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The VirtualBox Packer builder is able to create VirtualBox virtual machines and
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export them in the OVA or OVF format.
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page_title: 'VirtualBox - Builders'
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# VirtualBox Builder
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The VirtualBox Packer builder is able to create
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[VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org) virtual machines and export them in
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the OVA or OVF format.
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Packer actually comes with multiple builders able to create VirtualBox
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machines, depending on the strategy you want to use to build the image. Packer
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supports the following VirtualBox builders:
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- [virtualbox-iso](/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html) - Starts from an ISO
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file, creates a brand new VirtualBox VM, installs an OS, provisions
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software within the OS, then exports that machine to create an image. This
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is best for people who want to start from scratch.
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- [virtualbox-ovf](/docs/builders/virtualbox-ovf.html) - This builder imports
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an existing OVF/OVA file, runs provisioners on top of that VM, and exports
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that machine to create an image. This is best if you have an existing
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VirtualBox VM export you want to use as the source. As an additional
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benefit, you can feed the artifact of this builder back into itself to
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iterate on a machine.
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