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page_title: "compress Post-Processor"
description: |-
  The Packer compress post-processor takes an artifact with files (such as from VMware or VirtualBox) and gzip compresses the artifact into a single archive.
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# Compress Post-Processor

Type: `compress`

The Packer compress post-processor takes an artifact with files (such as from
VMware or VirtualBox) and gzip compresses the artifact into a single
archive.

## Configuration

The configuration for this post-processor is extremely simple.

* `output` (string) - The path to save the compressed archive.

## Example

An example is shown below, showing only the post-processor configuration:

```javascript
{
  "type": "compress",
  "output": "foo.tar.gz"
}
```