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<!-- Code generated from the comments of the ExportConfig struct in builder/vmware/common/export_config.go; DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
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- `format` (string) - Either "ovf", "ova" or "vmx", this specifies the output
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format of the exported virtual machine. This defaults to "ovf" for
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remote (esx) builds, and "vmx" for local builds.
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Before using this option, you need to install ovftool.
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Since ovftool is only capable of password based authentication
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remote_password must be set when exporting the VM from a remote instance.
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If you are building locally, Packer will create a vmx and then
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export that vm to an ovf or ova. Packer will not delete the vmx and vmdk
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files; this is left up to the user if you don't want to keep those
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files.
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- `ovftool_options` ([]string) - Extra options to pass to ovftool during export. Each item in the array
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is a new argument. The options `--noSSLVerify`, `--skipManifestCheck`,
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and `--targetType` are used by Packer for remote exports, and should not
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be passed to this argument. For ovf/ova exports from local builds, Packer
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does not automatically set any ovftool options.
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- `skip_export` (bool) - Defaults to `false`. When true, Packer will not export the VM. This can
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be useful if the build output is not the resultant image, but created
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inside the VM.
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- `keep_registered` (bool) - Set this to true if you would like to keep a remotely-built
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VM registered with the remote ESXi server. If you do not need to export
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the vm, then also set `skip_export: true` in order to avoid unnecessarily
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using ovftool to export the vm. Defaults to false.
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- `skip_compaction` (bool) - VMware-created disks are defragmented and
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compacted at the end of the build process using vmware-vdiskmanager or
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vmkfstools in ESXi. In certain rare cases, this might actually end up
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making the resulting disks slightly larger. If you find this to be the case,
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you can disable compaction using this configuration value. Defaults to
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false. Default to true for ESXi when disk_type_id is not explicitly
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defined and false otherwise.
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