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Co-authored-by: Sylvia Moss <moss@hashicorp.com> 

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@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ Packer is currently backwards compatible with the old API because the plugin API
### How to update plugins to use the packer-plugin-SDK
In a best-case scenario, all you'll have to do is replace all the places you import
In a best-case scenario, all you'll have to do is update the packer imports to use the packer-plugin-sdk import path
github.com/hashicorp/packer with github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk.
But some of the import paths have changed more than that because we've refactored the SDK some to make it easier to discover and use helpful modules. Here are a few common paths below:
But some of the import paths have changed more than that because we've refactored the SDK some to make it easier to discover and use helpful modules. Below are a few common import paths. For a full list of available imports see [Packer Plugin SDK Docs](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/)```
github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/config => github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/config
github.com/hashicorp/packer/template/config => github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/config
github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer => github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer
github.com/hashicorp/packer/template/interpolate => github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/interpolate
@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ github.com/hashicorp/packer/common/uuid => github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sd
**new** github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/version
When in doubt you can search the packer-plugin-sdk repo for the name of your imported structs or functions to see where they exist in the sdk now; we have not changed struct or function names.
When in doubt you can search the packer-plugin-sdk repo for the name of your imported structs or functions to see where they exist in the SDK now; we have not changed struct or function names. Or refer to the [Packer Plugin SDK Docs](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/) for help.
## Upgrade plugins to use new multi-plugin rpc server
@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ The goal of this server is to enable multiple related plugins, for example plugi
### Do I have to upgrade?
For now, you do to have to upgrade your plugin. Packer will continue to understand how to discover and launch old-style plugins. However, you will not be able to register your plugin with HashiCorp until you have upgraded the plugin.
For now, you do not have to upgrade your plugin, but we recommend doing it. Packer will continue to understand how to discover and launch old-style plugins. However, you will not be able to register your plugin with HashiCorp until you have upgraded the plugin.
### How to upgrade the plugin
We've created a scaffolding repository over at https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding/tree/main/builder/scaffolding
We've created a scaffolding repository over at https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding/
If you already have a working plugin, this should look pretty familiar. You'll notice that there are some changes to main.go.
If you already have a working plugin, the [builder plugin scaffolding](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scaffolding/tree/main/builder/scaffolding) should look pretty familiar. You'll notice that there are some changes to main.go.
Previously, you may have had a main.go that looks something like: