Convert template to VM -> vsphere-clone

[Manish Garedia]

Hi,

Goal:  I have a simple goal of uploading existing template to Content Library.  (Code snippet is attached below)

I am able to achieve that using vsphere-clone but only problem is I have to create a VM from template with new name. I want to know if there is anyway to convert a template to a VM using vsphere-clone? It seems both "vm_name" and "template" are required variables so both have to be of different name.

{

  "builders": [

    {

      "type": "vsphere-clone",

      "vcenter_server":      "{{user `VCENTER_URL`}}",

      "cluster":             "myCluster",

      "host":                "{{user `ESXI_HOST`}}",

      "datastore":           "{{user `DATASTORE`}}",

      "datacenter":          "{{user `DATACENTER`}}",

      "folder":              "{{user `VM_FOLDER`}}",

      "insecure_connection": "true",

      "template":            "{{user `VM_TEMPLATE`}}",

      "username":            "{{user `VCENTER_USER`}}",

      "password":            "{{user `VCENTER_PASS`}}",

      "vm_name":             "{{user `VM_NAME`}}",

      "content_library_destination" : {

        "library": "myCL",

        "ovf": true

      },

      "communicator": "none"

    }

  ]

}

Thanks!

Manish G.