From 7911d3a13b2493c93a9c16b8bf32461c84338ab9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hooker Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:34:13 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] more information about the temporary keypair name --- website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md | 5 +++-- website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md | 3 ++- website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md index 7344d44fa..b6694cb48 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md @@ -300,8 +300,9 @@ builder. where the `SourceAMI` variable is replaced with the source AMI ID and `BuildRegion` variable is replaced with the value of `region`. -- `temporary_key_pair_name` (string) - The name of the temporary keypair - to generate. By default, Packer generates a name with a UUID. +- `temporary_key_pair_name` (string) - The name of the temporary key pair + to generate. By default, Packer generates a name that looks like + `packer_`, where \ is a 36 character unique identifier. - `token` (string) - The access token to use. This is different from the access key and secret key. If you're not sure what this is, then you diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md index ec9570071..d7b2b861f 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md @@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ builder. required if you are using an non-default VPC. - `temporary_key_pair_name` (string) - The name of the temporary key pair - to generate. By default, Packer generates a name with an UUID. + to generate. By default, Packer generates a name that looks like + `packer_`, where \ is a 36 character unique identifier. - `token` (string) - The access token to use. This is different from the access key and secret key. If you're not sure what this is, then you diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md index 0c8eebcb0..58d3e5f97 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md @@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ builder. `BuildRegion` variable is replaced with the value of `region`. - `temporary_key_pair_name` (string) - The name of the temporary key pair - to generate. By default, Packer generates a name with an UUID. + to generate. By default, Packer generates a name that looks like + `packer_`, where \ is a 36 character unique identifier. - `user_data` (string) - User data to apply when launching the instance. Note that you need to be careful about escaping characters due to the templates