Overview
Packer on Ubuntu 22.04 with Free maintenance support by ATH.This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for support. Packer is a powerful, open-source tool designed by HashiCorp to streamline the process of creating machine images for multiple platforms in a consistent and automated manner. By using a single source configuration, Packer can generate images for various environments such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, VirtualBox, Docker, and more. This ensures that the images are identical and that deployment is predictable and repeatable, reducing the risk of configuration drift and simplifying the process of managing infrastructure as code. Packer integrates seamlessly with existing tools and workflows, making it a valuable addition to the DevOps toolkit for building and maintaining portable and reproducible environments.
Highlights
- Packer can create machine images for multiple platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, VirtualBox, and Docker from a single configuration file, ensuring consistency across different environments.
- By automating the creation of machine images, Packer reduces manual configuration tasks, minimizes errors, and speeds up the deployment process, making it an essential tool for DevOps practices.
- Packer integrates seamlessly with other tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Chef, enhancing existing workflows and enabling infrastructure as code practices to manage and deploy infrastructure in a consistent and repeatable manner.
Details
Typical total price
$0.115/hour
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
Free trial
Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.001 | $0.012 | $0.013 |
t2.small | $0.015 | $0.023 | $0.038 |
t2.medium | $0.015 | $0.046 | $0.061 |
t2.large | $0.015 | $0.093 | $0.108 |
t2.xlarge | $0.015 | $0.186 | $0.201 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.015 | $0.371 | $0.386 |
t3.nano | $0.015 | $0.005 | $0.02 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.015 | $0.01 | $0.025 |
t3.small | $0.015 | $0.021 | $0.036 |
t3.medium | $0.015 | $0.042 | $0.057 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
No Refund
Legal
Vendor terms and conditions
Content disclaimer
Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Try one unit of this product for 5 days. There will be no software charges for that unit, but AWS infrastructure charges still apply. Free Trials will automatically convert to a paid subscription upon expiration and you will be charged for additional usage above the free units provided.
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connect to your Virtual Machine via SSH and run the following command to update the package list and check the version:
sudo apt-get update
packer --version
Support
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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