁠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: jdub/packer-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