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The Packer vSphere Template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder
and allows to mark a VM as a template and leaving it in a path of choice.
layout: docs
page_title: 'vSphere Template - Post-Processors'
sidebar_current: 'docs-post-processors-vSphere-template'
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# vSphere Template Post-Processor
Type: `vsphere-tpl`
The Packer vSphere template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder
allows to mark a VM as a template and leaving it in a path of choice.
## Example
An example is shown below, showing only the post-processor configuration:
``` json
{
"type":"vsphere-tpl",
"host":"vcenter.local",
"username":"root",
"password":"sssh_is_a_secret",
"datacenter":"murlock",
"vm_name":"distro-7.3",
"folder":"/packer-templates/os/distro-7"
}
```
## 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:
- `host` (string) - The vSphere host that contains the VM built by the vmware-iso.
- `insecure` (boolean) - If it's true Skip verification of server certificate.
Default is false
- `password` (string) - Password to use to authenticate to the
vSphere endpoint.
- `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:
- `folder` (string) - Target path where the template is created.
- `datacenter` (string) - If you have more than one, you will need to specified one.

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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-post-processors-vsphere") %>>
<a href="/docs/post-processors/vsphere.html">vSphere</a>
</li>
<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-post-processors-vSphere-template") %>>
<a href="/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.html">vSphere Template</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>