{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/3017","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/3017/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/3017/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/3017/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/3017","id":123376000,"number":3017,"title":"Support for amazon-iso builder","user":{"login":"rothgar","id":371796,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/371796?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar","html_url":"https://github.com/rothgar","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rothgar/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-12-21T22:55:21Z","updated_at":"2015-12-21T22:55:21Z","closed_at":null,"body":"iso builders exist for various other platforms (virtualbox, vmware, qemu, parallels) and it would be nice to have similar support on cloud providers for users who either\r\n\r\n * Have a lot invested in bare metal/automated provisioning and have plans to keep hardware provisioning in the foreseeable future\r\n * Need to better control ami creation\r\n * Have custom isos for installation\r\n\r\nProviding iso builders for cloud providers would allow users to quickly switch platforms and re-use the same provisioning templates. I would assume other cloud providers could benefit from *-iso builders too but I assume amazon would be the best place to start as most users are probably using it currently."}}