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The Packer documentation describes how to use Packer and providers reference information for configuring Packer templates.
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page_title: Packer documentation
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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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# Packer Documentation
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Packer is a community tool that lets you to create identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source template. People commonly use Packer to create golden images that teams across an organization can use in cloud infrastructure.
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To install Packer and learn the standard Packer workflow, try the [Get Started tutorials](/packer/tutorials).
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## HCP Packer
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The HCP Packer registry stores metadata about your artifacts. You can use the registry to track information about
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artifacts from your Packer builds, clearly designate which artifacts are appropriate for test and production
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environments, and query for the right artifacts to use in both Packer and Terraform configurations.
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Refer to the following resources to get started:
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- [HCP Packer documentation](/hcp/docs/packer)
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- [HCP Packer tutorials](/packer/tutorials/hcp-get-started)
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- [Log into the HCP portal](https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com) |