Trying to use packer to build a box for the first time. Encounter permission problem
$ packer build -var 'aws_access_key=ABC' -var 'aws_secret_key=XYZ' my-basebox.json
amazon-ebs output will be in this color.
==> amazon-ebs: Inspecting the source AMI...
==> amazon-ebs: Creating temporary keypair: packer 54fc1177-7d3f-51fe-03ea-f16fea52ec2d
==> amazon-ebs: Creating temporary security group for this instance...
==> amazon-ebs: Authorizing SSH access on the temporary security group...
==> amazon-ebs: Launching a source AWS instance...
amazon-ebs: Instance ID: i-ead72be7
==> amazon-ebs: Waiting for instance (i-ead72be7) to become ready...
==> amazon-ebs: Waiting for SSH to become available...
==> amazon-ebs: Connected to SSH!
==> amazon-ebs: Provisioning with chef-solo
amazon-ebs: Installing Chef...
amazon-ebs: % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
amazon-ebs: Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
amazon-ebs: 100 18378 100 18378 0 0 48243 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 48363
amazon-ebs: Downloading Chef for ubuntu...
amazon-ebs: downloading https://www.opscode.com/chef/metadata?v=&prerelease=false&nightlies=false&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
amazon-ebs: to file /tmp/install.sh.1372/metadata.txt
amazon-ebs: trying wget...
amazon-ebs: url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/13.04/x86_64/chef_12.1.0-1_amd64.deb
amazon-ebs: md5 b86c3dd0171e896ab3fb42f26e688fef
amazon-ebs: sha256 9bbde88f2eeb846a862512ab6385dff36278ff2ba8bd2e07a237a23337c4165a
amazon-ebs: downloaded metadata file looks valid...
amazon-ebs: downloading https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/13.04/x86_64/chef_12.1.0-1_amd64.deb
amazon-ebs: to file /tmp/install.sh.1372/chef_12.1.0-1_amd64.deb
amazon-ebs: trying wget...
amazon-ebs: Comparing checksum with sha256sum...
amazon-ebs: Installing Chef
amazon-ebs: installing with dpkg...
amazon-ebs: dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
amazon-ebs: Installation failed
amazon-ebs: Version:
amazon-ebs:
amazon-ebs: Please file a Bug Report at https://github.com/opscode/opscode-omnitruck/issues/new
amazon-ebs: Alternatively, feel free to open a Support Ticket at https://www.getchef.com/support/tickets
amazon-ebs: More Chef support resources can be found at https://www.getchef.com/support
amazon-ebs:
amazon-ebs: Please include as many details about the problem as possible i.e., how to reproduce
amazon-ebs: the problem (if possible), type of the Operating System and its version, etc.,
amazon-ebs: and any other relevant details that might help us with troubleshooting.
amazon-ebs:
==> amazon-ebs: Terminating the source AWS instance...
==> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary security group...
==> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary keypair...
Build 'amazon-ebs' errored: Error installing Chef: Install script exited with non-zero exit status 1
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> amazon-ebs: Error installing Chef: Install script exited with non-zero exit status 1
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
Check the following:
prevent_sudois not set to true- If
install_commandandexecute_commandare set, make sure they usesudo