From 77abb3afd4861842fd152b234b4bb32db024242a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Laamanen Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 09:07:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Copy and paste export related documentation. --- .../docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html.md.erb | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html.md.erb b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html.md.erb index c7be55d3f..0fe3a6734 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html.md.erb +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html.md.erb @@ -192,6 +192,25 @@ builder. slightly larger. If you find this to be the case, you can disable compaction using this configuration value. Defaults to `false`. +- `skip_export` (boolean) - Defaults to `false`. When enabled, Packer will + not export the VM. Useful if the build output is not the resultant image, + but created inside the VM. + +- `keep_registered` (boolean) - Set this to `true` if you would like to keep + the VM registered with the remote ESXi server. This is convenient if you + use packer to provision VMs on ESXi and don't want to use ovftool to + deploy the resulting artifact (VMX or OVA or whatever you used as `format`). + Defaults to `false`. + +- `ovftool_options` (array of strings) - Extra options to pass to ovftool + during export. Each item in the array is a new argument. The options + `--noSSLVerify`, `--skipManifestCheck`, and `--targetType` are reserved, + and should not be passed to this argument. + +- `format` (string) - Either "ovf", "ova" or "vmx", this specifies the output + format of the exported virtual machine. This defaults to "ovf". + Before using this option, you need to install `ovftool`. + - `tools_upload_flavor` (string) - The flavor of the VMware Tools ISO to upload into the VM. Valid values are `darwin`, `linux`, and `windows`. By default, this is empty, which means VMware tools won't be uploaded.