Add a Packer build with a shell provisioner

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Write /home/player/build.pkr.hcl with a build {} block that uses source.amazon-ebs.al2023 and runs a provisioner "shell" with an inline command list installing nginx. (Authored config, graded structurally — the engine isn't run here.)

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