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page_title: "VMware Builder"
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# VMware Builder
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The VMware builder is able to create VMware virtual machines for use
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with any VMware product.
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Packer actually comes with multiple builders able to create VMware
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machines, depending on the strategy you want to use to build the image.
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Packer supports the following VMware builders:
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* [vmware-iso](/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html) - Starts from
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an ISO file, creates a brand new VMware VM, installs an OS,
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provisions software within the OS, then exports that machine to create
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an image. This is best for people who want to start from scratch.
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* [vmware-vmx](/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html) - This builder
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imports an existing VMware machine (from a VMX file), runs provisioners
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on top of that VM, and exports that machine to create an image.
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This is best if you have an existing VMware VM you want to use as the
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source. As an additional benefit, you can feed the artifact of this
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builder back into Packer to iterate on a machine.
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