Working example for machine_image to create instance store AWS image

[vinodhalaharvi]

Is there good working example for creating an instance store AWS Image? I was able to successfully create machine images that are backed by ebs easily using 'machine_image' resource. But I am completely out of luck doing the same for instance store images. My other alternative is to use a tool like packer which does build Instance store backed AMIs But I rather stick to Chef Provisioning. Any help is much appreciated.

machine_image 'testing-image' do                                                
    from_image 'ami-4f0b8026'                                                   
    machine_options bootstrap_options: {                                        
        security_group_ids: 'test3-security-group',                             
        subnet_id: 'test3-subnet',                                              
        key_name: 'key-pair-dev',                                               
        key_path: '/root/.ssh/key-pair-dev.pem',                                
        instance_type: 'm1.large',                                              
        kernel_id: 'aki-b4aa75dd',                                              
        block_device_mappings: [{                                               
            device_name: 'sdb',                                                 
            virtual_name: 'ephemeral0'                                          
        }],                                                                     
    },                                                                          
    ssh_username: 'root'                                                        
end 

[jgoulah]

@vinodhalaharvi not totally sure if this is the issue since you didn't paste your errors, but machine_options is not set correctly in your example, so ssh_username is getting passed as a machine_image attribute and not machine_options attribute

you want something like:

machine_image 'testing-image' do                                                
    from_image 'ami-4f0b8026'                                                   
    machine_options(
      bootstrap_options: {                                        
        security_group_ids: 'test3-security-group',                             
        subnet_id: 'test3-subnet',                                              
        key_name: 'key-pair-dev',                                               
        key_path: '/root/.ssh/key-pair-dev.pem',                                
        instance_type: 'm1.large',                                              
        kernel_id: 'aki-b4aa75dd',                                              
        block_device_mappings: [{                                               
            device_name: 'sdb',                                                 
            virtual_name: 'ephemeral0'                                          
        }],                                                                     
    },                                                                          
    ssh_username: 'root'     
  )                                                   
end