base.json

{
  "variables":{
    "build":"",
    "ami_profile":"",
    "job_tag":"",
    "software_version":"",
    "hvm_amiid":"",
    "date":"",
    "security_group_id":"",
    "subnet_id":"",
    "region":"",
    "vpc_id":"",
    "instance_type":""
  },
"builders":[

{
  "name":"hvm_builder",
  "ami_virtualization_type":"hvm",
  "type": "amazon-ebs",
  "source_ami": "{{user `hvm_amiid`}}",
  "ssh_username": "ec2-user",
  "associate_public_ip_address": "true",
  "subnet_id":"{{user `subnet_id`}}",
  "instance_type": "{{user `instance_type`}}",
  "security_group_id":"{{user `security_group_id`}}",
  "ssh_timeout":"5m",
  "ssh_private_ip": "true",
  "vpc_id":"{{user `vpc_id`}}",
  "ami_name": "{{user `ami_profile`}}_build-{{user `build`}}_Source-{{user `hvm_amiid`}}_Built-{{user `date`}}",
  "region":"{{user `region`}}",
  "tags": {
    "Name":"{{user `ami_profile`}}-{{user `build`}}",
    "source":"{{user `hvm_amiid`}}",
    "virtualization_type":"hvm",
    "build":"{{user `build`}}",
    "profile":"{{user `ami_profile`}}",
    "creator":"packer",
    "creation_time":"{{user `date`}}"
  }
}
],
"provisioners":[

  {"type":"shell",
  "inline":[
  "sleep 90"
  ]
  },
  {
    "type":"shell",
    "inline_shebang":"/bin/bash",
    "inline":[
    "sudo pip install ansible",
    "mkdir -p /tmp/ansible-packer/roles",
    "sudo chmod 777 /tmp/ansible-packer/roles"
    ]
  },
{
  "type": "file",
  "source":"roles/",
  "destination": "/tmp/ansible-packer/roles"
},
{
  "type": "ansible-local",
  "playbook_file": "{{user `ami_profile`}}.yml",
  "group_vars": "group_vars",
  "staging_directory":"/tmp/ansible-packer"
}
  ]
}