Logstash AWS AMI with Packer

Install Packer and add it to your PATH.

Create your logstash AMI in AWS, using your access and secret keys.

This also installs Consul. This will need to be configured separately as it would be a good idea to join an existing consul cluster.

packer build \
  -var 'aws_access_key=your_key' \
  -var 'aws_secret_key=your_secret' \
  -var 'aws_vpc_id=your_vpc_id' \
  -var 'aws_subnet_id=your_subnet_id' \
  logstash.json

packer build -var-file='packer_vars.json' logstash.json

Extra variables exposed:

aws_source_ami (defaults to ami-69631053)
aws_region (defaults to ap-southeast-2)
aws_instance_type (defaults to t2.small)
aws_vpc_id (default)
aws_subnet_id (none)
ami_name_prefix (defaults to logstash)
elastic_version (defaults to 1.5.1)
consul_version (defaults to 0.5.2)
consul_template_version (defaults to 0.10.0)

###Troubleshooting

Make sure you have set the AWS region and the correct source AMI (Ubuntu 14.x recommended) for that region

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Logstash AWS AMI with Packer