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Packer documentation covers automated machine image creation, builders, provisioners, post-processors, and plugin integration. It is versioned and stored in content/packer/.

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Content directory

content/packer/
├── v1.5.x/
├── v1.6.x/
├── v1.7.x/
├── v1.8.x/
├── v1.9.x/
├── v1.10.x/
├── v1.11.x/
├── v1.12.x/
├── v1.13.x/
└── v1.14.x/
Each version directory follows the standard structure: 
content/packer/<version>/
├── content/         # Markdown content files
├── data/            # Navigation sidebar JSON files
└── public/img/      # Image assets

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URL base paths

Packer content is served under two URL base paths:
  • /docs/ — Packer conceptual and operational documentation
  • /guides/ — Getting started guides and tutorials

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Available versions

Versions v1.5.x through v1.14.x are present in the repository.
Older versions (v1.5.6 and earlier) may fail migration scripts with a “content directory not found” error, indicating a different source repository directory structure. Confirm before editing.
Packer plugin documentation may still reference some third-party plugin repositories rather than being fully consolidated in this repo. If you’re looking for a specific plugin’s docs and cannot find them here, check the upstream plugin repository.

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Finding and editing Packer docs

1

Find the version directory

List the available version directories:
ls content/packer/
2

Navigate to the content files

Packer content files are in the content/ subdirectory within each version folder:
ls content/packer/v1.14.x/content/
3

Edit the file

Open the .mdx file you want to change. Guides-style pages are under guides/; reference and conceptual pages are under docs/.
4

Update navigation if needed

Navigation sidebar data is in content/packer/<version>/data/. Add new files to the relevant JSON file to make them appear in the sidebar.

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Product configuration reference

AttributeValue
productSlugpacker
contentDircontent (in source repo)
websiteDirwebsite (in source repo)
dataDirdata
assetDirpublic/img
basePathsdocs, guides
versionedDocstrue

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