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+packer {
+  required_version = ">= 1.7.0"
+  required_plugins {
+    amazon = {
+      version = ">= 1.0.0"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/amazon"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+variable "aws_region" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "us-west-2"
+}
+
+source "amazon-ebs" "ubuntu" {
+  ami_name                = "sbtc-signer-image-{{timestamp}}"
+  instance_type           = "c6i.xlarge"
+  region                  = var.aws_region
+  source_ami_filter {
+    filters = {
+      name                = "ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"
+      root-device-type    = "ebs"
+      virtualization-type = "hvm"
+    }
+    owners      = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
+    most_recent = true
+  }
+  ssh_username            = "ubuntu"
+  ami_block_device_mappings {
+    device_name           = "/dev/sda1"
+    volume_size           = 100
+    volume_type           = "gp3"
+    delete_on_termination = true
+  }
+}
+
+build {
+  sources = ["source.amazon-ebs.ubuntu"]
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = [
+      "sudo apt-get update",
+      "sudo apt-get install -y docker.io docker-compose git",
+      "sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu",
+      "git clone https://github.com/stacks-network/sbtc.git",
+      "cd sbtc",
+      "sudo docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml pull",
+      "curl -O https://archive.hiro.so/testnet/stacks-blockchain/testnet-stacks-blockchain-2.5.0.0.7-20240917.tar.gz",
+      "sudo docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --profile sbtc-signer up -d",
+    ]
+  }
+}