diff --git a/arm-docker-ami/packer/files/docker-permissions.sh b/arm-docker-ami/packer/files/docker-permissions.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
diff --git a/arm-docker-ami/packer/files/install-dependencies.sh b/arm-docker-ami/packer/files/install-dependencies.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+yum update
+yum install docker --assumeyes
diff --git a/arm-docker-ami/packer/linux-ami.pkr.hcl b/arm-docker-ami/packer/linux-ami.pkr.hcl
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+variable "vpc_id" {
+  type = string
+}
+variable "ami_name" {
+  type = string
+}
+variable "aws_regions" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
+variable "packer_role_arn" {
+  type = string
+}
+variable "session_manager_instance_profile_name" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+source "amazon-ebs" "docker-runner" {
+  region = var.aws_regions[0]
+  ami_name = "${var.ami_name}-v2"
+  ami_regions = var.aws_regions
+  tag {
+    key   = "Name"
+    value = "arm-docker-ami"
+  }
+  snapshot_tag {
+    key   = "Name"
+    value = "arm-docker-ami-root"
+  }
+  encrypt_boot = false
+  instance_type = "m6g.large"
+  communicator = "ssh"
+  ssh_username = "ec2-user"
+  ssh_interface = "session_manager"
+  iam_instance_profile = var.session_manager_instance_profile_name
+  subnet_filter {
+    #  Just pick a random subnet in the VPC -- we only have the three defaults so this is fine!
+    random = true
+  }
+  vpc_id = var.vpc_id
+  source_ami_filter {
+    filters = {
+       virtualization-type = "hvm"
+       architecture=  "arm64",
+       name = "amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-*"
+       root-device-type = "ebs"
+    }
+    owners = ["amazon"]
+    most_recent = true
+  }
+}
+
+build {
+  sources = [
+    "source.amazon-ebs.docker-runner"
+  ]
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+      inline = [
+        "echo Connected via SSM at '${build.User}@${build.Host}:${build.Port}'"
+      ]
+  }
+
+  # Since we connect as a non-root user, we have to "stage" the files to a writable folder, which we then move
+  # in to place with the approriate permissions via install-files.sh provisioner step
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = [
+      "mkdir -p /tmp/etc-systemd-system /tmp/usr-local-sbin /tmp/usr-local-bin /tmp/etc-sudoers.d /tmp/etc-iptables /tmp/etc-cron.d"
+    ]
+  }
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    scripts = [
+      "./files/install-dependencies.sh",
+      "./files/docker-permissions.sh",
+    ]
+    execute_command = "chmod +x '{{ .Path }}'; sudo sh -c '{{ .Vars }} {{ .Path }}'"
+    environment_vars = [
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/arm-docker-ami/packer/vars/variables.pkrvars.hcl b/arm-docker-ami/packer/vars/variables.pkrvars.hcl
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+vpc_id = "vpc-d73487bd"
+ami_name = "arm-docker-ami"
+aws_regions = ["eu-central-1", "us-east-2"]
+packer_role_arn = "arn:aws:iam::827901512104:role/packer-role"
+session_manager_instance_profile_name = "packer_ssm_instance_profile"