Features
HashiCorp Packer creates golden images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
Push image metadata to the registry
The HCP Packer registry aligns the workflows of image factories and image deployments, allowing operations and development teams to work together to create, manage, and consume images from a centralized source.
Identify relationships with ancestry tracking
Track dependencies between parent and child images to streamline build and deployment processes and quickly identify out-of-date images.
Promote images with channels
Packer channels let you label image iterations to describe the quality and stability of the build. Channels give you control over the delivery of your images.
Revoke insecure images
Machine images can become insecure — revoke an image iteration immediately or at a designated time during its lifecycle.
Integrate with your existing platforms
Provisioners
Customize images with integrated and third-party tools to meet your application requirements.
Learn moreCommon use cases for Packer
Automated machine images
Create identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. By codifying commonly used base images as golden images, they can be standardized, secured, and updated using automation.
Golden image pipeline
Automate updates for base images and downstream builds. Track image metadata, including parent/child ancestry relationships, to identify out-of-date builds. Extend image management to provisioning workflows with Terraform integration. Identify the correct version of images for downstream consumers to use by assigning image iterations to custom channels.
Image compliance
Codify security hardening and compliance baselines to ensure golden images are consistent. Using channels in the Packer image registry, the approved version of every image is discoverable and vulnerable images can be revoked to prevent their use.
Get started with Packer
Packer standardizes and automates the process of building system images. Get started for free and pay only for what you use.