diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f16de211..644fcb7ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ dev: deps
 fmt:
 	go fmt `go list ./... | grep -v vendor`
 
+# Install js-beautify with npm install -g js-beautify
+fmt-examples:
+	find examples -name *.json | xargs js-beautify -r -s 2 -n -eol "\n"
+
 # generate runs `go generate` to build the dynamically generated
 # source files.
 generate: deps
@@ -78,4 +82,4 @@ vendor:
 	godep restore
 	godep save
 
-.PHONY: bin checkversion ci default deps generate releasebin test testacc testrace updatedeps
+.PHONY: bin checkversion ci default deps fmt fmt-examples generate releasebin test testacc testrace updatedeps
diff --git a/examples/azure/centos.json b/examples/azure/centos.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b30b065e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/azure/centos.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  "variables": {
+    "client_id": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`}}",
+    "resource_group": "{{env `AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{env `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{env `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{env `AZURE_TENANT_ID`}}",
+    "ssh_user": "centos",
+    "ssh_pass": null
+  },
+  "builders": [{
+    "type": "azure-arm",
+
+    "client_id": "{{user `cid`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{user `cst`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{user `sid`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{user `tid`}}",
+    "resource_group_name": "{{user `rgn`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{user `sa`}}",
+
+    "capture_container_name": "images",
+    "capture_name_prefix": "packer",
+
+    "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_user`}}",
+    "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
+
+    "image_publisher": "OpenLogic",
+    "image_offer": "CentOS",
+    "image_sku": "7.1",
+    "ssh_pty": "true",
+
+    "location": "South Central US",
+    "vm_size": "Standard_A2"
+  }],
+  "provisioners": [{
+    "execute_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_pass`}}' | {{ .Vars }} sudo -S -E sh '{{ .Path }}'",
+    "inline": [
+      "yum update -y",
+      "/usr/sbin/waagent -force -deprovision+user && export HISTSIZE=0 && sync"
+    ],
+    "inline_shebang": "/bin/sh -x",
+    "type": "shell",
+    "skip_clean": true
+  }]
+}
diff --git a/examples/azure/debian.json b/examples/azure/debian.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d4b7e1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/azure/debian.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "variables": {
+    "client_id": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`}}",
+    "resource_group": "{{env `AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{env `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{env `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{env `AZURE_TENANT_ID`}}",
+    "ssh_user": "packer",
+    "ssh_pass": null
+  },
+  "builders": [{
+    "type": "azure-arm",
+
+    "client_id": "{{user `cid`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{user `cst`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{user `sid`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{user `tid`}}",
+    "resource_group_name": "{{user `rgn`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{user `sa`}}",
+
+    "capture_container_name": "images",
+    "capture_name_prefix": "packer",
+
+    "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_user`}}",
+    "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
+
+    "image_publisher": "credativ",
+    "image_offer": "Debian",
+    "image_sku": "8",
+    "ssh_pty": "true",
+
+    "location": "South Central US",
+    "vm_size": "Standard_A2"
+  }],
+  "provisioners": [{
+    "execute_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_pass`}}' | {{ .Vars }} sudo -S -E sh '{{ .Path }}'",
+    "inline": [
+      "apt-get update",
+      "apt-get upgrade -y",
+
+      "/usr/sbin/waagent -force -deprovision+user && export HISTSIZE=0 && sync"
+    ],
+    "inline_shebang": "/bin/sh -x",
+    "type": "shell"
+  }]
+}
diff --git a/examples/azure/opensuse.json b/examples/azure/opensuse.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd8d9f350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/azure/opensuse.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  "variables": {
+    "client_id": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`}}",
+    "resource_group": "{{env `AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{env `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{env `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{env `AZURE_TENANT_ID`}}",
+    "ssh_user": "packer",
+    "ssh_pass": null
+  },
+  "builders": [{
+    "type": "azure-arm",
+
+    "client_id": "{{user `cid`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{user `cst`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{user `sid`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{user `tid`}}",
+    "resource_group_name": "{{user `rgn`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{user `sa`}}",
+
+    "capture_container_name": "images",
+    "capture_name_prefix": "packer",
+
+    "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_user`}}",
+    "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_pass`}}",
+
+    "image_publisher": "SUSE",
+    "image_offer": "openSUSE",
+    "image_sku": "13.2",
+    "ssh_pty": "true",
+
+    "location": "South Central US",
+    "vm_size": "Standard_A2"
+  }],
+  "provisioners": [{
+    "execute_command": "echo '{{user `ssh_pass`}}' | {{ .Vars }} sudo -S -E sh '{{ .Path }}'",
+    "inline": [
+      "zypper update -y",
+
+      "/usr/sbin/waagent -force -deprovision+user && export HISTSIZE=0 && sync"
+    ],
+    "inline_shebang": "/bin/sh -x",
+    "type": "shell"
+  }]
+}
diff --git a/examples/azure/ubuntu.json b/examples/azure/ubuntu.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d341190c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/azure/ubuntu.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "variables": {
+    "client_id": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{env `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`}}",
+    "resource_group": "{{env `AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{env `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{env `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{env `AZURE_TENANT_ID`}}"
+  },
+  "builders": [{
+    "type": "azure-arm",
+
+    "client_id": "{{user `client_id`}}",
+    "client_secret": "{{user `client_secret`}}",
+    "resource_group_name": "{{user `resource_group`}}",
+    "storage_account": "{{user `storage_account`}}",
+    "subscription_id": "{{user `subscription_id`}}",
+    "tenant_id": "{{user `tenant_id`}}",
+
+    "capture_container_name": "images",
+    "capture_name_prefix": "packer",
+
+    "image_publisher": "Canonical",
+    "image_offer": "UbuntuServer",
+    "image_sku": "14.04.3-LTS",
+
+    "location": "West US",
+    "vm_size": "Standard_A2"
+  }],
+  "provisioners": [{
+    "execute_command": "chmod +x {{ .Path }}; {{ .Vars }} sudo -E sh '{{ .Path }}'",
+    "inline": [
+      "apt-get update",
+      "apt-get upgrade -y",
+
+      "/usr/sbin/waagent -force -deprovision+user && export HISTSIZE=0 && sync"
+    ],
+    "inline_shebang": "/bin/sh -x",
+    "type": "shell"
+  }]
+}