Building an base image (Amazon Machine Image (AMI)) using Packer

 Requirement:

Create and upload a new ubuntu image (AMI) in amazon cloud using packer and version control.

Steps Involved: 

1. Create a free-tier account with aws.amazon.com
2. Install packer in your local system
3. Configure the aws user account to authenticate from packer
4. Define and Create the base config for building a base image using package HCP format
5. Run the packer utility and pass the config file.
6. Validate the first base image in was management console.