README.md

Building Demo Images

The code which built all of the images is in the packer directory. The Packer code is there to enable customization of the demo, and view application configuration changes as you investigate Consul.

Packer File Layout

The AMI's can be adjusted using the following info:

• cd packer
  • Makefile - builds AMIs using Consul OSS
  • Makefile-ent - builds AMIs using Consul Enterprise
    • requires setting Terraform var consul_lic
• edit Makefile and adjust variables
  • CONSUL_VER - version of Consul to build into AMIs
  • AMI_PREFIX - default "consul-intro"
    • previously was "consul-demo" and used Enterprise bins
  • AMI_OWNER - specifies AWS AMI owner ID
• view & edit the packer templates (.json files)
  • adjust variables defined at the beginning of each template

Adjust Terraform

• change Terraform code if needed
  • if custom prefix used, change ami_prefix variable
  • set ami_owner variable
  • if using Enterprise AMIs, set consul_lic to v2 license

Build

The images can be built by following these steps:

• export the AWS_REGION to build AMIs
  • export AWS_REGION="us-west-2"
• use make to build all the aws images with command
  • make aws - build default Makefile
  • make -f Makefile-ent aws - build Enterprise makefile
• All images will be built and pushed to your AWS environment