From a540ac34425e15bf48a9a6b0bfec9f219f05186f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jenna Goldstrich Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:30:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit 1d7d2a6744f5f64eedd193bfd5622e1bffdf2a8d --- website/content/docs/terminology.mdx | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/docs/terminology.mdx b/website/content/docs/terminology.mdx index d7ddeffd2c7..31bee6ed6f6 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/terminology.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/terminology.mdx @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ for quick referencing. artifact is a set of AMI IDs (one per region). For the VMware builder, the artifact is a directory of files comprising the created virtual machine. -- `Builds` are a single task that eventually produces an image for a single +- `Builds` are a single task that eventually produces an artifact for a single platform. Multiple builds run in parallel. Example usage in a sentence: "The Packer build produced an AMI to run our web application." Or: "Packer is running the builds now for VMware, AWS, and VirtualBox." @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for quick referencing. - `Builders` are components of Packer that are able to create a machine image for a single platform. Builders read in some configuration and use that to run and generate a machine image. A builder is invoked as part of a build - in order to create the actual resulting images. Example builders include + in order to create the actual resulting artifacts. Example builders include VirtualBox, VMware, and Amazon EC2. - `Commands` are sub-commands for the `packer` program that perform some job. @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for quick referencing. - `Provisioners` are components of Packer that install and configure software within a running machine prior to that machine being turned into a static - image. They perform the major work of making the image contain useful + artifact. They perform the major work of making the artifact contain useful software. Example provisioners include shell scripts, Chef, Puppet, etc. - `Templates` are either [HCL](https://packer.io/templates/hcl_templates) or JSON files which