USING FORCE_DEREGISTER ADDED IN V1.1.2, IT WAS VERIFIED WHETHER AWS EC2 AMI CAN BE OVERWRITTEN. THE PROCESS IS TO DELETE THE AMI WITH THE SAME NAME AND THEN CREATE A NEW AMI. IN THIS VERIFICATION, BY USING FORCE_DELETE_SNAPSHOT TOGETHER, DO NOT LEAVE GARBAGE OF OLD AMI.
Here is the sample programs for overwrite Existing AWS EC2 AMI with Packer
ec2.json file with (force_deregister,force_delete_snapshot)
# cat ec2.json
{
"variables": {
"var_ami_name": "centos_ami_20171106"
},
"builders":
[
{
"type": "amazon-ebs",
"ami_name": "{{user `var_ami_name`}}",
"region": "ap-northeast-1",
"source_ami": "ami-30ef0556",
"instance_type": "t2.micro",
"force_deregister": "true",
"force_delete_snapshot": "true",
"ssh_keypair_name": "aws_v2",
"ssh_private_key_file": "/tmp/aws_v2.pem",
"ssh_username": "ec2-user",
"tags": {
"srv": "packer",
"name": "base"
}
}
],
"provisioners" : [{
"type" : "ansible",
"user" : "ec2-user",
"playbook_file" : "./ansible/packer_base.yml",
"ansible_env_vars":
[
"ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False",
"ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s'",
"ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=True",
"AMI_NAME={{user `var_ami_name`}}"
]
}]
}
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