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page_title: Data sources overview
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A data source holds data you want to use in the Packer configuration. Define a data source in your configuration so that Packer can use external data during builds.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation previously located in `/website` has moved to the [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs) repository, where all product documentation is now centralized. Please make contributions directly to `web-unified-docs`, since changes to `/website` in this repository will not appear on developer.hashicorp.com.
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# Data sources
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Data sources let Packer fetch data to use in a template, including information defined outside of Packer.
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Refer to the [`data`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/datasources) block documentation to learn more about working with data sources. The documentation also contains details about each type of data source.
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Data sources are only available in HCL2 templates and require Packer `v1.7.0` and newer.
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