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 -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to packer-tool+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/ea501630-7e60-43aa-a543-cb60f90cbaa5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.