Image Builders Comparison #4
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| name: Image Builders Comparison | |
| on: | |
| workflow_dispatch: | |
| inputs: | |
| run_packer: | |
| description: 'Run Packer build' | |
| type: boolean | |
| default: true | |
| run_ec2_imagebuilder: | |
| description: 'Run EC2 Image Builder' | |
| type: boolean | |
| default: true | |
| env: | |
| AWS_REGION: us-west-2 | |
| permissions: | |
| id-token: write | |
| contents: read | |
| jobs: | |
| packer-build: | |
| name: HashiCorp Packer Build | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_packer == 'true' }} | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Checkout | |
| uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| - name: Configure AWS credentials | |
| uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4 | |
| with: | |
| aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }} | |
| aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }} | |
| aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }} | |
| - name: Setup Packer | |
| uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@main | |
| with: | |
| version: "1.9.4" | |
| - name: Get latest Ubuntu AMI | |
| run: | | |
| UBUNTU_AMI=$(aws ec2 describe-images \ | |
| --owners 099720109477 \ | |
| --filters \ | |
| "Name=name,Values=ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-22.04-amd64-server-*" \ | |
| "Name=state,Values=available" \ | |
| --query 'Images | sort_by(@, &CreationDate) | [-1].ImageId' \ | |
| --output text) | |
| echo "Found Ubuntu AMI: $UBUNTU_AMI" | |
| echo "UBUNTU_AMI=$UBUNTU_AMI" >> $GITHUB_ENV | |
| - name: Create Packer template | |
| run: | | |
| cat > packer-template.pkr.hcl << EOF | |
| packer { | |
| required_plugins { | |
| amazon = { | |
| source = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon" | |
| version = "~> 1" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| source "amazon-ebs" "ubuntu" { | |
| ami_name = "packer-demo-\${timestamp()}" | |
| instance_type = "t3.micro" | |
| region = "${{ env.AWS_REGION }}" | |
| source_ami = "${{ env.UBUNTU_AMI }}" | |
| ssh_username = "ubuntu" | |
| tags = { | |
| Name = "packer-demo-\${timestamp()}" | |
| Tool = "HashiCorp-Packer" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| build { | |
| sources = ["source.amazon-ebs.ubuntu"] | |
| provisioner "shell" { | |
| inline = [ | |
| "sudo apt-get update", | |
| "sudo apt-get install -y nginx", | |
| "sudo systemctl enable nginx", | |
| "echo '<h1>Built with HashiCorp Packer</h1>' | sudo tee /var/www/html/index.html" | |
| ] | |
| } | |
| } | |
| EOF | |
| - name: Initialize and build with Packer | |
| run: | | |
| echo "🚀 Starting Packer build with AMI: $UBUNTU_AMI" | |
| packer init packer-template.pkr.hcl | |
| packer validate packer-template.pkr.hcl | |
| packer build packer-template.pkr.hcl | tee packer-build.log | |
| echo "✅ Packer build completed!" | |
| - name: Upload Packer logs | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 | |
| with: | |
| name: packer-build-logs | |
| path: packer-build.log | |
| ec2-imagebuilder-build: | |
| name: AWS EC2 Image Builder Build | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_ec2_imagebuilder == 'true' }} | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Checkout | |
| uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| - name: Configure AWS credentials | |
| uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4 | |
| with: | |
| aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }} | |
| aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }} | |
| aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }} | |
| - name: Get latest Ubuntu AMI | |
| run: | | |
| UBUNTU_AMI=$(aws ec2 describe-images \ | |
| --owners 099720109477 \ | |
| --filters \ | |
| "Name=name,Values=ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-22.04-amd64-server-*" \ | |
| "Name=state,Values=available" \ | |
| --query 'Images | sort_by(@, &CreationDate) | [-1].ImageId' \ | |
| --output text) | |
| echo "Found Ubuntu AMI: $UBUNTU_AMI" | |
