Yes it works, but your example is a bit wrong. It should be like this:
{
"variables": {
"ami_name": "Default name",
"ami_description": "Default description"
},
"builders": [{
...
"ami_name": "{{ user `ami_name` }},
"ami_description": "{{ user `ami_description` }},
...
}]
}
And then:
packer build -var ami_name=Test -var ami_description=testdescription
template.json
On 17 May 2018 at 13:03, <t3e...@gmail.com> wrote:
> can anyone advise if you are able to use ami_description as a user
> variable,
>
> e.g.
>
> "variables": {
> "AMIName": "{{`AMIName`}}",
> "ami_description": "{{`AMIDescription`}}",
> },
>
>
> and then pass
>
> packer build \ -var 'AMIName=Test' \ -var 'ami_description=testdescription'
> \ template.json
>
>
>
>
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