Packer Template post-processor

Create templated files for post-process images. For example, a Terraform config file that includes the built AMIs.

Usage

Add the post-processor to your packer template:

{
    "post-processors": [
      {
        "type": "template",
        "template_file": "test.tfvars",
        "output_file": "out.tfvars"
      }
    ]
}

Check out amazon_test.json and docker_test.json for examples. The Docker test is not particularly useful but it does run quickly for testing purposes.

Installation

Run:

$ go get github.com/saymedia/packer-post-processor-template
$ go install github.com/saymedia/packer-post-processor-template

Add the post-processor to ~/.packerconfig:

{
  "post-processors": {
    "template": "packer-post-processor-template"
  }
}

Tests

STEP 0:

Install packer-post-processor-template as detailed above.

STEP 1:

Create a file called amazon_test_variables.json with the contents similar to (use your own AWS values of course):

{
    "AWS_VPC_ID": "vpc-2421cc41",
    "AWS_SUBNET_ID": "subnet-49c78e2a",
    "AWS_SG_ID": "sg-4a57f80b",
    "AWS_AMI_ID": "ami-ca9d798e",
    "AWS_REGION": "us-west-1"
}

STEP 2:

Make sure Docker is running.

STEP 3:

Run:

$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY='<YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY>'
$ export AWS_SECRET_KEY='<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_KEY>'
$ ./test.sh