I managed to get this done by getting the value of ami_name in builders
section using jq, and passing it as it is, to 'execute_command' under
provisioners section. Since execute_command also
honors user variables, it is working fine. Thanks Alvaro.
On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 7:48:25 PM UTC+5:30, sibi das wrote:
>
> The problem is dynamic variables. For eg. for below section, the exact
> name of ami will be known only during build time.
>
> "builders":[{
> ...
> ...
> "ami_name": "packer-quick-start {{*timestamp*}}"
> }]
>
>
> On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 7:09:35 PM UTC+5:30, Alvaro Miranda
> Aguilera wrote:
>>
>> why not getting it from the metadata in the script ?
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 1:13 PM, sibi das <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I need the AMI name of the image being built. The target AMI name or you
>>> can say the futuristic value. The same name that we see in packer logs :
>>> *Prevalidating
>>> AMI Name: ******
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 5:20:12 PM UTC+5:30, Alvaro Miranda
>>> Aguilera wrote:
>>>>
>>>> you want the source ami from where this AMI was created?
>>>> or you want the current AMI of the running instance ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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