Export VM as ovf using packer's vmware-iso builder

[Pearl Dsilva]

I am trying to build an image using vmware-iso and want the image to be finally exported as an ovf image. Setting the "format" configuration option to "ovf" in vmware-iso builder doesn't seem to create an ovf image. Is there a way to achieve it.

[Rickard von Essen]

It should. Can you please give some more details, your template, what you saw, what you expected, etc. 

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 08:53 Pearl Dsilva <pearl....@rubrik.com> wrote:

I am trying to build an image using vmware-iso and want the image to be finally exported as an ovf image. Setting the "format" configuration option to "ovf" in vmware-iso builder doesn't seem to create an ovf image. Is there a way to achieve it.

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[Pearl Dsilva]

This is the template that I am currently using, which creates vmx and vmdk files.

```

{

  "builders": [

    {

      "type": "vmware-iso",

      "format": "ovf",

      "iso_url": "{{user `url`}}",

      "iso_checksum": "{{user `checksum`}}",

      "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",

      "ssh_username": "ubuntu",

      "ssh_password": "xxxxxxxxxx",

      "ssh_wait_timeout": "30m",

      "disk_size": "20480",

      "headless": false,

      "shutdown_command": "echo 'xxxxxxxx'|sudo -S /sbin/halt -h -p",

      "http_directory": "http",

  "http_port_min":9001,

  "http_port_max":9001,

  "vnc_bind_address": "0.0.0.0",

  "vnc_disable_password":true,

  "vnc_port_min": 5902,

  "vnc_port_max": 5902,

  "vm_name": "example",

  "network":"hostonly",

  "remote_type": "esx5",

  "remote_host": "x.x.x.x",

  "remote_username": "abc",

  "remote_password": "yyyyyyyyyy",

  "remote_datastore": "xxxxxxx",

  "remote_cache_datastore": "xxxxxxx",

  "remote_cache_directory": "packer_test",

  "skip_compaction": true,

  "skip_export": true,

  "boot_wait": "0s",

      "boot_command": [  

    "<esc><f6><esc><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><wait>",

        "/install/vmlinuz noapic<wait>",

        " auto<wait>",

        " console-setup/ask_detect=false<wait>",

        " console-setup/layoutcode=us<wait>",

        " console-setup/modelcode=pc105<wait>",

        " debconf/frontend=noninteractive<wait>",

" preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/preseed.cfg<wait>",

        " debian-installer=en_US<wait>",

        " fb=false<wait>",

        " initrd=/install/initrd.gz<wait>",

        " kbd-chooser/method=us<wait>",

        " keyboard-configuration/layout=USA<wait>",

        " keyboard-configuration/variant=USA<wait>",

        " locale=en_US<wait>",

        " netcfg/get_domain=vm<wait>",

        " netcfg/get_hostname=ubuntu<wait>",

        " grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda<wait>",

        " -- <wait>",

        "<enter><wait>"

      ],

  

      "vmx_data": {

"ethernet0.present": true,

"ethernet0.networkName": "VM Network"

      },

      "vmx_data_post": {

        "floppy0.present": false

      }

    }

  ],

  "provisioners": [

{

"type": "shell",

"script": "scripts/prepenv_ubuntu.sh"

}

  ]

}

```

On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 12:44:37 PM UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote:

It should. Can you please give some more details, your template, what you saw, what you expected, etc. 

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 08:53 Pearl Dsilva <pearl...@rubrik.com> wrote:

I am trying to build an image using vmware-iso and want the image to be finally exported as an ovf image. Setting the "format" configuration option to "ovf" in vmware-iso builder doesn't seem to create an ovf image. Is there a way to achieve it.

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[Rickard von Essen]

you have  "skip_export": true

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[Pearl Dsilva]

On removing the "skip_export" parameter, I encountered the following error:

Error: ExtraConfig options exists in source (use --allowExtraConfig option to allow this)

So, I added the following to the configuration:
 "ovftool_options": "--allowExtraConfig",

After which the build seems to get stuck at the following point:

Any pointers on how to overcome this issue.

On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:09:11 PM UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote:

you have  "skip_export": true

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