Learning HashiCorp Packer

Contents

• Introduction Introduction

  • Stop manually creating images and start using Packer

    1m 2s
  • What you should know

    52s
• 1. Getting to Know Packer 1. Getting to Know Packer

  • What is Packer?

    2m 13s
  • Installing Packer

    1m 25s
  • The Packer workflow and components

    2m 14s
  • The Packer CLI

    1m 8s
  • Challenge: Inspect a Packer template

    48s
  • Solution: Inspect a Packer template

    4m 41s
• 2. Baking a Website Image for EC2 2. Baking a Website Image for EC2

  • Select an AWS AMI base

    2m 31s
  • Automate AWS AMI base build

    3m 28s
  • Using build variables

    6m 55s
  • Provision Hello World

    1m 59s
  • Provision a basic site

    3m 40s
  • Challenge: Provision a MariaDB server

    40s
  • Solution: Provision a MariaDB server

    3m 45s
• 3. Customization with a Config Management Tool 3. Customization with a Config Management Tool

  • Simplify provisioning with a config tool

    3m 43s
  • Use ansible to install the webserver

    3m 30s
  • Debugging

    2m 40s
  • Challenge: Use Ansible to provision the MariaDB server

    50s
  • Solution: Use Ansible to provision the MariaDB server

    3m 31s
• 4.  Building Hardened Images 4.  Building Hardened Images

  • Use Ansible modules to harden our image

    3m 16s
  • Baking a Jenkins image

    4m 57s
  • Challenge: Use Ansible to harden the MariaDB server

    1m 2s
  • Solution: Use Ansible to harden the MariaDB server

    4m 5s
• 5.  Building a Pipeline for Packer Image 5.  Building a Pipeline for Packer Image

  • Validate Packer templates

    1m 21s
  • Create a manifest profile

    1m 23s
  • Testing

    2m 1s
  • CI pipeline

    2m 10s
  • Challenge: Make a pipeline for the MariaDB server

    1m 10s
  • Solution: Make a pipeline for the MariaDB server

    4m 26s
• Conclusion Conclusion

  • Next steps

    26s