//go:generate struct-markdown package common import ( "fmt" "github.com/hashicorp/packer/template/interpolate" ) type ExportConfig struct { // 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. This option // currently only works when option remote_type is set to "esx5". // Since ovftool is only capable of password based authentication // remote_password must be set when exporting the VM. Format string `mapstructure:"format" required:"false"` // 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. Currently, exporting the build VM (with ovftool) is only // supported when building on ESXi e.g. when `remote_type` is set to // `esx5`. See the [Building on a Remote vSphere // Hypervisor](/docs/builders/vmware-iso#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor) // section below for more info. OVFToolOptions []string `mapstructure:"ovftool_options" required:"false"` // 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. Currently, exporting the build VM is only supported when building on // ESXi e.g. when `remote_type` is set to `esx5`. See the [Building on a // Remote vSphere // Hypervisor](/docs/builders/vmware-iso#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor) // section below for more info. SkipExport bool `mapstructure:"skip_export" required:"false"` // Set this to true if you would like to keep // the VM registered with the remote ESXi server. If you do not need to export // the vm, then also set skip_export: true in order to avoid an unnecessary // step of using ovftool to export the vm. Defaults to false. KeepRegistered bool `mapstructure:"keep_registered" required:"false"` // VMware-created disks are defragmented and // compacted at the end of the build process using vmware-vdiskmanager or // vmkfstools in ESXi. In certain rare cases, this might actually end up // making the resulting disks slightly larger. If you find this to be the case, // you can disable compaction using this configuration value. Defaults to // false. Default to true for ESXi when disk_type_id is not explicitly // defined and false otherwise. SkipCompaction bool `mapstructure:"skip_compaction" required:"false"` } func (c *ExportConfig) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) []error { var errs []error if c.Format != "" { if !(c.Format == "ova" || c.Format == "ovf" || c.Format == "vmx") { errs = append( errs, fmt.Errorf("format must be one of ova, ovf, or vmx")) } } return errs }