Commit 9a8284d5 authored by Mitchell Hashimoto's avatar Mitchell Hashimoto

website: get rid of CreateTime for timestamp

parent 26e374fb
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which is the 512MB droplet.
* `snapshot_name` (string) - The name of the resulting snapshot that will
appear in your account. This must be unique. To help make this unique,
certain template parameters are available for this value, and are documented
below.
appear in your account. This must be unique.
To help make this unique, use a function like `timestamp` (see
[configuration templates](/docs/templates/configuration-templates.html) for more info)
* `ssh_port` (int) - The port that SSH will be available on. Defaults to port
22.
......@@ -83,17 +83,6 @@ own access tokens:
}
</pre>
## Snapshot Name Variables
The `snapshot_name` for a DigitalOcean image must be unique. The configuration
variable is actually treated as a [configuration template](/docs/templates/configuration-templates.html) and has various variables available to help keep this unique. Read
the prior linked page for information on syntax if you're unfamiliar with it.
The available variables are shown below:
* `CreateTime` - This will be replaced with the Unix timestamp of when the
image is created.
## Finding Image, Region, and Size IDs
Unfortunately, finding a list of available values for `image_id`, `region_id`,
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......@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Along with each key, it is noted whether it is required or not.
information on how to define and configure a provisioner, read the
sub-section on [configuring provisioners in templates](/docs/templates/provisioners.html).
* `post-processors` (optional) is an array of one or more objects that defines the
* `post-processors` (optional) is an array of one or more objects that defines the
various post-processing steps to take with the built images. This is an optional
field. If not specified, then no post-processing will be done. For more
information on what post-processors do and how they're defined, read the
......@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ missing valid AWS access keys. Otherwise, it would work properly with
"source_ami": "ami-de0d9eb7",
"instance_type": "t1.micro",
"ssh_username": "ubuntu",
"ami_name": "packer {{.CreateTime}}"
"ami_name": "packer {{timestamp}}"
}
],
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......@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ briefly. Create a file `example.json` and fill it with the following contents:
"source_ami": "ami-de0d9eb7",
"instance_type": "t1.micro",
"ssh_username": "ubuntu",
"ami_name": "packer-example {{.CreateTime}}"
"ami_name": "packer-example {{timestamp}}"
}]
}
</pre>
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