hashicorp · trujillo-adam · Jan 30, 2025 · Jan 28, 2025 · Jan 29, 2025 · Jan 29, 2025
@@ -12,22 +12,20 @@ power of Packer templates.
 
 ## Third-Party plugins
 
-The plugins listed below have been built by the community of Packer users and
-vendors. These plugins are not officially tested nor officially maintained by
-HashiCorp, and are listed here in order to help users find them easily.
-
 To learn more about how to use community plugins, or how to build your own,
-check out the docs on [extending Packer](/packer/docs/plugins/install)
+refer to the docs on [extending Packer](/packer/docs/plugins/install)
 
 If you have built a plugin and would like to add it to this community list,
-please make a pull request so that we can document your
-contribution here!
+make a pull request so that we can document your contribution.
+
+Refer to the following topics to learn about plugins built by the community of Packer users and
+vendors. We do not test or maintain community plugins.
 
-@include "builders/community_builders.mdx"
 
-@include "provisioners/community_provisioners.mdx"
+- [Community Builders](/packer/docs/builders/community-supported) 
+- [Community Provisioners](/packer/docs/provisioners/community-supported)
+- [Community Post-Processors](/packer/docs/post-processors/community-supported)
 
-@include "post-processors/community_post-processors.mdx"
 
 ## Templates
 

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 description: |
-  The `hcp-packer-iteration` data source retrieves information about an
-iteration from the HCP Packer registry. This data source is deprecated. Use the `hcpe-packer-verion` data source instead.
+  The `hcp-packer-iteration` data source retrieves information about an iteration from the HCP Packer registry. This data source is deprecated. Use the `hcpe-packer-verion` data source instead.
 page_title: hcp-packer-iteration data source reference
 ---
 

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: can - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: can function reference
 description: |-
-  The can function tries to evaluate an expression given as an argument and
-  indicates whether the evaluation succeeded.
+  The `can` function evaluates an expression and indicates whether it succeeds.
 ---
 
 # `can` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: convert - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: 'The convert function converts a value or an expression to a given type. '
+page_title: convert function reference
+description: The `convert` function converts a value or an expression to a given type.
 ---
 
 # `convert` Function

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: try - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: try function reference
 description: |-
-  The try function tries to evaluate a sequence of expressions given as
-  arguments and returns the result of the first one that does not produce
-  any errors.
+  The `try` function evaluates a sequence of expressions and returns the result of the first expression that does not produce any errors.
 ---
 
 # `try` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: base64decode - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The base64decode function decodes a string containing a base64 sequence.
+page_title: base64decode function reference
+description: The `base64decode` function decodes a base64-encoded string. 
 ---
 
 # `base64decode` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: base64encode - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The base64encode function applies Base64 encoding to a string.
+page_title: base64encode function reference
+description: The `base64encode` function encodes a string in base64 format.
 ---
 
 # `base64encode` Function

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: base64gzip - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The base64encode function compresses the given string with gzip and then
-  encodes the result in Base64.
+page_title: base64gzip function reference
+description: The `base64gzip` function compresses the given string using gzip and then encodes the result in base64. 
 ---
 
 # `base64gzip` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: csvdecode - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The csvdecode function decodes CSV data into a list of maps.
+page_title: csvdecode function reference
+description: The `csvdecode` function decodes CSV data into a list of maps.
 ---
 
 # `csvdecode` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: jsondecode - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: jsondecode function reference
 description: |-
-  The jsondecode function decodes a JSON string into a representation of its
-  value.
+  The `jsondecode` function decodes a JSON string into its corresponding Packer value. 
 ---
 
 # `jsondecode` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: jsonencode - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The jsonencode function encodes a given value as a JSON string.
+page_title: jsonencode function reference
+description: The `jsonencode` function encodes a given value as a JSON string.
 ---
 
 # `jsonencode` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: testdecodebase64 - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The testdecodebase64 function converts a base64 encoded string, whose underlying encoding is the one specified as argument, into a UTF-8 string.
+page_title: testdecodebase64 function reference
+description: The `testdecodebase64` function converts a base64-encoded string into a UTF-8 string.
 ---
 
 # `textdecodebase64` Function

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 ---
-page_title: testencodebase64 - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The testencodebase64 function converts a UTF-8 NFC input string to a base64 blob that encodes the target encoding's rendering of the input string.
+page_title: testencodebase64 function reference
+description: The `testencodebase64` function converts a UTF-8 NFC string into a base64 blob to match the destination encoding. 
 ---
 
 # `textencodebase64` Function
 
 Encodes the input string to the destination encoding.
 The output is base64-encoded to account for HCL's string encoding limitations: they must be UTF-8, NFC-normalised.
 
-Packer uses the "standard" Base64 alphabet as defined in
+Packer uses the standard base64 alphabet as defined in
 [RFC 4648 section 4](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-4).
 
