https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/578

builder/amazon/common/run_config.go

@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ import (
 // RunConfig contains configuration for running an instance from a source
 // AMI and details on how to access that launched image.
 type RunConfig struct {
-	SourceAmi            string   `mapstructure:"source_ami"`
-	IamInstanceProfile   string   `mapstructure:"iam_instance_profile"`
-	InstanceType         string   `mapstructure:"instance_type"`
-	UserData             string   `mapstructure:"user_data"`
-	UserDataFile         string   `mapstructure:"user_data_file"`
-	RawSSHTimeout        string   `mapstructure:"ssh_timeout"`
-	SSHUsername          string   `mapstructure:"ssh_username"`
-	SSHPort              int      `mapstructure:"ssh_port"`
-	SecurityGroupId      string   `mapstructure:"security_group_id"`
-	SecurityGroupIds     []string `mapstructure:"security_group_ids"`
-	SubnetId             string   `mapstructure:"subnet_id"`
-	TemporaryKeyPairName string   `mapstructure:"temporary_key_pair_name"`
-	VpcId                string   `mapstructure:"vpc_id"`
-	AvailabilityZone     string   `mapstructure:"availability_zone"`
+	SourceAmi                string   `mapstructure:"source_ami"`
+	IamInstanceProfile       string   `mapstructure:"iam_instance_profile"`
+	InstanceType             string   `mapstructure:"instance_type"`
+	UserData                 string   `mapstructure:"user_data"`
+	UserDataFile             string   `mapstructure:"user_data_file"`
+	RawSSHTimeout            string   `mapstructure:"ssh_timeout"`
+	SSHUsername              string   `mapstructure:"ssh_username"`
+	SSHPort                  int      `mapstructure:"ssh_port"`
+	SecurityGroupId          string   `mapstructure:"security_group_id"`
+	SecurityGroupIds         []string `mapstructure:"security_group_ids"`
+	SubnetId                 string   `mapstructure:"subnet_id"`
+	AssociatePublicIpAddress bool     `mapstructure:"associate_public_ip_address"`
+	TemporaryKeyPairName     string   `mapstructure:"temporary_key_pair_name"`
+	VpcId                    string   `mapstructure:"vpc_id"`
+	AvailabilityZone         string   `mapstructure:"availability_zone"`
 
 	// Unexported fields that are calculated from others
 	sshTimeout time.Duration
@@ -85,15 +86,16 @@ func (c *RunConfig) Prepare(t *packer.ConfigTemplate) []error {
 	}
 
 	templates := map[string]*string{
-		"iam_instance_profile":    &c.IamInstanceProfile,
-		"instance_type":           &c.InstanceType,
-		"ssh_timeout":             &c.RawSSHTimeout,
-		"ssh_username":            &c.SSHUsername,
-		"source_ami":              &c.SourceAmi,
-		"subnet_id":               &c.SubnetId,
-		"temporary_key_pair_name": &c.TemporaryKeyPairName,
-		"vpc_id":                  &c.VpcId,
-		"availability_zone":       &c.AvailabilityZone,
+		"iam_instance_profile":        &cc.IamInstanceProfile,
+		"instance_type":               &cc.InstanceType,
+		"ssh_timeout":                 &cc.RawSSHTimeout,
+		"ssh_username":                &cc.SSHUsername,
+		"source_ami":                  &cc.SourceAmi,
+		"subnet_id":                   &cc.SubnetId,
+		"associate_public_ip_address": &cc.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
+		"temporary_key_pair_name":     &cc.TemporaryKeyPairName,
+		"vpc_id":                      &cc.VpcId,
+		"availability_zone":           &cc.AvailabilityZone,
 	}
 
 	for n, ptr := range templates {

builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go

@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type StepRunSourceInstance struct {
-	Debug              bool
-	ExpectedRootDevice string
-	InstanceType       string
-	UserData           string
-	UserDataFile       string
-	SourceAMI          string
-	IamInstanceProfile string
-	SubnetId           string
-	AvailabilityZone   string
-	BlockDevices       BlockDevices
+	Debug                    bool
+	ExpectedRootDevice       string
+	InstanceType             string
+	UserData                 string
+	UserDataFile             string
+	SourceAMI                string
+	IamInstanceProfile       string
+	SubnetId                 string
+	AssociatePublicIpAddress bool
+	AvailabilityZone         string
+	BlockDevices             BlockDevices
 
