I'm working on a Packer builder type that will support this use case as we speak. The existing AWS `chroot` builder would likely be sufficient, but requires running from within AWS.
Seems like a perfectly logical pre-req. Easy enough to automate with say a Lambda function to spin up a pre-configured host instance to build the AMI's.
So... very exciting, looking forward to hearing more about when it "hits the streets"!
I'll be curious to hear what you come up with. You should be able to create the image file locally and then shove it into S3, and use AWS just for dd'ing it to EBS.
I'm working on a Packer builder type that will support this use case as we speak. The existing AWS `chroot` builder would likely be sufficient, but requires running from within AWS.