Hashicorp Packer: Build a Windows server in AWS and manage with Ansible
I’m going to follow the steps from the Hashicorp website and create a customised Windows 2019 server and setup winrm, and set the Administrator password.
Once the AMI image is ready, were going to build an instance bases on our new AMI image, then get Ansible to setup the server for us.
Get your copy of the code from my GitHub page: https://github.com/dmccuk/packer_wind...
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This is the Hashicorp link. I'm made some updated to their code like the region in AWS. You can do the same one you clone the code.
Assumptions
I won’t be going into detail on these items:
I’m assuming your have already installed Packer!
I’m also assuming you know how to obtain and use the AWS access and Secret key from the AWS console.
Don’t worry if you don’t know how to do these steps. You can follow my previous video’s where I show you how to do this in details:
Build you’re first EC2 instance: • Getting started with AWS EC2 | Hands-...
Install Packer and create an AMI: • Introduction to DevOps Tools - Instal...
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If you have question, pop them in the comments and I’ll reply as soon as I can. Now, lets get down to it.
Steps
Create the required packer files
Create the AMI image
Build a windows server from the new AMI
Login to test credentials
Open the FW for winrm-HTTPS
Test with Ansible win_ping to confirm connectivity
Now run my test playbook
Let me know how you get on!
Remember to remove all resources
Now that the demo has worked, I'm going to destroy my EC2 instance, the AMI image we created and the snapshot. This way I won't be charged by AWS for any of these resource sticking around. I advise you to do the same as you don't want to be spending any money you don't need to.
Follow my demo and I'll show you how to do all of the steps.
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