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<!-- Code generated from the comments of the ExportConfig struct in builder/vmware/common/export_config.go; DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
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2020-07-13 06:33:16 -04:00
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- `format` (string) - Either "ovf", "ova" or "vmx", this specifies the output
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format of the exported virtual machine. This defaults to "ovf".
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Before using this option, you need to install ovftool. This option
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currently only works when option remote_type is set to "esx5".
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Since ovftool is only capable of password based authentication
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remote_password must be set when exporting the VM.
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- `ovftool_options` ([]string) - Extra options to pass to ovftool during export. Each item in the array
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is a new argument. The options `--noSSLVerify`, `--skipManifestCheck`,
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and `--targetType` are reserved, and should not be passed to this
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argument. Currently, exporting the build VM (with ovftool) is only
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supported when building on ESXi e.g. when `remote_type` is set to
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`esx5`. See the [Building on a Remote vSphere
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Hypervisor](/docs/builders/vmware-iso#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor)
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section below for more info.
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- `skip_export` (bool) - Defaults to `false`. When enabled, Packer will not export the VM. Useful
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if the build output is not the resultant image, but created inside the
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VM. Currently, exporting the build VM is only supported when building on
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ESXi e.g. when `remote_type` is set to `esx5`. See the [Building on a
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Remote vSphere
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Hypervisor](/docs/builders/vmware-iso#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor)
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section below for more info.
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- `keep_registered` (bool) - Set this to true if you would like to keep
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the VM registered with the remote ESXi server. If you do not need to export
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the vm, then also set skip_export: true in order to avoid an unnecessary
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step of using ovftool to export the vm. Defaults to false.
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- `skip_compaction` (bool) - VMware-created disks are defragmented and
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compacted at the end of the build process using vmware-vdiskmanager or
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vmkfstools in ESXi. In certain rare cases, this might actually end up
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making the resulting disks slightly larger. If you find this to be the case,
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you can disable compaction using this configuration value. Defaults to
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false. Default to true for ESXi when disk_type_id is not explicitly
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defined and false otherwise.
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