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layout: "intro"
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page_title: "Supported Platforms"
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next_title: "Getting Started: Install Packer"
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# Supported Platforms
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Packer can create machine images for any platform. Packer ships with
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support for a set of platforms, but can be [extend through plugins](/docs/extend/builder.html)
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to support any platform. This page documents the list of supported image
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types that Packer supports creating.
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If you were looking to see what platforms Packer is able to run on, see
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the page on [installing Packer](/intro/getting-started/setup.html).
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<div class="alert alert-info alert-block">
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<strong>Note:</strong> We're always looking to officially support more
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target platforms. If you're interested in adding support for another
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platform, please help by opening an issue or pull request within
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<a href="https://github.com/mitchellh/packer">GitHub</a> so we can discuss
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how to make it happen.
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</div>
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Packer supports creating images for the following platforms or targets.
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The format of the resulting image and any high-level information about the
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platform is noted. They are listed in alphabetical order. For more detailed
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information on supported configuration parameters and usage, please see
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the appropriate [documentation page within the documentation section](/docs).
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* ***Amazon EC2 (AMI)***. Both EBS-backed and instance-store AMIs within EC2,
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optionally distributed to multiple regions.
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* ***DigitalOcean***. Snapshots for [DigitalOcean](http://www.digitalocean.com)
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that can be used to start a pre-configured DigitalOcean instance of any size.
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* ***VirtualBox (OVF)***. Exported virtual machines for VirtualBox, including
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virtual machine metadata such as RAM, CPUs, etc. These virtual machines are
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portable and can be started on any platform VirtualBox runs on.
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* ***VMware (VMX)***. Exported virtual machines for VMware that can be run
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within any desktop products such as Fusion, Player, or Workstation, as well
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as server products such as vSphere.
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As previously mentioned, these are just the target image types that Packer
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ships with out of the box. You can always [extend Packer through plugins](/docs/extend/builder.html)
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to support more.
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