[Update] Using the Linode Packer Builder to Create Custom Images (#7231)

* [Update] Using the Linode Packer Builder to Create Custom Images

* Update index.md

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Co-authored-by: jddocs <[email protected]>

Author: Rajakavitha1

docs/guides/applications/configuration-management/packer/how-to-use-linode-packer-builder/index.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: "Packer is a HashiCorp maintained open source tool for creating mac
 authors: ["Linode"]
 contributors: ["Linode"]
 published: 2019-11-12
-modified: 2021-05-21
+modified: 2025-04-03
 keywords: ['packer hashicorp','hashicorp packer','image','machine image','immutable infrastructure','continuous delivery','ansible','ansible playbook','hashicorp terraform','hashicorp']
 tags: ["automation"]
 license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)'
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ To install Packer on Mac, [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) will be used. Run the fol
 
 Verify that Packer was successfully installed by running the command `packer --version`. This should output the version number for this installation of Packer. For reference, this guide was last tested using version 1.7.2.
 
+### Install the Linode Plugin
+
+Install the `Linode` [plugin](https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/integrations/linode/linode) so that Packer can interact with Linode instances.
+
+```command
+packer plugins install github.com/linode/linode
+```
+
 ## Constructing a Template for Packer
 
 Now that Packer is installed, you can make a Packer [template](https://www.packer.io/docs/templates). A template is a file that contains the configurations needed to build a machine image. A template can be formatted in [JSON](https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/legacy_json_templates) or [HCL2](https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates) (Hashicorp Configuration Language). As of Packer v1.7.0, the HCL2 template format is preferred and, as such, will be used in the examples within this guide.