 The `encoding_name` argument must contain one of the encoding names or aliases recorded in

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: urlencode - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The urlencode function applies URL encoding to a given string.
+page_title: urlencode function reference
+description: The `urlencode` function applies URL encoding to a given string.
 ---
 
 # `urlencode` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: yamldecode - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: yamldecode function reference
 description: |-
-  The yamldecode function decodes a YAML string into a representation of its
-  value.
+  The `yamldecode` function decodes a YAML string into its corresponding Packer value.
 ---
 
 # `yamldecode` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: yamlencode - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The yamlencode function encodes a given value as a YAML string.
+page_title: yamlencode function reference
+description: The `yamlencode` function encodes a given value as a YAML string.
 ---
 
 # `yamlencode` Function

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 ---
-page_title: Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: Built-in functions reference overview
 description: |-
-  The HCL language has a number of built-in functions that can be called
-  from within expressions to transform and combine values.
+  Functions built into HCL language can transform and combine values. Learn about using built-in functions in your Packer templates. 
 ---
 
-# Built-in Functions
+# Built-in functions overview
 
-`@include 'from-1.5/beta-hcl2-note.mdx'`
+This topic provides an overview of the built-in HashiCorp configuration language (HCL) functions you can use in your Packer templates. 
 
-The HCL language includes a number of built-in functions that you can
-call from within expressions to transform and combine values. The general
+## Functions syntax
+
+You can use functions in Packer templates to transform and combine values. The 
 syntax for function calls is a function name followed by comma-separated
 arguments in parentheses:
 
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ max(5, 12, 9)
 ```
 
 For information on invoking functions in string literals, refer to the
-[String Literals](https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/expressions#string-literals) section
-in the HCL2 expressions documentation.
+[string literals reference](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/expressions#string-literals) section.
 
-The HCL language does not support user-defined functions, and so only
-the functions built in to the language are available for use. The documentation includes all of the available built-in functions.
+HCL does not support user-defined functions. You can only call
+the functions built into the language. 
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: cidrhost - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: cidrhost function reference
 description: |-
-  The cidrhost function calculates a full host IP address within a given
-  IP network address prefix.
+  The `cidrhost` function calculates a full host IP address in a given
+  IP network address prefix. 
 ---
 
 # `cidrhost` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: cidrnetmask - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: cidrnetmask function reference
 description: |-
-  The cidrnetmask function converts an IPv4 address prefix given in CIDR
-  notation into a subnet mask address.
+  The `cidrnetmask` function converts an IPv4 address prefix given in CIDR
+  notation into a subnet mask address. 
 ---
 
 # `cidrnetmask` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: cidrsubnet - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: cidrsubnet function reference
 description: |-
-  The cidrsubnet function calculates a subnet address within a given IP network
-  address prefix.
+  The `cidrsubnet` function calculates a subnet address within a given IP network
+  address prefix. 
 ---
 
 # `cidrsubnet` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: cidrsubnets - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: cidrsubnets function reference
 description: |-
-  The cidrsubnets function calculates a sequence of consecutive IP address
-  ranges within a particular CIDR prefix.
+  The `cidrsubnets` function calculates a sequence of consecutive IP address
+  ranges in a CIDR prefix. 
 ---
 
 # `cidrsubnets` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: abs - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The abs function returns the absolute value of the given number.
+page_title: abs function reference
+description: The `abs` function returns the absolute value of the given number. 
 ---
 
 # `abs` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: ceil - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: ceil function reference
 description: |-
-  The ceil function returns the closest whole number greater than or equal to
-  the given value.
+  The `ceil` function returns the closest whole number greater than or equal to
+  the given value. 
 ---
 
 # `ceil` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: floor - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: floor function reference
 description: |-
-  The floor function returns the closest whole number less than or equal to
-  the given value.
+  The `floor` function returns the closest whole number less than or equal to
+  the given value. 
 ---
 
 # `floor` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: log - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The log function returns the logarithm of a given number in a given base.
+page_title: log function reference
+description: The `log` function returns the logarithm of a given number in a given base.
 ---
 
 # `log` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: max - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The max function takes one or more numbers and returns the greatest number.
+page_title: max function reference
+description: The `max` function returns the largest number from the given set of one or more numbers. 
 ---
 
 # `max` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: min - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The min function takes one or more numbers and returns the smallest number.
+page_title: min function reference
+description: The `min` function returns the smallest number in a set of one or more numbers. 
 ---
 
 # `min` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-page_title: parseint - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: parseint function reference
 description: >-
-  The parseint function parses the given string as a representation of an
-  integer.
+  The `parseint` function parses the given string as a representation of an
+  integer. 
 ---
 
 # `parseint` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: pow - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The pow function raises a number to a power.
+page_title: pow function reference
+description: The `pow` function raises a number to a power. 
 ---
 
 # `pow` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: signum - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The signum function determines the sign of a number.
+page_title: signum function reference
+description: The `signum` function determines the sign of a number. 
 ---
 
 # `signum` Function

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-page_title: chomp - Functions - Configuration Language
-description: The chomp function removes newline characters at the end of a string.
+page_title: chomp function reference
+description: The `chomp` function removes newline characters at the end of a string. 
 ---
 
 # `chomp` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: format - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: format function reference
 description: |-
-  The format function produces a string by formatting a number of other values
-  according to a specification string.
+  The `format` function applies a specification to format values and produce a new string. 
 ---
 
 # `format` Function

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: formatlist - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: formatlist function reference
 description: |-
-  The formatlist function produces a list of strings by formatting a number of
-  other values according to a specification string.
+  The `formatlist` function applies a specification to format values and produce a list of strings. 
 ---
 
 # `formatlist` Function

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
-page_title: indent - Functions - Configuration Language
+page_title: indent function reference
 description: |-
-  The indent function adds a number of spaces to the beginnings of all but the
+  The `indent` function adds spaces to the beginnings of all but the
   first line of a given multi-line string.
 ---