diff --git a/examples/amazon/apache_server/README.Md b/examples/amazon/apache_server/README.Md
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+command: packer build -var "accesskey=*" -var "secretkey=" -var "shellpath=packages.sh" .\apache.json
diff --git a/examples/amazon/apache_server/apache.json b/examples/amazon/apache_server/apache.json
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+
+
+
+{   
+    "variables":
+        {
+            "accesskey": "",
+            "secretkey": "",
+            "shellpath": "packages.sh"
+        },
+    "builders":[
+        {
+            "type": "amazon-ebs",
+            "access_key": "{{user `accesskey`}}",
+            "secret_key": "{{user `secretkey`}}",
+            "region": "ap-south-1",
+            "source_ami": "ami-sa7608343426b",
+            "instance_type": "t2.micro",
+            "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
+            "ami_name": "apache",
+            "tags": {
+              "OS_Version": "Ubuntu",
+              "Release": "Latest"
+            }
+        }   
+    ],
+   "provisioners":[
+       {
+       "type": "shell",
+       "script": "{{user `shellpath`}}"
+       }  
+    ]
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/amazon/apache_server/packages.sh b/examples/amazon/apache_server/packages.sh
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+echo "installing apache "
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install apache2 -y
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo service apache2 restart