null builder

The null builder sets up an SSH connection and runs provisioners. You can use it to debug provisioners without incurring long wait times. It does not create a images or artifacts.

Basic Example

Below is a fully functioning example. It doesn't do anything useful, since no provisioners are defined, but it will connect to the specified host via ssh.

source "null" "basic-example" {
  ssh_host = "127.0.0.1"
  ssh_username = "foo"
  ssh_password = "bar"
}

build {
  sources = ["sources.null.basic-example"]
}

{
  "type": "null",
  "ssh_host": "127.0.0.1",
  "ssh_username": "foo",
  "ssh_password": "bar"
}

Configuration Reference

The null builder has no configuration parameters other than the communicator settings.