Overview of the Issue
When attempting to translate an existing JSON build configuration into the HCL2 syntax, I have a builders block in the old style like so:
builders": [
{
"name": "base-ubuntu",
"type": "amazon-ebs",
"ami_name": "rhm/ubuntu/base-{{timestamp}}",
// ...
"subnet_filter": {
"filters": {
"tag:Name": "gateway-vpc-private*"
},
"random": true
}
// ...
]But it is unclear how to translate the subnet_filter block, as : is not a valid HCL2 identifier character and identifiers cannot be quoted.
Reproduction Steps
- Create an HCL2 configuration as in the example below
- Attempt to run
packer build on it
Packer version
Packer v1.5.1
Simplified Packer Buildfile
Example
source "amazon-ebs" "base-ubuntu" {
ami_name = "rhm/ubuntu/base-${timestamp}"
ami_users = ["xxx"]
region = "us-east-1"
instance_type = "m5.large"
ebs_optimized = true
ena_support = true
source_ami_filter {
owners = ["099720109477"]
most_recent = true
filters {
virtualization-type = "hvm"
name = "ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server-*"
root-device-type = "ebs"
}
}
communicator = "ssh"
ssh_username = "ubuntu"
ssh_keypair_name = "gateway"
ssh_agent_auth = true
ssh_interface = "private_ip"
subnet_filter {
random = true
filters {
"tag:Name" = "gateway-vpc-private*"
}
}
tags {
Name = "Ubuntu Base"
Packer = "true"
BuiltAt = "${isotime}"
Platform = "Ubuntu"
Release = "18.04"
}
}
build {
sources = ["source.amazon-ebs.base-ubuntu"]
provisioner "ansible" {
playbook_file = "${pwd}/ansible/base.yml"
galaxy_file = "${pwd}/ansible/requirements.yml"
groups = ["base"]
extra_arguments = [
"--vault-password-file",
".vault-password",
]
}
}
Operating system and Environment details
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OS: 64bit Mac OS X 10.15.2 19C57
Kernel: x86_64 Darwin 19.2.0
Uptime: 1d 12m
Packages: 130
Shell: zsh 5.7.1
Resolution: 1920x1080 ,1080x1920
DE: Aqua
WM: Quartz Compositor
WM Theme: Blue
Disk: 11G / 251G (19%)
CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 / Radeon Pro 555X
RAM: 8944MiB / 16384MiB
Log Fragments and crash.log files
With example as above:
2020/02/03 09:26:42 [INFO] Packer version: 1.5.1 [go1.13.5 darwin amd64]
2020/02/03 09:26:42 Attempting to open config file: /Users/jlindsey/.packerconfig
2020/02/03 09:26:42 [WARN] Config file doesn't exist: /Users/jlindsey/.packerconfig
2020/02/03 09:26:42 Setting cache directory: /Users/jlindsey/projects/packer/packer_cache
Error: Invalid argument name
on builds/base.pkr.hcl line 29, in source "amazon-ebs" "base-ubuntu":
29: "tag:Name" = "gateway-vpc-private*"
Argument names must not be quoted.
2020/02/03 09:26:42 Build debug mode: false
2020/02/03 09:26:42 Force build: false
2020/02/03 09:26:42 On error:
2020/02/03 09:26:42 Waiting on builds to complete...
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
2020/02/03 09:26:42 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.
on builds/base.pkr.hcl line 29, in source "amazon-ebs" "base-ubuntu":
29: "tag:Name" = "gateway-vpc-private*"
Argument names must not be quoted.
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
2020/02/03 09:26:43 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...
Overview of the Issue
When attempting to translate an existing JSON build configuration into the HCL2 syntax, I have a builders block in the old style like so:
But it is unclear how to translate the
subnet_filterblock, as:is not a valid HCL2 identifier character and identifiers cannot be quoted.Reproduction Steps
packer buildon itPacker version
Packer v1.5.1Simplified Packer Buildfile
Example
Operating system and Environment details
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Log Fragments and crash.log files
With example as above: