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vSphere Template Post-Processor

Type: vsphere-template

The Packer vSphere template post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware-iso builder built on ESXi (i.e. remote) and 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-template",
   "host": "vcenter.local",
   "insecure": true,
   "username": "root",
   "password": "secret",      
   "datacenter": "mydatacenter",
   "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.

• password (string) - Password to use to authenticate to the vSphere endpoint.

• username (string) - The username to use to authenticate to the vSphere endpoint.

Optional:

• datacenter (string) - If you have more than one, you will need to specify which one the ESXi used.

• folder (string) - Target path where the template will be created.

• insecure (boolean) - If it's true skip verification of server certificate. Default is false