Thanks, but unfortunately that doesn't work in my case as we don't use virtualbox/vagrant. We are using the vmware-iso builder to build the image using a remote esxi box (remote_type esx5) and the the vsphere post-processor to upload to our vcenter. Unless Im missing it, I don't think the ovftool has the ability to convert a vmware virtual machine on a vsphere to a vmware template.
Maybe there is a way to do it during the builder phase after the machine is shutdown as a final step. The esxi shell has a "vim-cmd vmsvc/convert.toTemplate" although I havent figured out how to get the builder to run a command on the remote esxi machine that the image is being built, or how to pass it the vmid that that command would need. any ideas? -Jon On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 4:48:45 PM UTC-4, Stan Dorsett wrote: > > I've posted some blog posts around the approach the team I work on uses: > > https://sdorsett.github.io/2015/12/27/using-ovftool-to-export-packer-generated-virtual-machines/ > https://sdorsett.github.io/2015/12/28/scripted-packer-build-and-export/ > > Stan > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Jon Hittner <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm using the vsphere post-provisioner to upload the vmx output from the >> vmware-iso builder to my vcenter. It works well, but the result is a >> virtual machine. Is there any way to have the provisioner convert the >> virtual machine to a template, or does anyone have a workflow that already >> does this? >> >> -- >> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - >> https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in >> violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing >> list. >> >> GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues >> IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Packer" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/7947f7e7-45c6-43bc-9e0c-7dace856daa4%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/7947f7e7-45c6-43bc-9e0c-7dace856daa4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/566fc6c6-89ea-4489-8cab-0a2c4e0e93d0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
