Commit 9c1e6bc4 authored by Mitchell Hashimoto's avatar Mitchell Hashimoto

website: clarify shutdown command [GH-2011]

parent c9d308c5
......@@ -179,9 +179,11 @@ each category, the available options are alphabetized and described.
By default this is "output-BUILDNAME" where "BUILDNAME" is the name
of the build.
* `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down
the machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty
string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine.
* `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down the machine once all
the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty string, which tells Packer to just
forcefully shut down the machine unless a shutdown command takes place inside script so this may
safely be omitted. If one or more scripts require a reboot it is suggested to leave this blank
since reboots may fail and specify the final shutdown command in your last script.
* `shutdown_timeout` (string) - The amount of time to wait after executing
the `shutdown_command` for the virtual machine to actually shut down.
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......@@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ each category, the available options are alphabetized and described.
By default this is "output-BUILDNAME" where "BUILDNAME" is the name
of the build.
* `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down
the machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty
string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine.
* `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down the machine once all
the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty string, which tells Packer to just
forcefully shut down the machine unless a shutdown command takes place inside script so this may
safely be omitted. If one or more scripts require a reboot it is suggested to leave this blank
since reboots may fail and specify the final shutdown command in your last script.
* `shutdown_timeout` (string) - The amount of time to wait after executing
the `shutdown_command` for the virtual machine to actually shut down.
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......@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ each category, the available options are alphabetized and described.
By default this is "output-BUILDNAME" where "BUILDNAME" is the name
of the build.
* `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down
the machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty
string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine.
* `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down the machine once all
the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty string, which tells Packer to just
forcefully shut down the machine unless a shutdown command takes place inside script so this may
safely be omitted. If one or more scripts require a reboot it is suggested to leave this blank
since reboots may fail and specify the final shutdown command in your last script.
* `shutdown_timeout` (string) - The amount of time to wait after executing
the `shutdown_command` for the virtual machine to actually shut down.
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