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General Types

These are the machine-readable types that can appear in almost any machine-readable output and are provided by Packer core itself.

ui (2)

Specifies the output and type of output that would've normally gone to the console if Packer were running in human-readable mode.

<p>
<strong>Data 1: type</strong> - The type of UI message that would've
been outputted. Can be "say", "message", or "error".
</p>
<p>
<strong>Data 2: output</strong> - The UI message that would have
been outputted.
</p>