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Default value is 9. This is for advanced users only as this can render the virtual machine non-functional. See below for more information. If this is not specified then the VM will only contain a primary hard disk. This option is for advanced usage, modify only if you know what you're doing. Some of the options you can specify are ide , sata , nvme or scsi which uses the "lsilogic" scsi interface by default. If you specify another option, Packer will assume that you're specifying a scsi interface of that specified type.

This defaults to "disk". This option is for advanced usage. For ESXi, this defaults to zeroedthick. The available options for ESXi are: zeroedthick , eagerzeroedthick , thin. The type of the checksum can also be omitted and Packer will try to infer it based on string length. Here is a list of valid checksum values:. Packer will try these in order. If anything goes wrong attempting to download or while downloading a single URL, it will move on to the next.

All URLs must point to the same file same checksum. By default will go in the packer cache, with a hash of the original filename and checksum as its name. This defaults to iso. The files in this directory will be available over HTTP that will be requestable from the virtual machine.

This is useful for hosting kickstart files and so on. By default this is an empty string, which means no HTTP server will be started. This is covered in more detail below. By default this is empty, which means no HTTP server will be started.

Because Packer often runs in parallel, Packer will choose a randomly available port in this range to run the HTTP server. If you want to force the HTTP server to be on one port, make this minimum and maximum port the same. By default the values are and , respectively. Defaults to 0. A floppy can be made available for your build. This is most useful for unattended Windows installs, which look for an Autounattend.

By default, no floppy will be attached. All files listed in this setting get placed into the root directory of the floppy and the floppy is attached as the first floppy device. The summary size of the listed files must not exceed 1. Currently, no support exists for creating sub-directories on the floppy. Directory names are also allowed, which will add all the files found in the directory to the floppy.

This is useful for when your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's contents as a hierarchy. The keys represent the paths, and the values contents. This can include either files or directories; any directories will be copied onto the CD recursively, preserving directory structure hierarchy.

Symlinks will have the link's target copied into the directory tree on the CD where the symlink was. File globbing is allowed. The above will create a CD with two files, user-data and meta-data in the CD root. This specific example is how you would create a CD that can be used for an Ubuntu Would also be an acceptable way to define the above cd.

The difference between providing the directory with or without the glob is whether the directory itself or its contents will be at the CD root. Use of this option assumes that you have a command line tool installed that can handle the iso creation. Packer will use one of the following tools:. By default this is an empty string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine. This setting can be safely omitted if for example, a shutdown command to gracefully halt the machine is configured inside a provisioning script.

If one or more scripts require a reboot it is suggested to leave this blank since reboots may fail and instead specify the final shutdown command in your last script.

If the machine doesn't shut down in this time it is considered an error. By default, the time out is "5m" five minutes. By default, this is set to false. The only value accepted for this currently is esx5. If this is not set, a desktop product will be used. By default, this is not set.

If you set this flag to true, Packer will skip this validation. Default: false. This corresponds to the cpuid. This can be one of the generic values that map to a device such as hostonly, nat, or bridged. If the network is not one of these values, then it is assumed to be a VMware network device.

By default the e network adapter type will be used by Packer. For more information, please consult Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine for desktop VMware clients.

Sets the vmx value "ethernet0. Defaults to false. It has a format of Type:option1,option2, FILE:path ,yield - Specifies the path to the local file to be used as the serial port. If path is empty, then default to the first serial port. PIPE:path,endpoint,host ,yield - Specifies to use the named-pipe "path" as a serial port. This has a few options that determine how the VM should use the named-pipe.

AUTO: yield - Specifies to use auto-detection to determine the serial port to use. This has one option to determine how the VM should support the serial port.

NONE - Specifies to not use a serial port. It has the format of Type:option1,option2, FILE:path - Specifies the path to the local file to be used for the parallel port. AUTO:direction - Specifies to use auto-detection to determine the parallel port. Direction can be BI to specify bidirectional communication or UNI to specify unidirectional communication.

NONE - Specifies to not use a parallel port. This may be relative or absolute. If relative, the path is relative to the working directory when packer is executed. Packer will not create the remote datastore for you; it must already exist. However, Packer will create all directories defined in the option that do not currently exist. This option will be ignored unless you are building on a remote esx host.

When this value is set to true, the machine will start without a console. For VMware machines, Packer will output VNC connection information in case you need to connect to the console to debug the build process.

