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cpus (int) - The number of cpus to use when building the VM.
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memory (int) - The amount of memory to use when building the VM in megabytes.
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cores (int) - The number of cores per socket to use when building the VM. This
corresponds to the cpuid.coresPerSocket option in the .vmx file.
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network (string) - This is the network type that the virtual machine will be created with.
This can be one of the generic values that map to a device such as
hostonly, nat, or bridged. If the network is not one of these values,
then it is assumed to be a VMware network device. (VMnet0..x)
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network_adapter_type (string) - This is the ethernet adapter type the the virtual machine will be
created with. By default the e1000 network adapter type will be used
by Packer. For more information, please consult Choosing a network
adapter for your virtual
machine for desktop VMware
clients. For ESXi, refer to the proper ESXi documentation.
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sound (bool) - Specify whether to enable VMware's virtual soundcard device when
building the VM. Defaults to false.
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usb (bool) - Enable VMware's USB bus when building the guest VM. Defaults to false.
To enable usage of the XHCI bus for USB 3 (5 Gbit/s), one can use the
vmx_data option to enable it by specifying true for the usb_xhci.present
property.
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serial (string) - This specifies a serial port to add to the VM. It has a format of
Type:option1,option2,.... The field Type can be one of the following
values: FILE, DEVICE, PIPE, AUTO, or NONE.
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FILE:path(,yield) - Specifies the path to the local file to be used
as the serial port.
yield (bool) - This is an optional boolean that specifies
whether the vm should yield the cpu when polling the port. By
default, the builder will assume this as FALSE.
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DEVICE:path(,yield) - Specifies the path to the local device to be
used as the serial port. If path is empty, then default to the first
serial port.
yield (bool) - This is an optional boolean that specifies
whether the vm should yield the cpu when polling the port. By
default, the builder will assume this as FALSE.
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PIPE:path,endpoint,host(,yield) - Specifies to use the named-pipe
"path" as a serial port. This has a few options that determine how the
VM should use the named-pipe.
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endpoint (string) - Chooses the type of the VM-end, which can be
either a client or server.
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host (string) - Chooses the type of the host-end, which can
be either app (application) or vm (another virtual-machine).
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yield (bool) - This is an optional boolean that specifies
whether the vm should yield the cpu when polling the port. By
default, the builder will assume this as FALSE.
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AUTO:(yield) - Specifies to use auto-detection to determine the
serial port to use. This has one option to determine how the VM should
support the serial port.
yield (bool) - This is an optional boolean that specifies
whether the vm should yield the cpu when polling the port. By
default, the builder will assume this as FALSE.
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NONE - Specifies to not use a serial port. (default)
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parallel (string) - This specifies a parallel port to add to the VM. It has the format of
Type:option1,option2,.... Type can be one of the following values:
FILE, DEVICE, AUTO, or NONE.
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FILE:path - Specifies the path to the local file to be used
for the parallel port.
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DEVICE:path - Specifies the path to the local device to be used
for the parallel port.
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AUTO:direction - Specifies to use auto-detection to determine the
parallel port. Direction can be BI to specify bidirectional
communication or UNI to specify unidirectional communication.
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NONE - Specifies to not use a parallel port. (default)
