diff --git a/builds/linux/almalinux/8/linux-almalinux.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/almalinux/8/linux-almalinux.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/almalinux/8/linux-almalinux.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/almalinux/8/linux-almalinux.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/almalinux/9/linux-almalinux.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/almalinux/9/linux-almalinux.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/almalinux/9/linux-almalinux.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/almalinux/9/linux-almalinux.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/centos/10-stream/linux-centos-stream.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/centos/10-stream/linux-centos-stream.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/centos/10-stream/linux-centos-stream.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/centos/10-stream/linux-centos-stream.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/centos/9-stream/linux-centos-stream.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/centos/9-stream/linux-centos-stream.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/centos/9-stream/linux-centos-stream.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/centos/9-stream/linux-centos-stream.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/debian/11/linux-debian.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/debian/11/linux-debian.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/debian/11/linux-debian.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/debian/11/linux-debian.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/debian/12/linux-debian.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/debian/12/linux-debian.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/debian/12/linux-debian.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/debian/12/linux-debian.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-5/linux-opensuse-leap.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-5/linux-opensuse-leap.pkrvars.hcl.example
similarity index 100%
rename from builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-5/linux-opensuse-leap.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-5/linux-opensuse-leap.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-6/linux-opensuse-leap.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-6/linux-opensuse-leap.pkrvars.hcl.example
similarity index 100%
rename from builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-6/linux-opensuse-leap.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/opensuse/leap-15-6/linux-opensuse-leap.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/oracle/8/linux-oracle.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/oracle/8/linux-oracle.pkrvars.hcl.example
similarity index 100%
rename from builds/linux/oracle/8/linux-oracle.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/oracle/8/linux-oracle.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/oracle/9/linux-oracle.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/oracle/9/linux-oracle.pkrvars.hcl.example
similarity index 100%
rename from builds/linux/oracle/9/linux-oracle.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/oracle/9/linux-oracle.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/rocky/8/linux-rocky.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/rocky/8/linux-rocky.pkrvars.hcl.example
similarity index 100%
rename from builds/linux/rocky/8/linux-rocky.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/rocky/8/linux-rocky.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/rocky/9/linux-rocky.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/rocky/9/linux-rocky.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/rocky/9/linux-rocky.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/rocky/9/linux-rocky.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/ubuntu/20-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/ubuntu/20-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.pkrvars.hcl.example
similarity index 100%
rename from builds/linux/ubuntu/20-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/ubuntu/20-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/ubuntu/22-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/ubuntu/22-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/ubuntu/22-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/ubuntu/22-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.pkrvars.hcl.example
diff --git a/builds/linux/ubuntu/24-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/builds/linux/ubuntu/24-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.pkrvars.hcl.example
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rename from builds/linux/ubuntu/24-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.auto.pkrvars.hcl
rename to builds/linux/ubuntu/24-04-lts/linux-ubuntu.pkrvars.hcl.example