Merge pull request #4378 from DanHam/skip-export-vmware

Add option to skip export of installed VM for VMware ISO builder

builder/vmware/iso/builder.go

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	BootCommand         []string `mapstructure:"boot_command"`
 	KeepRegistered      bool     `mapstructure:"keep_registered"`
 	SkipCompaction      bool     `mapstructure:"skip_compaction"`
+	SkipExport          bool     `mapstructure:"skip_export"`
 	VMXTemplatePath     string   `mapstructure:"vmx_template_path"`
 	VMXDiskTemplatePath string   `mapstructure:"vmx_disk_template_path"`
 
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		},
 		&StepExport{
 			Format:     b.config.Format,
+			SkipExport: b.config.SkipExport,
 		},
 	}
 

builder/vmware/iso/step_export.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 type StepExport struct {
 	Format     string
+	SkipExport bool
 }
 
 func (s *StepExport) generateArgs(c *Config, outputPath string, hidePassword bool) []string {
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ func (s *StepExport) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	c := state.Get("config").(*Config)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 
+	// Skip export if requested
+	if c.SkipExport {
+		ui.Say("Skipping export of virtual machine...")
+		return multistep.ActionContinue
+	}
+
 	if c.RemoteType != "esx5" || s.Format == "" {
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}

website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md

@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ 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 skip
+    export of the installed virtual machine. Only useful for some edge use
+    cases.
+
 -   `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