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page_title: Convert Veewee Definitions to Packer Templates - Guides
description: |-
If you are or were a user of Veewee, then there is an official tool called
veewee-to-packer that will convert your Veewee definition into an equivalent
Packer template. Even if you're not a Veewee user, Veewee has a large library
of templates that can be readily used with Packer by simply converting them.
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# Veewee-to-Packer
If you are or were a user of [Veewee](https://github.com/jedi4ever/veewee), then
there is an official tool called
[veewee-to-packer](https://github.com/mitchellh/veewee-to-packer) that will
convert your Veewee definition into an equivalent Packer template. Even if
you're not a Veewee user, Veewee has a [large
library](https://github.com/jedi4ever/veewee/tree/master/templates) of templates
that can be readily used with Packer by simply converting them.
## Installation and Usage
Since Veewee itself is a Ruby project, so too is the veewee-to-packer
application so that it can read the Veewee configurations. Install it using
RubyGems:
```shell-session
$ gem install veewee-to-packer
# ...
```
Once installed, just point `veewee-to-packer` at the `definition.rb` file of any
template. The converter will output any warnings or messages about the conversion.
The example below converts a CentOS template:
```shell-session
$ veewee-to-packer templates/CentOS-6.4/definition.rb
Success! Your Veewee definition was converted to a Packer
template! The template can be found in the `template.json` file
in the output directory: output
Please be sure to run `packer validate` against the new template
to verify settings are correct. Be sure to `cd` into the directory
first, since the template has relative paths that expect you to
use it from the same working directory.
```
**_Voila!_** By default, `veewee-to-packer` will output a template that contains
a builder for both VirtualBox and VMware. You can use the `-only` flag on
`packer build` to only build one of them. Otherwise you can use the `--builder`
flag on `veewee-to-packer` to only output specific builder configurations.
## Limitations
None, really. The tool will tell you if it can't convert a part of a template,
and whether that is a critical error or just a warning. Most of Veewee's
functions translate perfectly over to Packer. There are still a couple missing
features in Packer, but they're minimal.
## Bugs
If you find any bugs, please report them to the [veewee-to-packer issue
tracker](https://github.com/mitchellh/veewee-to-packer). I haven't been able to
exhaustively test every Veewee template, so there are certainly some edge cases
out there.

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"title": "Isotime Template Function", "title": "Isotime Template Function",
"path": "workflow-tips-and-tricks/isotime-template-function" "path": "workflow-tips-and-tricks/isotime-template-function"
}, },
{
"title": "Veewee to Packer",
"path": "workflow-tips-and-tricks/veewee-to-packer"
},
{ {
"title": "Use jq to strip comments from a Packer template", "title": "Use jq to strip comments from a Packer template",
"path": "workflow-tips-and-tricks/use-packer-with-comment" "path": "workflow-tips-and-tricks/use-packer-with-comment"

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destination: '/docs/builders/azure', destination: '/docs/builders/azure',
permanent: true, permanent: true,
}, },
{
source: '/docs/templates/veewee-to-packer',
destination: '/guides/veewee-to-packer',
permanent: true,
},
{ {
source: '/docs/extend/developing-plugins', source: '/docs/extend/developing-plugins',
destination: '/docs/plugins', destination: '/docs/plugins',