The ami built when running amazon-chroot "from_scratch" is a completely new AMI based on a empty EBS volume.
This picture for one of my presentation might shed some light over how it works https://github.com/rickard-von-essen/packer-talk/blob/master/aws-ug-1/presentation/images/08-9_Chroot.jpg You can watch the presentation at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXd5ingQ3SE ~ 20 mins in, I'll go through how the chroot builder works (the sound is really bad) The presentation also contains a example of building Arch Linux from scratch: https://github.com/rickard-von-essen/packer-talk/tree/master/aws-ug-1/examples#arch-linux---chroot-arch-linux-from-scratchjson (This was not presented in the youtube vide above since I was running out of time) On 16 December 2016 at 12:25, <nanda...@hifx.co.in> wrote: > Thanks for the reply Rickard von Essen, > > I am bit confused about AMI Builder chroot build from scratch . I am > running the build from scratch json inside ec2 instance , need to know > whether he new ami created is the ami of ec2 instance in which I am > running the json or its a new ami. > > Thanks > > On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 12:39:56 PM UTC+5:30, nand...@hifx.co.in > wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> New to packer , need to know whether there is an option to build ami of >> running aws ec2 instance? >> >> Thanks >> > > ------------------------------ > IMPORTANT: This is an e-mail from HiFX IT Media Services Pvt. Ltd. Its > content are confidential to the intended recipient. If you are not the > intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error > and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this > e-mail is strictly prohibited. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone > other than its intended recipient, nor may it be copied in any way. If > received in error, please email a reply to the sender, then delete it from > your system. > > Although this e-mail has been scanned for viruses, HiFX cannot ultimately > accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan > attachments (if any). > > > Before you print this email or attachments, please consider the negative > environmental impacts associated with printing. > > -- > 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 packer-tool+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/packer-tool/2440025b-f754-41fd-b5fa-ada1fcb01557%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/2440025b-f754-41fd-b5fa-ada1fcb01557%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 packer-tool+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt8%3DNgkogsRZdpNd%2BA-hBD5pvOzM9CRmAiVGrSbDCkC4vg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
