Packer build image on AWS - Part III

Packer integration with Ansible

Pre-requirement

Don't forget to install ansible

• Install pip

# apt-get install python-pip

• Install ansible

# pip install ansible==2.8.3

• Check ansible version

# ansible --version
ansible 2.8.3

Create Ansible Directory

Packer
├── ISO_Ubuntu_Server_xenial_16.04.6.json
├── ansible
│   ├── all.yml
│   ├── ansible.cfg
│   └── roles
│       └── install-offical-nginx
│           ├── README.md
│           ├── defaults
│           │   └── main.yml
│           ├── files
│           ├── handlers
│           │   └── main.yml
│           ├── meta
│           │   └── main.yml
│           ├── tasks
│           │   └── main.yml
│           ├── templates
│           ├── tests
│           │   ├── inventory
│           │   └── test.yml
│           └── vars
│               └── main.yml
├── http
│   └── preseed.cfg
└── output

13 directories, 12 files

• Check ansible.cfg file

[defaults]
inventory      = ./inventory
roles_path      = ./roles
host_key_checking = False
retry_files_enabled = False
gathering = smart

fact_caching = jsonfile
fact_caching_connection = ./cache
fact_caching_timeout = 60

#strategy = mitogen_linear
#strategy_plugins = ./mitogen/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy/

callback_whitelist = profile_tasks
[callback_profile_tasks]
task_output_limit = 60


[privilege_escalation]
become=True
become_user=root

• Check all.yml file

---
- hosts: all
  become: True
  roles:
  - install-offical-nginx

• Check ISO_Ubuntu_Server_xenial_16.04.6.json file

{
  "variables":{
  "vm_description": "Ubuntu Server Image",
  "vm_version": "0.0.1",
  "cpus": "2",
  "memory": "2048",
  "disk_size": "8192",
  "vm_name": "ubuntu",
  "iso_url": "http://ftp.ubuntu-tw.org/mirror/ubuntu-releases/16.04.6/ubuntu-16.04.6-server-amd64.iso",
  "iso_checksum": "16afb1375372c57471ea5e29803a89a5a6bd1f6aabea2e5e34ac1ab7eb9786ac",
  "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
  "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
  "ssh_password": "ubuntu",
  "s3_bucket_name": "packer-images"
  },
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "ansible",
      "user": "ubuntu",
      "playbook_file": "./ansible/all.yml"
    }
  ],
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "virtualbox-iso",
      "output_directory": "builds",
      "format": "ova",
      "guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
      "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
      "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
      "iso_checksum_type": "{{user `iso_checksum_type`}}",
      "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}",
      "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_password`}}",
      "ssh_port": 22,
      "ssh_wait_timeout": "2000s",
      "disk_size": "{{user `disk_size`}}",
      "keep_registered": "true",
      "shutdown_command": "echo {{user `ssh_password`}} | sudo -S shutdown -P now",
      "vboxmanage": [
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "{{user `cpus`}}"],
        ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "{{user `memory`}}"]
      ],
      "http_directory": "./http/",
      "boot_wait": "10s",
      "boot_command": [
        "<enter><wait><f6><esc><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
        " /install/vmlinuz<wait>",
        " noapic<wait>",
        " preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/preseed.cfg auto<wait>",
        " locale=en_US<wait>",
        " kbd-chooser/method=us<wait>",
        " keyboard-configuration/modelcode=pc105<wait>",
        " keyboard-configuration/layout=US<wait>",
        " keyboard-configuration/variant=US<wait>",
        " netcfg/get_hostname=ubuntu<wait>",
        " fb=false <wait>",
        " debconf/frontend=noninteractive<wait>",
        " console-setup/ask_detect=false<wait>",
        " initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <wait>",
        "<enter><wait>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "post-processors": [
    {
      "type": "amazon-import",
      "keep_input_artifact": true,
      "s3_bucket_name": "{{user `s3_bucket_name`}}",
      "ami_name": "ubuntu-16.04.6",
      "license_type": "BYOL",
      "tags": {
        "Description": "Packer Import "
      }
    }
  ]
}

Check ISO_Ubuntu_Server_xenial_16.04.6.json is validated via Packer

• Check the file is validate via Packer CLI

# packer validate ISO_Ubuntu_Server_xenial_16.04.6.json
Template validated successfully.

You can build right now.