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  The Packer vSphere post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware builder and uploads it to a vSphere endpoint.
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# vSphere Post-Processor

Type: `vsphere`

The Packer vSphere post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware builder
and uploads it to a vSphere endpoint.

## Configuration

There are many configuration options available for the post-processor. They are
segmented below into two categories: required and optional parameters. Within
each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized.

Required:

* `cluster` (string) - The cluster to upload the VM to.

* `datacenter` (string) - The name of the datacenter within vSphere to
  add the VM to.

* `host` (string) - The vSphere host that will be contacted to perform
  the VM upload.

* `password` (string) - Password to use to authenticate to the vSphere
  endpoint.

* `resource_pool` (string) - The resource pool to upload the VM to. This can be
  " " if you do not have resource pools configured

* `username` (string) - The username to use to authenticate to the vSphere
  endpoint.

* `vm_name` (string) - The name of the VM once it is uploaded.

Optional:

* `datastore` (string) - The name of the datastore to store this VM.

* `disk_mode` (string) - Target disk format. See `ovftool` manual for
  available options. By default, "thick" will be used.

* `insecure` (boolean) - Whether or not the connection to vSphere can be done
  over an insecure connection. By default this is false.

* `vm_folder` (string) - The folder within the datastore to store the VM.

* `vm_network` (string) - The name of the VM network this VM will be
  added to.