Hi,

Really sorry to be asking this because I can see there are previous 
threads, e.g. "Configuring size of root volume on EC2" but they actually 
don't provide a clear answer and neither do the docs.

I'm building an AMI using the amazon-ebs builder. The reference AMI is a 
Debian stretch image with an 8GB root volume. The source images use 
/dev/xvda1 as the root partition.

I'd like my packer image to have a much larger volume, e.g. 40GB. Previous 
threads indicate this should be possible by adding:

        "ami_block_device_mappings": [ {
            "device_name": "/dev/xvda",
            "volume_size": 40,
            "delete_on_termination": true
        } ],
        "launch_block_device_mappings": [ {
            "device_name": "/dev/xvda",
            "volume_size": 40,
            "delete_on_termination": true
        } ]

It's not clear to me what the distinction between 
 ami_block_device_mappings and launch_block_device_mappings is. What what I 
understand of the docs they should be used when I want to add additional 
devices beyond the root vol, but the discussion in the other thread 
suggests using the code above is used to modify the root volume size.

I don't fully understand what it's doing, but more to the point, I can't 
make it work.

The reference image boots from /dev/xvda1, so presumably I need 

"device_name": "/dev/xvda" 


but that throws this error:

The device 'xvda' is used in more than one block-device mapping

So, what device should I use is the source AMI is using /dev/xvda1 as root 
partition and what the difference between the two mappings?

(I know I may need to deal with fs resize, but I'll get to that when it's a 
problem)

Many Thanks,

Rich

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