github.com/askholme/packer@v0.7.2-0.20140924152349-70d9566a6852/website/source/docs/post-processors/compress.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "compress Post-Processor" 4 --- 5 6 # Compress Post-Processor 7 8 Type: `compress` 9 10 The compress post-processor takes an artifact with files (such as from 11 VMware or VirtualBox) and gzip compresses the artifact into a single 12 archive. 13 14 ## Configuration 15 16 The configuration for this post-processor is extremely simple. 17 18 * `output` (string) - The path to save the compressed archive. 19 20 ## Example 21 22 An example is shown below, showing only the post-processor configuration: 23 24 <pre class="prettyprint"> 25 { 26 "type": "compress", 27 "path": "foo.tar.gz" 28 } 29 </pre>