Merge pull request #7491 from hashicorp/pause_before_connecting_docs

Pause before connecting docs
7 years ago · 0a8e19b01b
parent 5e52e6e2c4 32b68de4db
commit 0a8e19b01b
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/website/source/docs/templates/communicator.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/templates/communicator.html.md
@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ If you end up in this situation, you can use the template option
  "pause_before_connecting": "10m"
 }

-In this example, Packer will wait 10 minutes before attempting to connect to
-the guest.
+In this example, Packer will check whether it can connect, as normal. But once
+a connection attempt is successful, it will disconnect and then wait 10 minutes
+before connecting to the guest and beginning provisioning.