From 488767bc259ea4ea778a45e721ea64015ef65d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hooker Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:51:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add a note about temporary resource names --- website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md | 4 ++++ website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md | 4 ++++ website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md index cd53f9649..92e72b43e 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.md @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ bit. The builder does *not* manage AMIs. Once it creates an AMI and stores it in your account, it is up to you to use, delete, etc. the AMI. +-> **Note:** Temporary resources are, by default, all created with the prefix +`packer`. This can be useful if you want to restrict the security groups and +key pairs Packer is able to operate on. + ## Configuration Reference There are many configuration options available for the builder. They are diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md index ef68a0a52..ff9551f8a 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebsvolume.html.md @@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ instance while the image is being created. The builder does *not* manage EBS Volumes. Once it creates volumes and stores it in your account, it is up to you to use, delete, etc. the volumes. +-> **Note:** Temporary resources are, by default, all created with the prefix +`packer`. This can be useful if you want to restrict the security groups and +key pairs Packer is able to operate on. + ## Configuration Reference There are many configuration options available for the builder. They are diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md index ffa9e6b4e..cf546dac6 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-instance.html.md @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ created. This simplifies configuration quite a bit. The builder does *not* manage AMIs. Once it creates an AMI and stores it in your account, it is up to you to use, delete, etc. the AMI. +-> **Note:** Temporary resources are, by default, all created with the prefix +`packer`. This can be useful if you want to restrict the security groups and +key pairs packer is able to operate on. + -> **Note:** This builder requires that the [Amazon EC2 AMI Tools](https://aws.amazon.com/developertools/368) are installed onto the machine. This can be done within a provisioner, but must be done before the