Packer on Windows Server 2019

Packer by HashiCorp allows you to create server images for AWS and other cloud platforms. Create identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is lightweight and is highly performant, creating machine images for multiple platforms in parallel. Packer does not replace configuration management like Chef or Puppet. In fact, when building images, Packer is able to use tools like Chef or Puppet to install software onto the image.

Packer installs and configures all the software for a server at the time the image is built. If there are bugs in these scripts, they will be caught early, rather than several minutes after a machine is launched. The image creation is fully automated and faster.

Packer Features:
Automate the creation of AWS server images
Pre bake images with software & configuration
Uses WinRM or SSH to build images
Build images for other cloud platforms in parallel
Use Packer with your CI/CD Automation
Use scripts to automate any server config
AWS KMS integration
Fast infrastructure deployment
Detailed logging, detect issues faster
Build any os, server or container type

Disclaimer: Packer is a registered trademark of HashiCorp, Inc and is licensed under Mozilla Public License v2. No warrantee of any kind, express or implied, is included with this software.

Amazon EC2 running Microsoft Windows Server is a fast and dependable environment for deploying applications using the Microsoft Web Platform. Amazon EC2 enables you to run compatible Windows-based solutions on AWS' high-performance, reliable, cost-effective, cloud computing platform.