Packer AWS AMI Builder

---
name: aws-ami-builder
description: Build Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Packer using the amazon-ebs builder. Use when creating custom AMIs for EC2 instances.
---

# AWS AMI Builder

Build Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) using Packer's `amazon-ebs` builder.

**Reference:** [Amazon EBS Builder](https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/integrations/hashicorp/amazon/latest/components/builder/ebs)

> **Note:** Building AMIs incurs AWS costs (EC2 instances, EBS storage, data transfer). Builds typically take 10-30 minutes depending on provisioning complexity.

## Basic AMI Template

```hcl
packer {
  required_plugins {
    amazon = {
      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon"
      version = "~> 1.3"
    }
  }
}
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