Objective

Automated creation an AWS AMI running Ubuntu with CIS Level 1 OS hardening for additional security. This repository uses Hashicorp Packer for building the AMI as per following diagram:

Prerequisites

Requirement	Description
Packer	Installation Instructions
Ubuntu Advantage Account	Create Account

Installation

1. create variables.pkrvars.hcl containing values for input variables in variable.pkr.hcl
2. Build using packer

packer build -var-file="variables.pkrvars.hcl" .