# Ansible packer zero free space

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-packer-zero-free-space/23354>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 1, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-packer-zero-free-space/23354 "2017-01-01T12:30:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![zlemini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@zlemini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/zlemini)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-packer-zero-free-space/23354/1 "2017-01-01T12:30:31Z")

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Hi,

Normally i use the Packer Ansible provisioner to install software on an OpenStack image.  
I follow that up with a call to the Packer shell provisioner which basically runs the **dd** utility to zero out free space on the image.

Just wondering if it would be a better idea to do both steps with Ansible?

Thanks