This should work:
"tags": {
"based_on_ami": "{{.SourceAMI}}"
}
On Jul 12, 2017 15:38, "Matt Brewster" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Most of my builders look up an AMI based on a source_ami_filter. I'd like
> to tag the created AMI with the source AMI ID so there's an audit of the
> hierarchy. The documentation states:
>
> tags <https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html#tags> (object
>> of key/value strings) - Tags applied to the AMI and relevant snapshots.
>> This is a template engine
>> <https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/engine.html> where the SourceAMI
>> variable
>> is replaced with the source AMI ID and BuildRegion variable is replaced
>> with the value of region.
>
>
> So far I have tried:
>
> {
> "variables": {
> "SourceAMI": ""
> },
> "builders": [
> {
> "type": "amazon-ebs",
> "region": "eu-west-2",
> "instance_type": "t2.small",
> "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
> "ami_name": "root-{{timestamp}}",
> "source_ami": "ami-11130775",
> "tags": {
> "based_on_ami": "{{user `SourceAMI`}}"
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
>
> {
> "builders": [
> {
> "type": "amazon-ebs",
> "region": "eu-west-2",
> "instance_type": "t2.small",
> "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
> "ami_name": "root-{{timestamp}}",
> "source_ami": "ami-11130775",
> "tags": {
> "based_on_ami": "{{user `SourceAMI`}}"
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
>
> {
> "builders": [
> {
> "type": "amazon-ebs",
> "region": "eu-west-2",
> "instance_type": "t2.small",
> "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
> "ami_name": "root-{{timestamp}}",
> "source_ami": "ami-11130775",
> "tags": {
> "based_on_ami": "{{`SourceAMI`}}"
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
>
> {
> "builders": [
> {
> "type": "amazon-ebs",
> "region": "eu-west-2",
> "instance_type": "t2.small",
> "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
> "ami_name": "root-{{timestamp}}",
> "source_ami": "ami-11130775",
> "tags": {
> "based_on_ami": "{{`.SourceAMI`}}"
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
>
> So far none of these have worked. Can someone point me in the right
> direction please..?
>
> Thanks
> Matt
>
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