Commit 2db039bf authored by Jack Pearkes's avatar Jack Pearkes

Merge pull request #1897 from KFishner/docs-atlas-post-processor

Add Atlas post-processor documentation
parents 26241c8a 3bdb9a6e
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layout: "docs"
page_title: "Atlas Post-Processor"
description: |-
The Atlas post-processor for Packer receives an artifact from a Packer build and uploads it to Atlas. Atlas hosts and serves artifacts, allowing you to version and distribute them in a simple way.
---
# Atlas Post-Processor
Type: `atlas`
The Atlas post-processor for Packer receives an artifact from a Packer build and uploads it to Atlas. [Atlas](https://atlas.hashicorp.com) hosts and serves artifacts, allowing you to version and distribute them in a simple way.
## Workflow
To take full advantage of Packer and Atlas, it's important to understand the
workflow for creating artifacts with Packer and storing them in Atlas using this post-processor. The goal of the Atlas post-processor is to streamline the distribution of public or private artifacts by hosting them in a central location in Atlas.
Here is an example workflow:
1. Packer builds an AMI with the [Amazon AMI builder](/docs/builders/amazon.html)
2. The `atlas` post-processor takes the resulting AMI and uploads it to Atlas. The `atlas` post-processor is configured with the name of the AMI, for example `hashicorp/foobar`, to create the artifact in Atlas or update the version if the artifact already exists
3. The new version is ready and available to be used in deployments with a tool like [Terraform](https://terraform.io)
## Configuration
The configuration allows you to specify and access the artifact in Atlas.
### Required:
* `token` (string) - Your access token for the Atlas API.
This can be generated on your [tokens page](https://atlas.hashicorp.com/settings/tokens). Alternatively you can export your Atlas token as an environmental variable and remove it from the configuration.
* `artifact` (string) - The shorthand tag for your artifact that maps to
Atlas, i.e `hashicorp/foobar` for `atlas.hashicorp.com/hashicorp/foobar`. You must
have access to the organization, hashicorp in this example, in order to add an artifact to
the organization in Atlas.
* `artifact_type` (string) - For uploading AMIs to Atlas, `artifact_type` will always be `aws.ami`.
This field must be defined because Atlas can host other artifact types, such as Vagrant boxes.
-> **Note:** If you want to upload Vagrant boxes to Atlas, for now use the [Vagrant Cloud post-processor](/docs/post-processors/vagrant-cloud.html).
### Optional:
* `atlas_url` (string) - Override the base URL for Atlas. This
is useful if you're using Atlas Enterprise in your own network. Defaults
to `https://atlas.hashicorp.com/api/v1`.
* `metadata` (map) - Send metadata about the artifact.
### Example Configuration
```javascript
{
"variables": {
"aws_access_key": "ACCESS_KEY_HERE",
"aws_secret_key": "SECRET_KEY_HERE",
"atlas_token": "ATLAS_TOKEN_HERE"
},
"builders": [{
"type": "amazon-ebs",
"access_key": "{{user `aws_access_key`}}",
"secret_key": "{{user `aws_secret_key`}}",
"region": "us-east-1",
"source_ami": "ami-de0d9eb7",
"instance_type": "t1.micro",
"ssh_username": "ubuntu",
"ami_name": "atlas-example {{timestamp}}"
}],
"provisioners": [
{
"type": "shell",
"inline": [
"sleep 30",
"sudo apt-get update",
"sudo apt-get install apache2 -y"
]
}],
"post-processors": [
{
"type": "atlas",
"token": "{{user `atlas_token`}}",
"artifact": "hashicorp/foobar",
"artifact_type": "aws.ami",
"metadata": {
"created_at": "{{timestamp}}"
}
}
]
}
```
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<ul>
<li><h4>Post-Processors</h4></li>
<li><a href="/docs/post-processors/atlas.html">Atlas</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/post-processors/compress.html">compress</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/post-processors/docker-import.html">docker-import</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/post-processors/docker-push.html">docker-push</a></li>
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