 	instance *ec2.Instance
 }
@@ -47,17 +48,18 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepActi
 	}
 
 	runOpts := &ec2.RunInstances{
-		KeyName:            keyName,
-		ImageId:            s.SourceAMI,
-		InstanceType:       s.InstanceType,
-		UserData:           []byte(userData),
-		MinCount:           0,
-		MaxCount:           0,
-		SecurityGroups:     securityGroups,
-		IamInstanceProfile: s.IamInstanceProfile,
-		SubnetId:           s.SubnetId,
-		BlockDevices:       s.BlockDevices.BuildLaunchDevices(),
-		AvailZone:          s.AvailabilityZone,
+		KeyName:                  keyName,
+		ImageId:                  s.SourceAMI,
+		InstanceType:             s.InstanceType,
+		UserData:                 []byte(userData),
+		MinCount:                 0,
+		MaxCount:                 0,
+		SecurityGroups:           securityGroups,
+		IamInstanceProfile:       s.IamInstanceProfile,
+		SubnetId:                 s.SubnetId,
+		AssociatePublicIpAddress: s.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
+		BlockDevices:             s.BlockDevices.BuildLaunchDevices(),
+		AvailZone:                s.AvailabilityZone,
 	}
 
 	ui.Say("Launching a source AWS instance...")

builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go

@@ -93,16 +93,17 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			VpcId:            b.config.VpcId,
 		},
 		&awscommon.StepRunSourceInstance{
-			Debug:              b.config.PackerDebug,
-			ExpectedRootDevice: "ebs",
-			InstanceType:       b.config.InstanceType,
-			UserData:           b.config.UserData,
-			UserDataFile:       b.config.UserDataFile,
-			SourceAMI:          b.config.SourceAmi,
-			IamInstanceProfile: b.config.IamInstanceProfile,
-			SubnetId:           b.config.SubnetId,
-			AvailabilityZone:   b.config.AvailabilityZone,
-			BlockDevices:       b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Debug:                    b.config.PackerDebug,
+			ExpectedRootDevice:       "ebs",
+			InstanceType:             b.config.InstanceType,
+			UserData:                 b.config.UserData,
+			UserDataFile:             b.config.UserDataFile,
+			SourceAMI:                b.config.SourceAmi,
+			IamInstanceProfile:       b.config.IamInstanceProfile,
+			SubnetId:                 b.config.SubnetId,
+			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
+			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
+			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
 		},
 		&common.StepConnectSSH{
 			SSHAddress:     awscommon.SSHAddress(ec2conn, b.config.SSHPort),

builder/amazon/instance/builder.go

@@ -196,16 +196,17 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			VpcId:            b.config.VpcId,
 		},
 		&awscommon.StepRunSourceInstance{
-			Debug:              b.config.PackerDebug,
-			ExpectedRootDevice: "instance-store",
-			InstanceType:       b.config.InstanceType,
-			IamInstanceProfile: b.config.IamInstanceProfile,
-			UserData:           b.config.UserData,
-			UserDataFile:       b.config.UserDataFile,
-			SourceAMI:          b.config.SourceAmi,
-			SubnetId:           b.config.SubnetId,
-			AvailabilityZone:   b.config.AvailabilityZone,
-			BlockDevices:       b.config.BlockDevices,
+			Debug:                    b.config.PackerDebug,
+			ExpectedRootDevice:       "instance-store",
+			InstanceType:             b.config.InstanceType,
+			IamInstanceProfile:       b.config.IamInstanceProfile,
+			UserData:                 b.config.UserData,
+			UserDataFile:             b.config.UserDataFile,
+			SourceAMI:                b.config.SourceAmi,
+			SubnetId:                 b.config.SubnetId,
+			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
+			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
+			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
 		},
 		&common.StepConnectSSH{
 			SSHAddress:     awscommon.SSHAddress(ec2conn, b.config.SSHPort),