sirishacyd/ami-to-build-redis

Redis AMI builder using Packer

This repository contains a simple example of using Packer to create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that runs Redis.

Prerequisites

To build the AMI, follow the below steps:

• Packer installed on your local machine
• An AWS account
• Your AWS access credentials (AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key)
• Git installed on local machine

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository to your local machine using Git:

   git clone [email protected]:sirishacyd/ami-to-build-redis.git
   

2. Navigate to the directory containing the repository:

   cd ami-to-build-redis.git
   

3. Set your AWS credentials as environment variables:

   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY=<your-aws-access-key>
   export AWS_SECRET_KEY=<your-aws-secret-key>
   export AWS_REGION=<aws-region> 
   

4. Validate the Packer template to make sure there are no errors:

   packer validate packer_template.json
   

5. If the template is valid, build the AMI using Packer:

   packer build packer_template.json
   

   • Packer will begin building the AMI. This may take a few minutes.

   • Once the build is complete, Packer will output the ID of the new AMI.

Log File For the AMI image Built done by packer

LogFile

AMI Built by Packer

==> Wait completed after 6 minutes 53 seconds

==> Builds finished. The artifacts of successful builds are:
--> amazon-ebs: AMIs were created:
ap-south-1: ami-06a1ded2dc005181d

Launching Instance with AMI that has redis built in using packer

Loginng in to the Instance using AMI we have built

ssh -i "test.pem" [email protected]

Running Redis Server

cd /home/redisbuilder/redis/src
./redis-server