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Jinesh Choksi 0f4d2341cb Packer v0.11.0 requires "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups" permissions to work
Without the "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups" permission, you would get the following error:

2016/10/25 16:03:28 ui: ==> aws: Creating temporary security group for this instance...
2016/10/25 16:03:28 packer.exe: 2016/10/25 16:03:28 Temporary group name: packer 580f7440-2135-068c-99b7-35595a7522d1
2016/10/25 16:03:28 ui: ==> aws: Authorizing access to port 22 the temporary security group...
2016/10/25 16:03:28 packer.exe: 2016/10/25 16:03:28 [DEBUG] Describing tempSecurityGroup to ensure it is available: sg-38e0355e
2016/10/25 16:03:29 packer.exe: 2016/10/25 16:03:29 [DEBUG] Error in querying security group UnauthorizedOperation: You are not authorized to perform this operation.
2016/10/25 16:03:29 packer.exe: 	status code: 403, request id: bc664eff-cc01-42c1-8408-23493c11d92d
2016-10-25 16:27:20 +01:00

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