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NAME

       packer - tool for creating machine images for multiple platforms

SYNOPSIS

       $ packer <command> [<options>] <args>

       $ packer build -only=amazon-ebs template.json

DESCRIPTION

       Packer is a CLI tool for the automatic creation of identical machine images (single deployable units that
       contain a pre-configured OS and installed software)  for  multiple  platforms  (public  cloud  providers,
       private cloud and desktop virtualization solutions) from a single JSON template resp. configuration file.
       For the documentation of Packer,  especially  on  how  to  write  proper  Packer  templates,  please  see
       <https://www.packer.io/docs>.

COMMANDS

       build  build image(s) from a template. For a full list of options related to this command, see the output
              of: $ packer build -h.

       fix    fix templates from old versions of Packer like this: $ packer fix old.json > new.json. For a  full
              list of fixes which this command performs and special options, see the output of: $ packer fix -h.

       inspect
              print  components  of  a  template.  This  command  validates  the basic syntax of the template by
              necessity, but not if the configuration is valid (this is what the command validate is for).

       push   push a template and supporting files to a Packer build service (usually HashiCorp's  Atlas,  which
              is a commercial service).

       validate
              check if a template is valid. The command returns a zero exit status if a template is valid, and a
              non-zero exit status if it isn't. If -syntax-only is given as  option,  only  the  syntax  of  the
              template is checked.

       version
              print the Packer version

LOGGING

       To  get  a  build  log,  run  packer like this: $ PACKER_LOG=1 packer build foo.json 2>>build.log, or use
       $PACKER_LOG_PATH.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       For a full list of available environment variables, see  <https://www.packer.io/docs/other/environmental-
       variables.html>.

AUTHORS

       HashiCorp's  Packer  is  developed  by  Mitchell  Hashimoto  <mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com>, Jack Pearkes
       <jackpearkes@gmail.com>,  Mark  Peek,  Ross  Smith  II  <ross@smithii.com>,   and   Rickard   von   Essen
       <rickard.von.essen@gmail.com>.

       This manpage is written by Daniel Stender <stender@debian.org> for the Debian pkg-go team.

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