Aspect Workflows Starter Images

Collection of packer scripts to create machine images for use with Aspect Workflows used to build Aspect Workflows starter images for AWS and GCP.

Tip

These open source packer scripts may also be used as references for building custom machine images for Aspect Workflows.

Variants

minimal

These include the minimal dependencies required by Workflows. Not all dependencies are listed in all Packer files, as some distributions base images have these dependencies already installed.

gcc

This adds gcc on top of the minimal Workflows dependencies.

docker

This adds docker on top of the minimal Workflows dependencies.

kitchen-sink

This adds docker, gcc and other deps such as make on top of the minimal Workflows dependencies.

AWS AMIs

AWS AMI packer files are found under the /aws directory.

To build AMS AMI's, first run packer init. This is only required once.

./tools/packer init aws/<distro>/<variant>.pkr.hcl"

Then run packer build passing the desired version and region as arguments.

./tools/packer build -var "version=<version>" -var "region=<region> aws/<distro>/<variant>.pkr.hcl"

You may also need to pass arguments -var "vpc_id=<vpc_id>" and -var "subnet_id=<subnet_id>" arguments if there is no default vpc in the region.

Pass -var "encrypt_boot=true" if you would like to build the AMI with an encrypted boot drive.

By default we create amd64 (aka x86_64) AMI's but arm64 images can be created by specifying the argument -var "arch=arm64"

For example,

bazel run //:packer -- build -var "version=1-0-0" -var "region=us-west-2" aws/al2/minimal.pkr.hcl

GCP images

To build GCP images, first run packer init. This is only required once.

bazel run //:packer -- init gcp/<distro>/<variant>.pkr.hcl"

Then run packer build, passing the desired version, project & zone as arguments:

bazel run //:packer -- build -var "version=<version>" -var "project=<project-name> -var "zone=<zone>" gcp/<distro>/<variant>.pkr.hcl

By default we create amd64 (aka x86_64) images but arm64 images can be created by specifying the argument -var "arch=arm64"

For example,

bazel run //:packer -- build -var "version=1-0-0" -var "project=my-project" -var "zone=us-east5-a" gcp/debian-11/minimal.pkr.hcl