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