That doesn't work I'm afraid, it creates the tag but the value is "<no
value>".
On Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:11:21 UTC+1, Rickard von Essen wrote:
>
> This should work:
>
> "tags": {
> "based_on_ami": "{{.SourceAMI}}"
> }
>
> On Jul 12, 2017 15:38, "Matt Brewster" <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> 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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