Some users have experienced issues where Packer cannot properly connect to a VM if it is headless; this appears to be a result of not ever having launched the VMWare GUI and accepting the evaluation license, or supplying a real license. If you experience this, launching VMWare and accepting the license should resolve your problem. By default packer will use If you wish to bind to all interfaces use 0.

Because Packer generally runs in parallel, Packer uses a randomly chosen port in this range that appears available. By default this is to The minimum and maximum ports are inclusive. This must be set to true if building on ESXi 6. Remote builds using ESXi 6. Valid values are darwin, linux, and windows. By default, this is empty, which means VMware tools won't be uploaded. This is for advanced users who want to set properties that aren't yet supported by the builder.

This is for advanced users who understand the ramifications, but is useful for building Vagrant boxes since Vagrant will create ethernet interfaces when provisioning a box.

This will override the "displayname" value in your vmx file. This option is useful if you are chaining vmx builds and want to make sure that the display name of each step in the chain is unique. This defaults to "ovf" for remote esx builds, and "vmx" for local builds. Before using this option, you need to install ovftool. In the dashboard, you can view a high-level overview of the action logs.

Each log entry contains a link to where you can find the original action window. Each entry also contains a link to the log file. Some of the Virtualization Tasks within the Server Automation domain contain a Validation button which you can use to disable validation and enter your own data for some of the parameters.

Server Automation is shipped with a number of sample Automation Plans that you can run out of the box. To run these Automation Plans out of the box, ensure that the Fixlets contained in them are available. Typically, you would substitute some of the Fixlets contained in these samples with particular Fixlets that you want to run. Use the information in each of the following sections to find out more about each of the sample plans.

Server Automation provides content that you can use to automate processes and software deployment. This Task is automatically populated with data from VMware. To work with other data, you must turn off validation and enter your own values into the parameter field. To override the data that is provided in the form, check whether a button exists in the Validation column to the left of the parameter that you want to disable and select OFF. For more information, see Turning off validation in a task.

You must complete the following list of parameters to create a virtual machine. Virtualization Virtualization is a software technology that allows multiple operating systems to run on the same host computer at the same time.

VMware You can deploy and configure a management extender plug-in for VMware. Automation BigFix Lifecycle Server Automation provides you with technology to sequence actions , such as the deployment of Fixlets , across multiple endpoints.

Setup and maintenance This section provides documentation about setup and maintenance tasks that you can complete for VMware virtualization. Snapshot management tasks Power management tasks Using these tasks you can manage the power state of your VMware virtual machines.

Turning off validation in a task Some of the Virtualization Tasks within the Server Automation domain contain a Validation button which you can use to disable validation and enter your own data for some of the parameters. Sample Automation Plans Server Automation is shipped with a number of sample Automation Plans that you can run out of the box.

Server Automation content Server Automation provides content that you can use to automate processes and software deployment. Before you begin. Table 1. Parameter list for creating a virtual machine You must complete the following list of parameters to create a virtual machine.

Requirement Description Virtual Machine Name Enter the name of the new virtual machine to be created. Ensure that you give your virtual machine a unique name to avoid any future confusion with duplicate names. Host Select the host on which you want the virtual machine to run. Datacenter Name Select the datacenter on which you want your virtual machine to be stored. Guest OS Name Select the operating system that you want to run on your virtual machine. Datastore Name Select the datastore in which you want the virtual machine configuration to be stored.

Provisioned Disk size Enter the disk size that you want to allocate to your virtual machine. The disk size cannot exceed the free space available on the datastore. The disk size cannot be greater than the file size that is configured for the datastore. If you want to enter a value that is greater than the disk size that is available, select OFF on the validation button for Provisioned Disk Size in the Validation column.

For example, if you know that virtual machines on the datastore are scheduled to be deleted and free disk capacity will become available, you can enter a greater disk size than the capacity that is available. You can then schedule the task to run at a time when the greater disk size is available.

You must ensure that this data is correct. Memory size Select the memory size that you want to allocate to your virtual machine. Number of Virtual Processors Select the number of processors that you want to allocate to your virtual machine. You must enter a number of processors greater than zero. Associated Network Select the network that you want assigned to your virtual machine. Connect NIC at power on Select whether you want your network interface card that is powered on or off when the virtual machine is created.

Virtual Machine Name.