Packer

Packer 1.14.3 on Ubuntu 22.04 with Free Maintenance Support by ATH Infosystems

This AWS Marketplace AMI provides a self-managed HashiCorp Packer environment for teams that build, harden, and version machine images across AWS and multi-cloud environments. The image is packaged and validated by ATH Infosystems to deliver a predictable, repeatable runtime for image-pipeline automation on Amazon EC2.

It is designed for engineering teams that want complete control over image builds, security, CI/CD integration, and artifact lifecycle management, rather than relying on vendor-hosted build services.

What This AMI Is (and What It Is Not)

This offering is:

• A ready-to-run Packer build workstation or pipeline node on EC2
• Fully self-managed inside your AWS account
• Based on the upstream open-source Packer distribution
• Suitable for production image-pipeline workflows
• Not a hosted build service or abstracted platform

You retain full access, full responsibility, and complete flexibility over your pipelines and images.

Common Engineering Use Cases

Teams typically deploy this AMI for:

• Building golden AMIs for application, bastion, and database instances
• Hardening OS images with CIS or organizational security baselines
• Creating ECS and EKS node images with pre-baked runtimes
• Producing immutable infrastructure artifacts for regulated environments
• Integrating image builds into CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Jenkins

This AMI is commonly used by Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Cloud Automation teams.

Base System and Runtime

• Operating system: Ubuntu LTS
• Packer binary: Latest stable upstream release
• Pre-installed CLI utilities required for build workflows
• Support for WinRM, SSH, and cloud-init-based provisioning

The AMI is intentionally kept close to upstream defaults, making it easy for engineers already familiar with Packer to operate.

Deployment Model on AWS

• Runs entirely inside your VPC
• Works with IAM instance roles, security groups, and Route 53
• Can operate as a single build node or as part of a fleet
• Integrates cleanly with CI/CD runners and automation pipelines
• Supports AMI snapshot lifecycle management and artifact versioning

Teams often pair this AMI with AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Spinnaker for build orchestration.

Security and Control

• No external control plane; all builds run inside your AWS account
• Supports KMS-encrypted artifacts and secure networking boundaries
• Logs remain under your control via CloudWatch, ELK, or SIEM pipelines
• Suitable for regulated, air-gapped, and internal enterprise environments

Operations and Observability

• Compatible with CloudWatch logging and metrics
• Supports snapshot-based rollback and environment cloning
• Stable and predictable runtime behavior across environments
• Designed for repeatable builds and drift-free pipelines

You decide when updates and version changes are applied.

Why Teams Choose ATH Infosystems AMIs

• Built for engineers, not just installers
• Validated for deployment consistency and reproducibility
• Designed to integrate seamlessly with real-world DevOps pipelines
• Helps standardize images, reduce configuration drift, and accelerate infrastructure delivery on AWS