Packer template

template.json

{
  "variables": {
    "aws_access_key": "{{env `AWS_ACCESS_KEY`}}",
    "aws_secret_key": "{{env `AWS_SECRET_KEY`}}",
    "source_ami": "{{env `AWS_SOURCE_AMI`}}"
  },
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "amazon-ebs",
      "access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}",
      "secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}",
      "region": "us-east-1",
      "source_ami": "{{user `source_ami`}}",
      "instance_type": "t2.medium",
      "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
      "ami_name": "consul-{{timestamp}}",
      "communicator": "ssh",
      "ssh_pty": true,
      "ami_description": "Consul server image",
      "ami_virtualization_type": "hvm",
      "tags": {
        "os": "ubuntu16",
        "storage": "ebs",
        "image": "consul"
      }
    }
  ],
  "push": {
    "name": "saj/consul",
    "base_dir": "../../",
    "vcs": false,
    "exclude": [
      "packer_cache",
      "output-virtualbox-iso",
      ".git"
    ]
  },
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "shell",
      "scripts": [
        "build/scripts/apt_upgrade.sh",
        "build/scripts/install_ansible.sh"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "ansible-local",
      "playbook_file": "ansible/playbooks/consul.yml",
      "inventory_groups": "consul",
      "playbook_dir": "ansible/playbooks/"
    }
  ],
  "post-processors": [
    {
      "type": "atlas",
      "artifact": "saj/consul",
      "artifact_type": "aws.ami",
      "metadata": {
        "created_at": "{{timestamp}}"
      }
    }
  ]
}