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Sign up for HCP Packer for free, and start managing images across your organization.

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Learn to build automated machine images with Packer.

  • 6 tutorials
    Getting Started with Docker
    HashiCorp Packer automates the creation of any type of machine image, including Docker images. You'll build a Docker image on your local machine without using any paid cloud resources.
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  • 6 tutorials
    Getting Started with AWS
    HashiCorp Packer automates the creation of any type of machine image, including AWS AMIs. You'll build an Ubuntu machine image on AWS in this tutorial.
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  • 4 tutorials
    Get Started with HCP Packer
    HCP Packer registry stores Packer image metadata, enabling you to track your image lifecycle. Build an Ubuntu machine image, push its metadata to AWS, and reference the images in Terraform or Packer configuration.
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Use Packer With Other Tools

Packer works well with Terraform or Vagrant

  • 5min
    Provision Infrastructure with Packer
    Create an image with Packer, containing SSH keys, a new user, and a demo webapp, and deploy it with Terraform.
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  • 5min
    Post-Processors - Vagrant
    Create a Vagrant box with Packer post-processors.
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First Steps

Install, build, and provision software onto a machine image

  • 5min
    Install Packer
    Packer must first be installed on the machine you want to run it on.
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  • 7min
    Build an Image
    With Packer installed, let's just dive right into it and build our first image. Packer can create images for many platforms with anything pre-installed. In this example, you will build a Docker image with Packer.
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  • 6min
    Provision
    Packer fully supports automated provisioning in order to install software onto machines prior to turning them into images.
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