github.com/aspring/packer@v0.8.1-0.20150629211158-9db281ac0f89/website/source/docs/builders/null.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "Null Builder" 4 description: |- 5 The `null` Packer builder is not really a builder, it just sets up an SSH connection and runs the provisioners. It can be used to debug provisioners without incurring high wait times. It does not create any kind of image or artifact. 6 --- 7 8 # Null Builder 9 10 Type: `null` 11 12 The `null` Packer builder is not really a builder, it just sets up an SSH connection 13 and runs the provisioners. It can be used to debug provisioners without 14 incurring high wait times. It does not create any kind of image or artifact. 15 16 ## Basic Example 17 18 Below is a fully functioning example. It doesn't do anything useful, since 19 no provisioners are defined, but it will connect to the specified host via ssh. 20 21 ```javascript 22 { 23 "type": "null", 24 "host": "127.0.0.1", 25 "ssh_username": "foo", 26 "ssh_password": "bar" 27 } 28 ``` 29 30 ## Configuration Reference 31 32 The null builder has no configuration parameters other than the 33 [communicator](/docs/templates/communicator.html) settings. 34