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Packer scripts for building images in Azure

To run this sample:

Ensure you have an active Azure subscription and that the az CLI has been installed and authenticated.

To run the scripts as is you will also need a Resource Group named Images where the custom images will be placed.

NOTE: These scripts require environment variables to execute properly. The following are required:

- AZURE_CLIENTID
- AZURE_SECRET
- AZURE_SUBSCRIPTIONID
- AZURE_TENANTID
- AZURE_CLOUD
- AZURE_LOCATION

If you are running Azure Commerical use: export AZURE_CLOUD=Public

If you are in Azure Government: export AZURE_CLOUD=USGovernment

To get the locations you can use execute: az account list-locations

For those of us too lazy to actually set these variables manually there is a helper script in the scripts directory of this repo. This script requires 'jq' and 'zsh'. Using this script you can create an Azure authentication file and use it to set the variables above. It will determine the current Cloud you are logged into with az and also default to a specific region.

To create an Azure Auth file: az ad sp create-for-rbac --sdk-auth > my.azureauth

Once this file is created you can set these variables using the script: source ./az-set-azure-environment ./my.azureauth

Make sure you use source to execute the script. This will ensure the environment variables are maintained in your current shell.

Once the environment is setup correctly you can run the packer scripts normally: packer build ubuntu.json

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