The profile key defines which profile Packer uses to access the AWS API, as you understood correctly.
iam_instance_profile just sets the IamInstanceProfile of the EC2 Instance packer launches. Can you share your template, I thing there is a simple error. On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:02 PM Steven Hirschorn <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a way I can use both *profile* and *iam_instance_profile* keys > simultaneously in a Packer template? I'd like the initial launch of the > temporary EC2 instance to use the local AWS CLI credentials (which we are > referencing already in a packer template using the *profile* key) but the > temporary EC2 instance to use an instance profile for the build scripts > when running locally on that instance. > > With *profile* alone, Packer uses the AWS CLI profile specified to launch > the EC2 instance (though the instance doesn't have credentials > cross-account to access an S3 bucket I need it to access) > > With *profile* and *iam_instance_profile* it complains: > "InvalidParameterValue: Value (<profilename>) for parameter > iamInstanceProfile.name is invalid" > > Note that the profile name quoted is the AWS CLI profile name (the > *profile* value, not the *iam_instance_profile* value. > > Is it expected behaviour that *profile* and *iam_instance_profile* are > mutually exclusive? > > Thanks, > Steven > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/56d7ccfb-5c80-4f55-9574-35eeeceaee2f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/56d7ccfb-5c80-4f55-9574-35eeeceaee2f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt-LdKJemo6mG2-aj6v3DsGbO6mWJXNZ55yb6idEem7UZA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
