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     3  page_title: "compress Post-Processor"
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     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>