Packer build action

This action runs packer build. Forked from https://github.com/riznob/packer-build-action

Inputs

templateFile

Optional Packer template file to use for packer build. Default "packer-template.json".

varFile

Optional Var file to use for packer build. Default "packer-vars.json".

workingDir

Optional Directory where the packer template and var file reside. Default ".".

Outputs

Example usage

To configure the action simply add the following lines to your .github/workflows/packer-build.yml workflow file:

name: Run packer build on a template file

on:
  push:
    branches:
        - 'master'
jobs:
  packer_build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Packer build
        uses: riznob/packer-build-action@v1.1
        with:
          templateFile: 'packer-template.json'
          varFile: 'packer-vars.json'
          workingDir: '.'
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-west-2