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page_title: "VirtualBox Builder"
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The VirtualBox Packer builder is able to create VirtualBox virtual machines and export them in the OVA or OVF format.
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# VirtualBox Builder
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The VirtualBox Packer builder is able to create [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org)
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virtual machines and export them in 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.
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Packer supports the following VirtualBox builders:
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* [virtualbox-iso](/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html) - Starts from
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an ISO file, creates a brand new VirtualBox 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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* [virtualbox-ovf](/docs/builders/virtualbox-ovf.html) - This builder
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imports an existing OVF/OVA file, runs provisioners on top of that VM,
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and exports that machine to create an image. This is best if you have
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an existing VirtualBox VM export you want to use as the source. As an
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additional benefit, you can feed the artifact of this builder back into
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itself to iterate on a machine.
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