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+{
+  "_comment": "Build with `packer build -var-file=ubuntu1710.json ubuntu.json`",
+  "vm_name": "ubuntu1710",
+  "cpus": "1",
+  "disk_size": "65536",
+  "iso_checksum": "af913c00296eb0cfece99b8a02ae6db035ae173ed240241e780c8d7db96914b1",
+  "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
+  "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/artful/ubuntu-17.10-server-amd64.iso",
+  "memory": "512",
+  "preseed" : "preseed.cfg",
+  "version" : "1"
+}