# Unable to use AWS Marketplace AMI to build packer image

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/unable-to-use-aws-marketplace-ami-to-build-packer-image/17269>\
**Category:** Packer\
**Created:** [November 6, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/unable-to-use-aws-marketplace-ami-to-build-packer-image/17269 "2020-11-06T06:26:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/unable-to-use-aws-marketplace-ami-to-build-packer-image/17269/1 "2020-11-06T06:26:43Z")

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Dear Team,

I’m trying to create a packer build image by using a source ami from AWS Market Place (CentOS/RHEL) image available on AWS cloud.  
I’m unable to proceed further as it threw below error.

2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Using AMI Filters {  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Filters: [{  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Name: “root-device-type”,  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Values: [“ebs”]  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: },{  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Name: “virtualization-type”,  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Values: [“hvm”]  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: },{  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Name: “name”,  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Values: [“CentOS Linux 7 x86\_64 HVM EBS 1708\_11.01-b7ee8a69-ee97-4a49-9e68-afaee216db2e-ami-95096eef.4”]  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: }],  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: Owners: [“679593333241”]  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: }  
amazon-ebs: Found Image ID: ami-82a3eaed  
2020/11/06 11:52:41 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] Finding AZ and VpcId for the given subnet ‘subnet-0c1ca677’  
==\> amazon-ebs: Using existing SSH private key  
2020/11/06 11:52:42 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [INFO] AvailabilityZone found: ‘ap-south-1c’  
==\> amazon-ebs: Creating temporary security group for this instance: packer\_5fa4ebb2-bf12-4751-780f-a33a096e636e  
2020/11/06 11:52:43 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] Waiting for temporary security group: sg-0f1bb33e96671158c  
2020/11/06 11:52:44 packer-builder-amazon-ebs plugin: [DEBUG] Found security group sg-0f1bb33e96671158c  
==\> amazon-ebs: Authorizing access to port 22 from [0.0.0.0/0] in the temporary security groups…  
==\> amazon-ebs: Launching a source AWS instance…  
==\> amazon-ebs: Adding tags to source instance  
amazon-ebs: Adding tag: “Name”: “Packer Builder”  
==\> amazon-ebs: Error launching source instance: OptInRequired: In order to use this AWS Marketplace product you need to accept terms and subscribe. To do so please visit [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp?sku=aw0evgkw8e5c1q413zgy5pjce](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp?sku=aw0evgkw8e5c1q413zgy5pjce)  
==\> amazon-ebs: status code: 401, request id: ff1c7308-4215-48af-9212-cb2e2503c136  
==\> amazon-ebs: No volumes to clean up, skipping  
==\> amazon-ebs: Deleting temporary security group…  
==\> amazon-ebs: status code: 401, request id: ff1c7308-4215-48af-9212-cb2e2503c136  
2020/11/06 11:52:46 [INFO] (telemetry) ending amazon-ebs  
Build ‘amazon-ebs’ errored: Error launching source instance: OptInRequired: In order to use this AWS Marketplace product you need to accept terms and subscribe. To do so please visit [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp?sku=aw0evgkw8e5c1q413zgy5pjce](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp?sku=aw0evgkw8e5c1q413zgy5pjce)  
status code: 401, request id: ff1c7308-4215-48af-9212-cb2e2503c136

==\> Some builds didn’t complete successfully and had errors:  
–\> amazon-ebs: Error launching source instance: OptInRequired: In order to use this AWS Marketplace product you need to accept terms and subscribe. To do so please visit [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp?sku=aw0evgkw8e5c1q413zgy5pjce](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp?sku=aw0evgkw8e5c1q413zgy5pjce)

Could anyone suggest me to resolve this error?

Regards,  
Guru Mohan G

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**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/unable-to-use-aws-marketplace-ami-to-build-packer-image/17269/2 "2020-11-10T16:45:48Z")

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Different Marketplace AMIs have different default login credentials. If you’re using this one: [AWS Marketplace: CentOS 7 (x86\_64) - with Updates HVM](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/Centosorg-CentOS-7-x8664-with-Updates-HVM/B00O7WM7QW)

then the docs on that page say

> Starting with CentOS-7 we now include cloud-init support in all CentOS AMI’s, the default cloud user is setup to be ‘centos’. Once the machine is running, you will be able to login as this user and use sudo to run privileged commands. You can override this default username by using instance user data at time of instantiation.

So, set username to `centos` and leave password blank.