packer

Build machine images

medium risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Builds can leave temporary instances if interrupted.

What it does

Builds AMIs/VM images. See the flags and examples below, and run `man packer` for the full reference.

Examples

packer validate .Validate · explain & risk-check →

packer build .Build · explain & risk-check →

Open the full explainer →More in Terraform, Ansible & IaC

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man packer for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.