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

You can also use packerVersion to specify the Packer release you would like to use.

Input Parameters

Name	Description	Mandatory	Default
packerVersion	Version of Packer will be used	No	latest
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:
          packerVersion: '1.6.4'
          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