Packer AMI Builder Template

packer_ami_build.json

{
    "variables": {
        "region": "eu-central-1"
    },
    "builders": [
        {
            "profile": "<AWS_CRED_PROFILE_NAME>",
            "ami_name": "Gitlab-Runner-{{timestamp}}",
            "instance_type": "t2.micro",
            "vpc_id": "<VPC_ID>",
            "subnet_id": "<PUBLIC_SUBNET_ID>",
            "source_ami_filter": {
              "filters": {
              "virtualization-type": "hvm",
              "name": "amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20200406.0-x86_64-ebs",
              "root-device-type": "ebs"
              },
              "owners": ["137112412989"],
              "most_recent": true
            },
            "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
            "type": "amazon-ebs"
        }
    ],
    "provisioners": [
        {
            "type": "shell",
            "script": "./provision.sh"
        }
    ]
}