Packer 0.8 Windows Example on AWS

setup_winrm.txt

<powershell>
winrm quickconfig -q
winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="300"}'
winrm set winrm/config '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}'

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM 5985" protocol=TCP dir=in localport=5985 action=allow
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM 5986" protocol=TCP dir=in localport=5986 action=allow

net stop winrm
sc config winrm start=auto
net start winrm

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope LocalMachine
</powershell>

template.json

{
    "builders": [{
        "type": "amazon-ebs",
        "region": "us-east-1",
        "source_ami": "ami-c01102a8",
        "instance_type": "m3.medium",
        "ami_name": "windows-ami {{timestamp}}",
        "user_data_file": "{{template_dir}}/setup_winrm.txt",

        "communicator": "winrm",
        "winrm_username": "Administrator"
    }],

    "provisioners": [
        {
            "type": "powershell",
            "inline": [
                "dir c:\\"
            ]
        }
    ]
}