Packer with ansible solution for AWS

server.json

"variables": {
        "profile": "aws1",
        "region": "eu-east-1",
        "type":"amazon-ebs",
        "ssh_keypair_name": "private",
        "ssh_private_key_file": "$HOME/.ssh/private.pem"

    },
    "provisioners": [
      {
        "type": "shell",
        "inline": [
          "echo '127.0.0.1 server server.aws' | sudo tee --append /etc/hosts",
          "sudo hostnamectl set-hostname server",
          "echo 'PATH=\"/root/bin:/root/.local/bin:$PATH\"' | sudo tee --append /root/.profile",
          "sudo shutdown -r now"
        ],
        "expect_disconnect": "true"
      },
        {
          "type": "ansible",
            "playbook_file": "../ansible/main.yml",
            "host_alias": "server",
            "extra_arguments": [ "--vault-password", "/ansible/vault_password", "--extra-vars" , "target=server env=live" ]
        }
      ],
      "builders": [{
        "type": "amazon-ebs",
        "access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}",
        "secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}",
        "region": "eu-west-1",
        "source_ami": "(put your ami base)",
        "instance_type": "m4.large",
        "ssh_username": "admin",
        "ssh_keypair_name": "{{user `ssh_keypair_name`}}",
        "ssh_private_key_file": "{{user `ssh_private_key_file`}}",
        "ami_name": "Server {{timestamp}}",
        "tags": {
          "Name": "Server"
        }
    }],
    "post-processors": [
      {
        "type": "manifest",
        "output": "manifestserver.json",
        "strip_path": true
      }]
  }