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shutdown_command (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down the
machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty
string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine unless a
shutdown command takes place inside script so this may safely be omitted. If
one or more scripts require a reboot it is suggested to leave this blank
since reboots may fail and specify the final shutdown command in your
last script.
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shutdown_timeout (duration string | ex: "1h5m2s") - The amount of time to wait after executing the
shutdown_command for the virtual machine to actually shut down. If it
doesn't shut down in this time, it is an error. By default, the timeout is
5m or five minutes.
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post_shutdown_delay (duration string | ex: "1h5m2s") - The amount of time to wait after shutting
down the virtual machine. If you get the error
Error removing floppy controller, you might need to set this to 5m
or so. By default, the delay is 0s or disabled.
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disable_shutdown (bool) - Packer normally halts the virtual machine after all provisioners have
run when no shutdown_command is defined. If this is set to true, Packer
will not halt the virtual machine but will assume that you will send the stop
signal yourself through the preseed.cfg or your final provisioner.
Packer will wait for a default of 5 minutes until the virtual machine is shutdown.
The timeout can be changed using shutdown_timeout option.
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acpi_shutdown (bool) - If it's set to true, it will shutdown the VM via power button. It could be a good option
when keeping the machine state is necessary after shutting it down.