From 8d8e320e8c0694f7e1dc9ee53cd08dce9428ece9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Bednarski Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:01:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added docs for checkpoint --- .../source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.markdown | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.markdown index 8827ea5d9..ea18747b7 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/other/environmental-variables.html.markdown @@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ each can be found below: communication with plugins, since plugin communication happens over TCP connections on your local host. The default is 10,000. See the [core configuration page](/docs/other/core-configuration.html). + +- `CHECKPOINT_DISABLE` - When Packer is invoked it sometimes calls out to + [checkpoint.hashicorp.com](https://checkpoint.hashicorp.com/) to look for + new versions of Packer. If you want to disable this for security or privacy + reasons, you can set this environment variable to `1`.