Pass the revision down from ssm

Author: rylev

packer/docs-rs-builder/builder.pkr.hcl

@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ packer {
   }
 }
 
+data "amazon-parameterstore" "revision" {
+  name = "/docs-rs/builder/sha"
+}
+
+locals {
+  revision = data.amazon-parameterstore.revision.value
+}
+
 source "amazon-ebs" "ubuntu" {
-  ami_name      = "docs-rs-builder-${var.revision}"
+  ami_name      = "docs-rs-builder-${local.revision}"
   instance_type = "t2.large"
   region        = "us-east-1"
   source_ami_filter {
@@ -41,5 +49,6 @@ build {
     playbook_file = "./play/playbook.yml"
     # The default is the user running packer
     user = "ubuntu"
+    extra_arguments = [ "--extra-vars", "vars_repository_sha=${local.revision}"]
   }
 }

packer/docs-rs-builder/variables.pkr.hcl

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("env")
     parser.add_argument("playbook")
-    parser.add_argument('--var', action='append', help='Ansible variables as $key=$value')
+    parser.add_argument('--var', action='append', help='Ansible variables as $key=$value', default=[])
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     workspace = create_workspace(args.env, args.playbook)