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# Shell Provisioner
Type: `shell`
The shell provisioner provisions machines built by Packer using shell scripts.
Shell provisioning is the easiest way to get software installed and configured
on a machine.
## Basic Example
The example below is fully functional.
<pre class="prettyprint">
{
"type": "shell",
"inline": ["echo foo"]
}
</pre>
## Configuration Reference
The reference of available configuratin options is listed below. The only
required element is either "inline" or "path". Every other option is optional.
* `inline` (array of strings) - This is an array of commands to execute.
The commands are concatenated by newlines and turned into a single file,
so they are all executed within the same context. This allows you to
change directories in one command and use something in the directory in
the next and so on. Inline scripts are the easiest way to pull of simple
tasks within the machine.
* `path` (string) - The path to a script to upload and execute in the machine.
This path can be absolute or relative. If it is relative, it is relative
to the working directory when Packer is executed.
* `remote_path` (string) - The path where the script will be uploaded to
in the machine. This defaults to "/tmp/script.sh". This value must be
a writable location and any parent directories must already exist.
* `execute_command` (string) - The command to use to execute the script.
By default this is `sh {{ .Path }}`. The value of this is treated as a
[configuration template](/docs/templates/configuration-templates.html).
The only available variable in it is `Path` which is the path to the
script to run.
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<li><a href="/docs/builders/custom.html">Custom</a></li> <li><a href="/docs/builders/custom.html">Custom</a></li>
<li class="nav-header">Provisioners</li> <li class="nav-header">Provisioners</li>
<li><a href="#">Shell Scripts</a></li> <li><a href="/docs/provisioners/shell.html">Shell Scripts</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Custom</a></li> <li><a href="#">Custom</a></li>
<li class="nav-header">Other</li> <li class="nav-header">Other</li>
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