Packer is used to build Custom Amazon Machine Images
$sh hardening.sh
reference: https://github.com/krishnamaram2/WebApp
step 1: clone repo
$git clone https://github.com/krishnamaram2/Image_Builder.git
step 2: enter src directory
$cd Image_Builder/src
step 3: enter access key and secret key
vi variables.json
{
"aws_access_key": "",
"aws_secret_key": "",
"region": "us-east-1"
}
Step 4: validate syntax
packer validate -var-file=variables.json builders.json
Step 5: Build custome AMI
packer build -var-file=variables.json builders.json