Packer stucks on amazon-ebs: \ Amazon Ec2 Launch - Instance I... Ready

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This issue was originally opened by @jasmisbvb in https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/11707 and has been migrated to this repository. The original issue description is below.

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i'm trying to create custom windows ami via packer but ami creation hangs without any error only when i'm trying to install docker using below command or while installing trend micro agent. Tried increasing size of the volume, type of the instance but didn't worked.

Install Docker

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force Install-Module DockerMsftProvider -Force Install-Package Docker -ProviderName DockerMsftProvider -Force -RequiredVersion 20.10.0

amazon-ebs:
amazon-ebs: TaskPath                                       TaskName                          State
amazon-ebs: --------                                       --------                          -----
amazon-ebs: \                                              Amazon Ec2 Launch - Instance I... Ready

Github action flow: https://github.com/patrontech/packer-ansible-github-actions packer.json { "builders": [{ "type": "amazon-ebs", "communicator": "winrm", "associate_public_ip_address": true, "disable_stop_instance": "{{user disable_stop_instance}}", "encrypt_boot": true, "user_data_file": "main/SetUpWinRM.ps1", "winrm_use_ntlm": true, "winrm_timeout": "15m", "winrm_insecure": true, "winrm_use_ssl": true, "region": "{{user region}}", "instance_type": "t3.2xlarge", "iam_instance_profile": "Packer", "ami_users": "{{user account_ids}}", "vpc_id": "vpc-xxxxxx", "subnet_id": "subnet-xxxxxx", "security_group_id": "sg-xxxxxxx", "winrm_username": "Administrator", "force_delete_snapshot": "{{user force_delete_snapshot}}", "force_deregister": "{{user force_deregister}}", "kms_key_id": "{{user kms_key_id}}", "ami_name": "{{user ami_prefix}}{{user ami_version}}", "launch_block_device_mappings": [ { "delete_on_termination": true, "device_name": "/dev/sda1", "encrypted": true, "volume_size": "{{user root_volume_size}}", "volume_type": "gp2" } ], "run_tags": { "Name": "Packer Build", "Purpose": "Packer Build" }, "tags": { "Name": "{{user ami_prefix}}{{user ami_version}}", "OS_Version": "WindowsServer2016", "Release": "Latest", "Purpose": "node", "Encrypted": "yes", "Base_AMI_Name": "{{ .SourceAMIName }}", "Build_Date": "{{isotime "2006-01-02"}}", "Build_Time": "{{isotime "3:04PM"}}", "Build_At": "{{isotime}}", "Hardened": "yes", "Hardening_Benchmark": "CIS Level 1", "Version": "{{user ami_version}}" }, "source_ami_filter": { "filters": { "name": "{{user base_ami_filter}}" }, "most_recent": true, "owners": [ "{{user base_ami_owner}}" ] } } ], "provisioners": [ { "environment_vars": [ "Install_MPS={{user install_mps}}" ], "scripts": [ "main/script.ps1" ], "type": "powershell" }, { "pause_before": "30s", "scripts": [ "main/UpdateEC2LaunchConfig.ps1" ], "type": "powershell" }, { "type": "powershell", "inline": [ "C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\InitializeInstance.ps1 -Schedule", "C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\SysprepInstance.ps1 -NoShutdown" ] } ], "post-processors": [ { "type": "manifest", "output": "main/manifest.json" } ], "variables": { "ami_prefix":"CIS_WindowsServer_2016", "ami_version": "{{ env ami_version }}", "disable_stop_instance": "false", "force_deregister": "{{ env force_deregister }}", "force_delete_snapshot": "{{ env force_delete_snapshot }}", "account_ids": "{{ env account_ids }}", "kms_key_id": "{{ env kms_key_id }}", "root_volume_size": "60", "base_ami_filter": "CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Benchmark v1.3.0.4 - Level 1-*", "base_ami_owner": "67xxxxxxxxx", "region": "eu-central-1", "install_mps": "true", "java_version": "11.0.14.1", "openssl_version": "1.1.1.1400" }

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