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page_title: "Templates: Push"
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  Within the template, the push section configures how a template can be
  pushed to a remote build service.
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# Templates: Push

Within the template, the push section configures how a template can be
[pushed](/docs/command-line/push.html) to a remote build service.

Push configuration is responsible for defining what files are required
to build this template, what the name of build configuration is in the
build service, etc.

The only build service that Packer can currently push to is
[Atlas](https://atlas.hashicorp.com) by HashiCorp. Support for other build
services will come in the form of plugins in the future.

Within a template, a push configuration section looks like this:

```javascript
{
  "push": {
    // ... push configuration here
  }
}
```

## Configuration Reference

There are many configuration options available for the builder. They are
segmented below into two categories: required and optional parameters. Within
each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized.

### Required

* `name` (string) - Name of the build configuration in the build service.
  If this doesn't exist, it will be created (by default).

### Optional

* `address` (string) - The address of the build service to use. By default
  this is `https://atlas.hashicorp.com`.

* `base_dir` (string) - The base directory of the files to upload. This
  will be the CWD when the build service executes your template. This
  path is relative to the template.

* `include` (array of strings) - Glob patterns to include relative to
  the `base_dir`. If this is specified, only files that match the include
  pattern are included.

* `exclude` (array of strings) - Glob patterns to exclude relative to
  the `base_dir`.

* `token` (string) - An access token to use to authenticate to the build
  service. For Atlas, you can retrieve this access token in your account
  section by clicking your account name in the upper right corner.

* `vcs` (bool) - If true, Packer will detect your VCS (if there is one)
  and only upload the files that are tracked by the VCS. This is useful
  for automatically excluding ignored files. This defaults to true.