hello packer can create a VB in a Virtualbox and in VMWARE ESXI directly
the idea behind packer is to buikd VM/AMI/Droplet/docker/etc that has been provisioned in the same way so they look/behabe/have the same packages, etc. You can have 1 packer template with an specific provisioning step for virtualbox (to install vbox tools) and for the vmware other for the vmware tools. that is the best packer way. You could create a virtualbox image, use then some tools like ovftool to deploy the OVA/OVF into ESXI/vcenter but not sure if the best for the long run in case there are issues. You can use this repo as example/starting point. https://github.com/cbednarski/packer-ubuntu Alvaro. On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:23 PM, valli nayagam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm newbie to Packer. Before start trying the packer, i have some basic > doubts. It would be helpful if someone clarifies the same. > > > *Requirement:* > > My requirement is to automatically install Operating system > (Debian/Ubuntu) using ISO image with some additional packages in Virtualbox > and export it to ESXI using V-Sphere. > > > *My Question:* > > To achieve my requirement, Can I create packer json file with > *Virtualbox--ISO* *as builder* and *vsphere as postprocessor *or any > challenges in this? > > Regards > Vallinayagam.K > > -- > 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/94434a59-661c-4665-aabd-5d83e02f66ff%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/94434a59-661c-4665-aabd-5d83e02f66ff%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alvaro -- 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/CAHqq0ewtQcMZBukurKO%3DYjZ8b1FujkCiDCVuM%3Dq3YbWYEgOFKQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
