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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:

{  
   "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.