Hi, Thanks for the reply!
I am pretty new to tools like Packer and Vagrant and please correct me if i am wrong. This is what i have understood from your first comment: Step 1: I would have to decompress the existing ova file that i have. Step 2: Then use packer to create a VM [is this VM going to be in the .box file format, which would be compatible with Vagrant ] Step 3: Use vagrant to deploy the VM that was just created. It would be very helpful if you could point me to documents related to creating a .box file using packer. I could not really understand the second solution clearly, could you please explain it one again? Thanks! -varun On Monday, 28 July 2014 20:28:18 UTC-7, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera wrote: > > Hello, > > One potential idea will be decompress the ova and have the files, and work > from there with packer. > > http://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html > > you may use packer to take that VM and create a new one > > you can use packer with an ISO or with other VM, so in this case you will > feeding the VM, doing nothing, and use it to push it and make it > vagrant-aware > > you may use the same process in case you want > > - update the kernel > - update the os > - create vagrant user and vagrant keys > - create the box file > > Other way will be open the ova in vmware on your desktop, and then using > vagrant package to create a new box from there > > > From memory, and theory, you may use other methods like decompress the ova > and do manual stuff, but I will avoid manual hacks until the proper paths > have been exhausted, in this way you will end with a proven and tested > method.. rather than something that just works. > > Let me know if you need any help on this, > Alvaro. > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:00 PM, varun umesh <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am planning to use vagrant and vagrant-vcenter plugin to deploy an OVA >> file in vCenter. I am unable to figure out a method to convert the .ova >> file to .box format [once i get the .box format file, i would be using it >> as an input to the vmware-vagrant plugin and deploy it on vCenter]. Could >> anybody let me know how i could convert the .OVA file to .box file format? >> Are there any tools available to do this? Please suggest me any other >> alternative methods that are available. >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> -varun >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Vagrant" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
