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Why does Konvoy Image Builder complain that there is no default VPC?

Sadiel Ortega
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When using Konvoy Image Builder to create a cluster-api compliant AMI in AWS, the following error is returned if the user does not have a default VPC: 

VPCIdNotSpecified: No default VPC for this user

Solution

A VPC can be specified in the packer JSON template used by Konvoy Image Builder by means of the vpc_id.   Nnote that the subnet_id has to be specified as well or you will encounter the  error:

Error: subnet_id or subnet_filter must be provided for non-default VPCs

This is the format to use in the override file; save the following in a file called vpc_override.yaml:

---
packer:
  vpc_id: "VPC_ID"
  subnet_id: "SUBNET_ID"

When building the image, specify the override file like this:

./konvoy-image build images/ami/centos-79.yaml --overrides vpc_override.yaml