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  Terraform Enterprise can be used to store artifacts for use by Terraform. Typically, artifacts are stored with Packer.
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# About Terraform Artifacts in Atlas

Terraform Enterprise can be used to store artifacts for use by Terraform. Typically,
artifacts are [stored with Packer](https://packer.io/docs).

Artifacts can be used in to deploy and manage images
of configuration. Artifacts are generic, but can be of varying types
like `amazon.image`. See the Packer [`artifact_type`](https://packer.io/docs/post-processors/atlas.html#artifact_type)
docs for more information.

Packer can create artifacts both while running in and out of Terraform Enterprise
network. This is possible due to the post-processors use of the public
artifact API to store the artifacts.