builder/amazon/common: run_tags to apply to launch [GH-722]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
   "Packer Builder" so that they are easily recognizable. [GH-642]
 * builder/amazon/all: Copying AMIs to multiple regions now happens
   in parallel. [GH-495]
+* builder/amazon/all: Ability to specify "run\_tags" to tag the instance
+  while running. [GH-722]
 * builder/digitalocean: Private networking support. [GH-698]
 * builder/docker: A "run\_command" can be specified, configuring how
   the container is started. [GH-648]

builder/amazon/common/run_config.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type RunConfig struct {
 	AvailabilityZone         string            `mapstructure:"availability_zone"`
 	IamInstanceProfile       string            `mapstructure:"iam_instance_profile"`
 	InstanceType             string            `mapstructure:"instance_type"`
+	RunTags                  map[string]string `mapstructure:"run_tags"`
 	SourceAmi                string            `mapstructure:"source_ami"`
 	RawSSHTimeout            string            `mapstructure:"ssh_timeout"`
 	SSHUsername              string            `mapstructure:"ssh_username"`
@@ -121,6 +122,27 @@ func (c *RunConfig) Prepare(t *packer.ConfigTemplate) []error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	newTags := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range c.RunTags {
+		k, err := t.Process(k, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs,
+				fmt.Errorf("Error processing tag key %s: %s", k, err))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		v, err := t.Process(v, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs,
+				fmt.Errorf("Error processing tag value '%s': %s", v, err))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		newTags[k] = v
+	}
+
+	c.RunTags = newTags
+
 	c.sshTimeout, err = time.ParseDuration(c.RawSSHTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("Failed parsing ssh_timeout: %s", err))

builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go

@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 type StepRunSourceInstance struct {
+	AssociatePublicIpAddress bool
+	AvailabilityZone         string
+	BlockDevices             BlockDevices
 	Debug                    bool
 	ExpectedRootDevice       string
 	InstanceType             string
-	UserData                 string
-	UserDataFile             string
-	SourceAMI                string
 	IamInstanceProfile       string
+	SourceAMI                string
 	SubnetId                 string
-	AssociatePublicIpAddress bool
-	AvailabilityZone         string
-	BlockDevices             BlockDevices
+	Tags                     map[string]string
+	UserData                 string
+	UserDataFile             string
 
 	instance *ec2.Instance
 }
@@ -92,8 +93,13 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepActi
 	s.instance = &runResp.Instances[0]
 	ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Instance ID: %s", s.instance.InstanceId))
 
-	_, err = ec2conn.CreateTags(
-		[]string{s.instance.InstanceId}, []ec2.Tag{{"Name", "Packer Builder"}})
+	ec2Tags := make([]ec2.Tag, 1, len(s.Tags)+1)
+	ec2Tags[0] = ec2.Tag{"Name", "Packer Builder"}
+	for k, v := range s.Tags {
+		ec2Tags = append(ec2Tags, ec2.Tag{k, v})
+	}
+
+	_, err = ec2conn.CreateTags([]string{s.instance.InstanceId}, ec2Tags)
 	if err != nil {
 		ui.Message(
 			fmt.Sprintf("Failed to tag a Name on the builder instance: %s", err))

builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
 			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Tags:                     b.config.RunTags,
 		},
 		&common.StepConnectSSH{
 			SSHAddress:     awscommon.SSHAddress(ec2conn, b.config.SSHPort),

builder/amazon/instance/builder.go

@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
 			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Tags:                     b.config.RunTags,
 		},
 		&common.StepConnectSSH{
 			SSHAddress:     awscommon.SSHAddress(ec2conn, b.config.SSHPort),

website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ Optional:
   block device mappings to the launch instance. The block device mappings are
   the same as `ami_block_device_mappings` above.
 
+* `run_tags` (object of key/value strings) - Tags to apply to the instance
+  that is _launched_ to create the AMI. These tags are _not_ applied to
+  the resulting AMI unless they're duplicated in `tags`.
+
 * `security_group_id` (string) - The ID (_not_ the name) of the security
   group to assign to the instance. By default this is not set and Packer
   will automatically create a new temporary security group to allow SSH

website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.markdown

@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ Optional:
   block device mappings to the launch instance. The block device mappings are
   the same as `ami_block_device_mappings` above.
 
+* `run_tags` (object of key/value strings) - Tags to apply to the instance
+  that is _launched_ to create the AMI. These tags are _not_ applied to
+  the resulting AMI unless they're duplicated in `tags`.
+
 * `security_group_id` (string) - The ID (_not_ the name) of the security
   group to assign to the instance. By default this is not set and Packer
   will automatically create a new temporary security group to allow SSH