chadbrewbaker / ami-builder-packer

An example of an AMI Builder using CI/CD with AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, Hashicorp Packer and Ansible.

Purpose

This Packer AMI Builder creates a new AMI out of the latest Amazon Linux AMI.

TODO - write a build diagram with yEd and insert it here.

Source code structure

├── ansible
│   ├── playbook.yaml                       <-- Ansible playbook file
│   ├── requirements.yaml                   <-- Ansible Galaxy requirements containing additional Roles to be used (CIS, Cloudwatch Logs)
│   └── roles
│       ├── common                          <-- Upgrades all packages through ``yum``
├── buildspec.yml                           <-- CodeBuild spec 
├── packer_cis.json                         <-- Packer template

CDK Deployment to AWS Batch

TODO - Deployment of the AMI to AWS Batch for automated testing and developer use with ssh/vscode.

HOWTO

Before you start

• Either have your application code in an S3 bucket or an AWS supported git host.
• Make sure your CodeBuild instance S3 read/write access.
• Make sure your CodeBuild instance has permissons set for enhanced privlidges so it can run Docker containers.

Documentation

• Packer for EC2

• AWS ImageBuilder - Why not get rid of Packer and use the AWS builder?