A Packer Primer

Use Packer to build server images with everything you need, configured how you want.

We'll use these base images in other courses.

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Only what you need.

Automate your infrastructure by creating server images with exactly what you need on them. Your application, your dependencies - ready to go at a moments notice.

Auto-scaling your applications means having servers ready to go.
See how to get that done.

The Modules

Using Packer

Introduction

We see what Packer can do for us, and install it.

Packer Configuration Basics

We cover basic Packer configuration common to any project, and setup some variables.

Builders

We talk about Builders, which tell Packer what base images build upon.

AWS Configuration

We cover configuring AWS credentials locally.

Shell Provisioner

We talk about Provisioning, which run commands and customize the AMI. We start with the simple "shell" provisioner.

Ansible Provisioner

We use a more advanced provisioner to setup our server with Ansible.

Launching an Instance

We use our latest AMI and launch an instance with it.