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     3    HCP Packer data sources query data stored to the HCP Packer registry. Use the data sources when your artifact metadata is centralized in HCP.
     4  page_title: HCP Packer Registry Data sources overview
     5  sidebar_title: Overview
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    12  # HCP Packer Registry data sources overview
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    14  The HCP Packer Registry connects artifact factories and artifact
    15  deployments so that development and security teams can work together to create,
    16  manage, and consume artifacts in a centralized way.
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    18  ## Introduction
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    20  The HCP Packer Registry stores metadata about your artifacts, including when they
    21  were created, where the artifacts exists in the cloud, and git commit
    22  information associated with your build. You can use the registry to track
    23  information about the artifacts your Packer builds produce, clearly
    24  designate which artifacts are appropriate for test and production environments,
    25  and query for the right artifacts to use in both Packer and Terraform
    26  configurations.
    27  
    28  The following Packer data sources work together to determine and retrieve information from the
    29  HCP Packer registry:
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    31  - [hcp-packer-version](/packer/docs/datasources/hcp/hcp-packer-version): Retrieves information about an HCP Packer version in the HCP Packer registry.
    32  - [hcp-packer-artifact](/packer/docs/datasources/hcp/hcp-packer-artifact): Retrieves
    33  information about a specific artifact created in the HCP Packer registry.
    34  
    35  The following data source types are deprecated since v1.10.1:
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    37  - [hcp-packer-iteration](/packer/docs/datasources/hcp/hcp-packer-iteration): Retrieves information about an iteration in HCP Packer registry. This data source type is deprecated. Use `hcp-packer-version` instead.
    38  - [hcp-packer-image](/packer/docs/datasources/hcp/hcp-packer-image): Retrieves
    39    information about a specific image created in the HCP Packer registry. This data source type is deprecated. Use `hcp-packer-artifact` instead.