Packer opens port 22 while creating AMI

Packer
#1

Hi,

I want to understand why packer open port 22 while creating the AMI image.
Is there a way by which we should not open port 22 and create the AMI.

Thanks

#2

I assume you are using the aws-ebs plugin. The plugin uses ssh to access the AMI image

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