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Get AMI ID from a packer build
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Complete example to get the ami_id from a packer build using HCL sintaxis with a manifest post-processor and jq. | |
The manifest post-processor writes a JSON file with a list of all of the artifacts packer produces during a run | |
` | |
packer { | |
required_plugins { | |
amazon = { | |
version = ">= 0.0.2" | |
source = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon" | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
source "amazon-ebs" "ubuntu" { | |
ami_name = "custom-ami-{{timestamp}}" | |
instance_type = "t2.micro" | |
region = "eu-west-1" | |
source_ami_filter { | |
filters = { | |
name = "ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-*" | |
root-device-type = "ebs" | |
virtualization-type = "hvm" | |
} | |
most_recent = true | |
owners = ["099720109477"] | |
} | |
ssh_username = "ubuntu" | |
tags = { | |
Name = "my-app" | |
Os = "ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server" | |
} | |
} | |
build { | |
name = "custom-ami" | |
sources = ["source.amazon-ebs.ubuntu"] | |
post-processor "manifest" { | |
output = "manifest.json" | |
strip_path = true | |
} | |
} | |
` | |
Build the image: | |
` | |
$ packer build ami.pkr.hcl | |
` | |
Then just: | |
` | |
$ jq -r '.builds[0].artifact_id|split(":")[1]' ./manifest.json | |
` | |
Expected output: | |
` | |
ami-0dcbaf6794c89f392 | |
` | |
Packer still does not have a built-in method to spit out the id. |
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