github.com/aclaygray/packer@v1.3.2/website/source/docs/builders/null.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 description: | 3 The null Packer builder is not really a builder, it just sets up an SSH 4 connection and runs the provisioners. It can be used to debug provisioners 5 without incurring high wait times. It does not create any kind of image or 6 artifact. 7 layout: docs 8 page_title: 'Null - Builders' 9 sidebar_current: 'docs-builders-null' 10 --- 11 12 # Null Builder 13 14 Type: `null` 15 16 The `null` Packer builder is not really a builder, it just sets up an SSH 17 connection and runs the provisioners. It can be used to debug provisioners 18 without incurring high wait times. It does not create any kind of image or 19 artifact. 20 21 ## Basic Example 22 23 Below is a fully functioning example. It doesn't do anything useful, since no 24 provisioners are defined, but it will connect to the specified host via ssh. 25 26 ``` json 27 { 28 "type": "null", 29 "ssh_host": "127.0.0.1", 30 "ssh_username": "foo", 31 "ssh_password": "bar" 32 } 33 ``` 34 35 ## Configuration Reference 36 37 The null builder has no configuration parameters other than the 38 [communicator](/docs/templates/communicator.html) settings.