Topic: packer

• Building machine images with Packer: builders, provisioners, validate and build

  HashiCorp Packer separates a template's builders (what platform produces the image) from its provisioners (what configures the machine before it is captured); `packer init` installs the required plugins, `packer validate` checks a template's syntax and configuration before `packer build` runs it, and marking variables sensitive keeps credentials out of both templates and logs.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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