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improve documentation when vmware-iso is used on amazon-import post-p…
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```
## VMWare Example
This is an example that uses `vmware-iso` builder and exports the `.ova` file using ovftool.
``` json
"post-processors" : [
[
{
"type": "shell-local",
"inline": [ "/usr/bin/ovftool <packer-output-directory>/<vmware-name>.vmx <packer-output-directory>/<vmware-name>.ova" ]
},
{
"files": [
"<packer-output-directory>/<vmware-name>.ova"
],
"type": "artifice"
},
{
"type": "amazon-import",
"access_key": "YOUR KEY HERE",
"secret_key": "YOUR SECRET KEY HERE",
"region": "us-east-1",
"s3_bucket_name": "importbucket",
"license_type": "BYOL",
"tags": {
"Description": "packer amazon-import {{timestamp}}"
}
}
]
]
```
-&gt; **Note:** Packer can also read the access key and secret access key from
environmental variables. See the configuration reference in the section above
for more information on what environmental variables Packer will look for.