Add custom information to the packer default output

[dennis....@immediate.co.uk]

**Help wanted/Guidance** 

_Tools we are using_

+ Packer

+ AWS

+ Jenkins

After packer builds an image in AWS, besides the default information packer outputs about the AMI, we are trying to add more information to that output like the custom tags we have added to help identify the AMI in AWS.

**_Goal:_** The plan is to reference that file within Jenkins and use it for another part of the build.

Had a look and have not been able to find a way to do this. Has anyone done this before or is there a way to add more information to that default output.

An example of what the file might look like:

{

  uuid: 00000000

  ...

  ..

  environment:  development

  version:  3.0.0

  software:  jenkins 

}

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

if I understand this correctly, you want to use that information during the packer build.

looks very similar to a var file, it may need some format update, but you could check into the var file

Alvaro.

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[Rickard von Essen]

Also check the manifest post-processor. It will writ out a json with information about the build, such as region and ami-id with those you can use the aws cli to read any properties of the AMI.

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[dennis....@immediate.co.uk]

Hi Alvaro, not the var file. I want to use the output after packer runs to do something else. 

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[dennis....@immediate.co.uk]

Hi Rickard, yes I want to use the information spat out by packer after it has finished the building the ami.

So you recommend using a post processor script to fetch that information?

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[Rickard von Essen]

There is a manifest post-processor which creates a json file with information about the artifacts. With that another script executing in your pipeline get the information you need. 

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