packer_1.5_example_1.hcl

# folder/sources.pkr.hcl
source "amazon-ebs" "example" {
    ami_name = "packer-partyparrot-{{timestamp}}"
    region = "us-east-1"
    instance_type = "t2.micro"
    source_ami_filter {
        filters {
          virtualization-type = "hvm"
          name =  "ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*"
          root-device-type = "ebs"
        }
        owners = ["amazon"]
        most_recent = true
    }
    communicator = "ssh"
    ssh_username = "ubuntu"
}

# folder/build.pkr.hcl
// A build starts sources and runs provisioning steps on those sources.
build {
  sources = [
    // there can be multiple sources per build
    "source.amazon-ebs.example"
  ]
  // All provisioners and post-processors have a 1:1 correspondence to their
  // current layout. The argument name (ie: inline) must to be unquoted
  // and can be set using the equal sign operator (=).
  provisioner "shell" {
    inline = ["sleep 5"]
  }
  provisioner "shell-local" {
    inline = ["echo the address is: $PACKER_HTTP_ADDR and build name is: $PACKER_BUILD_NAME"]
  }
}