Practical Packer: Learn Hashicorp Packer with a Real Project

Automate the creation of a WordPress hosting machine image (AMI) in Amazon's Cloud (AWS)

Practical Packer: Learn Hashicorp Packer with a Real Project

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Automate the creation of a WordPress hosting machine image (AMI) in Amazon's Cloud (AWS)

In this course, you'll learn how to turn existing server configuration scripts into a Packer build project which creates a fully-configured machine image that you can use on Amazon's cloud. It's a simple, real-life project that shows you how Packer is REALLY used in the Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps world.


By the time you're done, you'll have automated an image build for a server that hosts a WordPress site.


You will learn:

  1. How to install Packer

  2. How to create and structure a simple Packer template to build an a machine image on AWS

  3. How to think about turning existing commands/procedures into scripts, and how to use those scripts in your Packer workflow.

  4. How to create VMs (AWS Instances) from the machine image you created with Packer.


Who Are You?

  • You're a Linux, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Software Engineer who wants to automate server image builds.

  • You have some basic command-line skills (Linux, Windows, or OS X).

  • You know how to clone a project from GitHub and edit code in a text editor.

  • You want to learn more practical DevOps skills.

  • You want to automate image builds as a first step to making Infrastructure configuration part of a CI/CD pipeline.

  • You're just curious about what a small, but real-world Packer project looks like.


Who am I?

  • I've been doing Linux, Cloud Infrastructure, Software Development, and DevOps/SRE for almost 15 years.

  • I've taught hundreds of thousands of people tech skills on my YouTube channel.

  • I want to teach important skills in a useful, no-BS way that gives you practical skills that you can immediately apply to real-world projects, in job interviews, or to get promoted.


Take a look! I'm excited to see you inside.