{"id":6391,"date":"2019-08-22T10:32:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T10:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=6391"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:01:07","slug":"how-to-overwrite-existing-aws-ec2-ami-with-packer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-overwrite-existing-aws-ec2-ami-with-packer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to overwrite Existing AWS EC2 AMI with Packer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the sample programs for overwrite Existing AWS EC2 AMI with Packer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ec2.json file with (force_deregister,force_delete_snapshot)<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># cat ec2.json<\/span>\n{\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"variables\"<\/span>: {\n      <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"var_ami_name\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"centos_ami_20171106\"<\/span>\n    },\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"builders\"<\/span>:\n    &#91;\n        {\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"type\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"amazon-ebs\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ami_name\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"{{user `var_ami_name`}}\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"region\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ap-northeast-1\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"source_ami\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ami-30ef0556\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"instance_type\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"t2.micro\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"force_deregister\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"force_delete_snapshot\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ssh_keypair_name\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"aws_v2\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ssh_private_key_file\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/tmp\/aws_v2.pem\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ssh_username\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ec2-user\"<\/span>,\n            <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"tags\"<\/span>: {\n               <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"srv\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"packer\"<\/span>,\n               <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"name\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"base\"<\/span>\n            }\n        }\n    ],\n  <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"provisioners\"<\/span> : &#91;{\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"type\"<\/span> : <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ansible\"<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"user\"<\/span> : <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ec2-user\"<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"playbook_file\"<\/span> : <span class=\"hljs-string\">\".\/ansible\/packer_base.yml\"<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ansible_env_vars\"<\/span>:\n    &#91; \n       <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False\"<\/span>,\n       <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s'\"<\/span>,\n       <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=True\"<\/span>,\n       <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"AMI_NAME={{user `var_ami_name`}}\"<\/span>\n    ]\n  }]\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_26983\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_56645\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_26983\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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