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No Resource Pool

Hi,

I haven't any Resource Pool defined in my vCenter.
I think this parameter must not be required.

Can you change this to optional ?

Regards,

Support capability to provide a custom OVF template

I want to provide a custom OVF template in this workflow. Would that be possible with this plugin. I am a bit confused by the internals as when I run the virtualbox-iso with format: ovf, I only get one file, but in the source code of this plugin, I see both a vmdk as well as ovf being iterated upon.

I am generating a coreos OVF from the ISO using the following packer manifest:

{
  "variables": {
    "name": "coreos-baseimage",
    "release": "stable",
    "iso_checksum": "",
    "iso_checksum_type": "none",
    "disk_size": "40000",
    "memory": "2048",
    "boot_wait": "15s",
    "ignition": "ignition.json"
  },
  "builders": [{
    "name": "{{user `name`}}",
    "guest_os_type": "Linux_64",
    "type": "virtualbox-iso",
    "iso_url": "coreos_production_iso_image.iso",
    "iso_checksum": "d97ed6c250f2037b6fd92471c2890176",
    "iso_checksum_type": "md5",
    "ssh_username": "core",
    "ssh_password": "packer",
    "shutdown_command": "shutdown -h now",
    "format": "ovf",
    "boot_wait": "{{user `boot_wait`}}",
    "boot_command": [
      "sudo passwd core<enter><wait>",
      "packer<enter>",
      "packer<enter>",
      "sudo systemctl start sshd.service<enter>"
    ],
    "vboxmanage": [
      ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory",  "{{user `memory`}}"]
    ]
  }],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "file",
      "source": "{{ user `ignition` }}",
      "destination": "/tmp/ignition.json"
    },
    {
        "type": "shell",
        "inline": [
            "sudo coreos-install -d /dev/sda -C {{ user `release` }} -i /tmp/ignition.json -o vmware_raw"
        ]
    }
  ],
  "post-processors": []
}

The custom OVF I wanna use with that is here.

I was wondering if I could somehow provide the custom OVF through artifice. But before I do that, I need a solid understanding of the process, which I feel you have as the author of this plugin.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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