document common provisioner parameters

website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible-local.html.md.erb

@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ chi-appservers
     `staging_directory` will be removed after executing ansible. By default,
     this is set to `false`.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Default Extra Variables
 
 In addition to being able to specify extra arguments using the

website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible.html.md.erb

@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ Optional Parameters:
 -   `user` (string) - The `ansible_user` to use. Defaults to the user running
     packer.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Default Extra Variables
 
 In addition to being able to specify extra arguments using the

website/source/docs/provisioners/breakpoint.html.md.erb

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ and between every provisioner.
     breakpoints or label them with information about where in the build they
     occur
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Usage
 
 Insert this provisioner wherever you want the build to pause. You'll see ui

website/source/docs/provisioners/chef-client.html.md.erb

@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ configuration is actually required.
     machine. If this is NOT set, then it is your responsibility via other means
     (shell provisioner, etc.) to get a validation key to where Chef expects it.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Chef Configuration
 
 By default, Packer uses a simple Chef configuration file in order to set the

website/source/docs/provisioners/chef-solo.html.md.erb

@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ configuration is actually required, but at least `run_list` is recommended.
 -   `version` (string) - The version of Chef to be installed. By default this
     is empty which will install the latest version of Chef.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Chef Configuration
 
 By default, Packer uses a simple Chef configuration file in order to set the

website/source/docs/provisioners/converge.html.md.erb

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Optional parameters:
 -   `prevent_bootstrap_sudo` (boolean) - stop Converge from bootstrapping with
     administrator privileges via sudo
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ### Module Directories
 
 The provisioner can transfer module directories to the remote host for

website/source/docs/provisioners/file.html.md.erb

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ The available configuration options are listed below.
     the Packer run, but realize that there are situations where this may be
     unavoidable.
 
+
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Directory Uploads
 
 The file provisioner is also able to upload a complete directory to the remote

website/source/docs/provisioners/inspec.html.md.erb

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ Optional Parameters:
 
 -   `user` (string) - The `--user` to use. Defaults to the user running Packer.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Default Extra Variables
 
 In addition to being able to specify extra arguments using the

website/source/docs/provisioners/powershell.html.md.erb

@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ The example below is fully functional.
     exists in order to deal with times when SSH may restart, such as a system
     reboot. Set this to a higher value if reboots take a longer amount of time.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Default Environmental Variables
 
 In addition to being able to specify custom environmental variables using the

website/source/docs/provisioners/puppet-masterless.html.md.erb

@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ multiple manifests you should use `manifest_file` instead.
     [powershell](/docs/provisioners/powershell.html) provisioner for the full
     details.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Execute Command
 
 By default, Packer uses the following command (broken across multiple lines for

website/source/docs/provisioners/puppet-server.html.md.erb

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ listed below:
     [powershell](/docs/provisioners/powershell.html) provisioner for the full
     details.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
     ## Execute Command
 
 By default, Packer uses the following command (broken across multiple lines for

website/source/docs/provisioners/salt-masterless.html.md.erb

@@ -97,3 +97,5 @@ Optional:
 
 -   `guest_os_type` (string) - The target guest OS type, either "unix" or
     "windows".
+
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>

website/source/docs/provisioners/shell-local.html.md.erb

@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ Optional parameters:
     intend to use the shell-local provisioner to run a bash script, please
     ignore this option.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Execute Command
 
 To many new users, the `execute_command` is puzzling. However, it provides an

website/source/docs/provisioners/shell.html.md.erb

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ The example below is fully functional.
 -   `pause_after` (string) - Wait the amount of time after provisioning a shell
     script, this pause be taken if all previous steps were successful.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Execute Command Example
 
 To many new users, the `execute_command` is puzzling. However, it provides an

website/source/docs/provisioners/windows-restart.html.md.erb

@@ -75,3 +75,5 @@ Optional parameters:
     default this is 5 minutes. Example value: `5m`. If you are installing
     updates or have a lot of startup services, you will probably need to
     increase this duration.
+
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>

website/source/docs/provisioners/windows-shell.html.md.erb

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ The example below is fully functional.
     exists in order to deal with times when SSH may restart, such as a system
     reboot. Set this to a higher value if reboots take a longer amount of time.
 
+<%= partial "partials/provisioners/common-config" %>
+
 ## Default Environmental Variables
 
 In addition to being able to specify custom environmental variables using the

website/source/partials/provisioners/_common-config.html.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Parameters common to all provisioners:
+
+
+-   `pause_before` (duration) - Sleep for duration before execution.
+
+-   `only`  (array of string) - Only run the provisioner for listed builder(s)
+    by name.
+
+-   `override`  (object) - Override the builder with different settings for a
+    specific builder, eg :
+
+    ``` json
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "script": "script.sh",
+      "override": {
+        "vmware-iso": {
+        "execute_command": "echo 'password' | sudo -S bash {{.Path}}"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    ```
+
+-   `timeout` (duration) - If the provisioner takes more than for example
+    `1h10m1s` or `10m` to finish, the provisioner will timeout and fail.