| echo "UBUNTU_AMI=$UBUNTU_AMI" >> $GITHUB_ENV | |
| - name: Run EC2 Image Builder pipeline | |
| run: | | |
| echo "🚀 Starting EC2 Image Builder with AMI: $UBUNTU_AMI" | |
| cat > component.yml << 'EOF' | |
| name: InstallNginx | |
| description: Install Nginx web server | |
| schemaVersion: 1.0 | |
| phases: | |
| - name: build | |
| steps: | |
| - name: UpdateOS | |
| action: UpdateOS | |
| - name: InstallNginx | |
| action: ExecuteBash | |
| inputs: | |
| commands: | |
| - apt-get update | |
| - apt-get install -y nginx | |
| - systemctl enable nginx | |
| - echo '<h1>Built with EC2 Image Builder</h1>' > /var/www/html/index.html | |
| EOF | |
| COMPONENT_ARN=$(aws imagebuilder create-component \ | |
| --name "nginx-component-$(date +%s)" \ | |
| --semantic-version "1.0.0" \ | |
| --description "Install Nginx" \ | |
| --platform Linux \ | |
| --data file://component.yml \ | |
| --query 'componentBuildVersionArn' \ | |
| --output text) | |
| echo "✅ Component created: $COMPONENT_ARN" | |
| RECIPE_ARN=$(aws imagebuilder create-image-recipe \ | |
| --name "nginx-recipe-$(date +%s)" \ | |
| --semantic-version "1.0.0" \ | |
| --description "Ubuntu with Nginx" \ | |
| --parent-image "$UBUNTU_AMI" \ | |
| --components componentArn=$COMPONENT_ARN \ | |
| --query 'imageRecipeArn' \ | |
| --output text) | |
| echo "✅ Recipe created: $RECIPE_ARN" | |
| INFRA_ARN=$(aws imagebuilder create-infrastructure-configuration \ | |
| --name "basic-infra-$(date +%s)" \ | |
| --instance-types t3.micro \ | |
| --query 'infrastructureConfigurationArn' \ | |
| --output text) | |
| echo "✅ Infrastructure config created: $INFRA_ARN" | |
| IMAGE_ARN=$(aws imagebuilder create-image \ | |
| --image-recipe-arn "$RECIPE_ARN" \ | |
| --infrastructure-configuration-arn "$INFRA_ARN" \ | |
| --query 'imageBuildVersionArn' \ | |
| --output text) | |
| echo "✅ Image build started: $IMAGE_ARN" | |
| echo "Build Summary:" > ec2-imagebuilder-build.log | |
| echo "Base AMI: $UBUNTU_AMI" >> ec2-imagebuilder-build.log | |
| echo "Image ARN: $IMAGE_ARN" >> ec2-imagebuilder-build.log | |
| - name: Upload EC2 Image Builder logs | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 | |
| with: | |
| name: ec2-imagebuilder-logs | |
| path: ec2-imagebuilder-build.log | |
| comparison-summary: | |
| name: Build Comparison Summary | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| needs: [packer-build, ec2-imagebuilder-build] | |
| if: always() | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Generate comparison report | |
| run: | | |
| echo "# Image Builder Comparison Report" > comparison-report.md | |
| echo "" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "## Build Results" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "" >> comparison-report.md | |
| if [ "${{ needs.packer-build.result }}" = "success" ]; then | |
| echo "✅ **HashiCorp Packer**: Build completed successfully" >> comparison-report.md | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ **HashiCorp Packer**: Build failed or skipped" >> comparison-report.md | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${{ needs.ec2-imagebuilder-build.result }}" = "success" ]; then | |
| echo "✅ **AWS EC2 Image Builder**: Build completed successfully" >> comparison-report.md | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ **AWS EC2 Image Builder**: Build failed or skipped" >> comparison-report.md | |
| fi | |
| echo "" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "## Key Differences Observed" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "- **Packer**: Uses direct AMI ID, faster execution" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "- **EC2 Image Builder**: More verbose setup, better AWS integration" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "" >> comparison-report.md | |
| echo "Build completed at: $(date)" >> comparison-report.md | |
| cat comparison-report.md | |
| - name: Upload comparison report | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 | |
| with: | |
| name: comparison-report | |
| path: comparison-report.md |