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  1. Courses
  2. A Packer Primer
  3. Launching an Instance
  1. Ansible Provisioner
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  3. Launching an Instance

Launching an Instance

We'll use the AMI we just created and create a new EC2 instance from it. Then we see if our little application will run based on our configuration.

Using Packer

  • 1

    Introduction

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

  • 2

    Packer Configuration Basics

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

  • 3

    Builders

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

  • 4

    AWS Configuration

    We cover configuring AWS credentials locally.

  • 5

    Shell Provisioner

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

  • 6

    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.

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