4271.txt

<powershell>
winrm quickconfig -q
winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="2048"}'
winrm set winrm/config '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}'

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM 5985" protocol=TCP dir=in localport=5985 action=allow
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM 5986" protocol=TCP dir=in localport=5986 action=allow

net stop winrm
& c:\windows\system32\sc.exe config winrm start= auto
net start winrm

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope LocalMachine
</powershell>

packer.json

{
    "builders": [
        {
            "access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}",
            "ami_name": "Win2016-PackerElevatedOutputBug",
            "associate_public_ip_address": true,
            "communicator": "winrm",
            "force_deregister": true,
            "instance_type": "t2.small",
            "region": "us-east-1",
            "secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}",
            "source_ami": "ami-b06249a7",
            "type": "amazon-ebs",
            "user_data_file": "4271.txt",
            "windows_password_timeout": "20m",
            "winrm_username": "Administrator"
        }
    ],
    "provisioners": [
        {
            "inline": [
                "net user adminuser SuperS3cr3t /ADD",
                "net localgroup Administrators adminuser /add"
            ],
            "type": "powershell"
        },
        {
            "elevated_password": "SuperS3cr3t",
            "elevated_user": "adminuser",
            "inline": "write-output 'Hello. This output should appear in the log during the packer run'",
            "type": "powershell"
        }
    ],
    "variables": {
        "aws_access_key": "{{env `AWS_ACCESS_KEY`}}",
        "aws_secret_key": "{{env `AWS_SECRET_KEY`}}"
    }
}