From 3e186b185dfd3585707a2c270ea7441c47d668c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hooker Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 11:29:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tutorial WIP --- website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md index 8a90cbed2..893ec7ed6 100644 --- a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md +++ b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md @@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ and it would work great. try to launch the one in the example output above, you will get an error. If you want to try to launch your AMI, get the ID from the Packer output. +-> **Note:** If you see a `VPCResourceNotSpecified` error, Packer might not be +able to +might not have a VPC set up. You can either try changing the `instance_type` to +`m3.medium`, + ## Managing the Image Packer only builds images. It does not attempt to manage them in any way. After From 09ca600ad9a83eb2cb8c09ee554ee529c168f629 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hooker Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 12:58:22 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add note about handling vpc not found errors. --- website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md index 893ec7ed6..4d2f6ff70 100644 --- a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md +++ b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md @@ -163,9 +163,11 @@ try to launch the one in the example output above, you will get an error. If you want to try to launch your AMI, get the ID from the Packer output. -> **Note:** If you see a `VPCResourceNotSpecified` error, Packer might not be -able to -might not have a VPC set up. You can either try changing the `instance_type` to -`m3.medium`, +able to determine the default VPC, which the `t2` instance types require. This +can happen if you created you AWS account before `2013-12-04`. You can either +change the `instance_type` to `m3.medium`, or specify a VPC. Please see +http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/default-vpc.html for more +information. ## Managing the Image